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Object oriented CAD methology in 2D - say what?!??


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I was at a job interview last week, where they asked me if I am into 'object oriented 2D CAD methology' (they don't use 3D at all, in AutoCAD).

 

I had to answer that I had never herd the term before... The daily leader did not go any further into what was meant - but stated that they would send me on a couple of courses in August, if I were hired.

 

Never the less, I got the job due to other qualifications they needed, and I am starting on July 1st. :)

 

Now I really really want to figure out what was meant by that term 'Object oriented 2D CAD methology'. So I have been searching the web far and wide, without finding anything that would make me go 'wow that was the really clever methology'.

 

I should add that the job is within the building industry making various plans and details in AutoCAD.

 

After they make a floorplan they are then able to make automated overviews of e.g. the sizes of all rooms.

 

So... The question is - do YOU know? If I could wrap my head around it myself before the 1st of July, I would love to do that.

 

Hope someone who has more experience than me and know AutoCAD better can tell me what this is all about.

 

- Also have to add that I am not native to English and that the expression is translated as well as I could.

 

:) Anne

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Welcome to CADTutor and congratulations on getting the job. :)

 

That phrase 'object oriented 2D CAD methology' certainly makes one wonder. :huh:

 

Did the guy giving the interview bear any resemblance to Bryan Cranston?

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Thanks for the welcome and grats :)

 

Besides the apparently fun fact, that a foreigner would misspell the word 'methodology'

- it would be really nice if someone could enlighten me about what they might think the employer meant?

 

Thanks, Anne

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Honestly, I think it's just a "big word". People like using big words nowadays. I can think of a few ways to try and decipher that phrase, but I know I'll probably get it wrong based off this company's definition of it. Either way, 2D is 2D, and depending on what type of industry the drawings are for, you MUST orient objects in certain ways to "draw" different angles and views of an object or group of objects.

 

And yes, welcome to the forum. Enjoy your stay. :)

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I can only imagine they were talking about the way drawings are traditionally produced in 2D using plans and elevations and then adding details and sections as needed, rather than drawing a 3D model and then using the program to extract those views. It would be interesting to find out if they actually have some different method when you have been on the course.

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Sounds like a fancy way of saying:

 

"Can you draw in 2D first (or third) angle projection, rather than letting the software extract them from a 3D model for you".

 

There again who knows with these 'don't I sound clever' made up phrases.

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I'm speculating as much as Anyone else. 'Object orientated' in computer programing refers to a method by which objects are created which have properties (data) and methods (things that you can do with them).

 

Both digital prototyping and BIM owe a lot to this way of thinking.

 

Bearing in mind that BIM doesn't HAVE to be 3D, I'm guessing that they've come up with their own name for the same concept.

 

I'm thinking that they might be using Blocks and Xrefs that contain data (2D objects) to build a database and drawing at the and time..

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Thanks for the welcome and grats :)

 

Besides the apparently fun fact, that a foreigner would misspell the word 'methodology'

- it would be really nice if someone could enlighten me about what they might think the employer meant?

 

Thanks, Anne

 

Sorry Anne, I didn't mean to make fun of you whatsoever, and speaking a non-native tongue 24/7, I have made some GREAT mistakes, trust me, or just ask my wife, she remembers them all.

 

I love the show Breaking Bad, in which Bryan Cranston played the brilliant & evil METH genius. Absolutely no offense intended. :)

 

I would gladly have enlightened you, had I any idea what they were talking about.

While I assumed that "methodology" was what was meant (not meth-head ology), and I speak English pretty well for an American,

it still didn't make much sense to me, or I would have let you know. :|

 

There is no shortage of spelling errors made on the forum, by native English speakers, so don't worry about that.

 

It looks like some other members might have figured it out, I hope so, and good luck again with your new position. :)

 

Yep, sounds like Pablo has taken a good shot at translating it from techo-speak. :beer:

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most companies nowadays use fancy words to attract or make the applicant scratch their heads, like here we have something "SPECIALIST" thinggy but it reality, its just a bunch of guys who know how to install, and click next2x then OK. nothing special. lol they cant even determined whats the difference between oracle as database and oracle DB connector (*.ora).

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object oriented 2D CAD methology

 

MY $0.05 I would express that as intelligent objects like your doors and windows as blocks rather than just lots of lines. The simple package I was involved with drew everything from a flat floor plan perspective but it was all 2 1/2 D approaching 3D. This image does not have the windows shown which are created onto the outer skin.

 

3dhouse.jpg

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Hi ,

 

C# or Visual Basic programmers know the programming concepts about "Object-Oriented Programming (C# and Visual Basic)" . So to twist this concept into AutoCAD 2D drafting , I could say that its just a group of related objects treated as a single unit or object.

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Actually there is such a thing as Object Oriented CAD (OO CAD). Here are links to two articles about the concept.

 

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shaibu_Bala_Garba/publication/30870078_A_Review_of_Object_Oriented_CAD_Potential_for_Building_Information_Modeling_and_Life_Cycle_Management/links/09e41505c5302427c2000000.pdf

 

http://www.1stpricing.com/pdf/Object_Oriented_CAD.pdf

 

Use the following as your search criteria to find more. "cad"+"object oriented"

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Thank you all for answering my thread - I have read your posts and links with great interest.

 

I was invited to come get my contract today, so I stopped by the boss' office and simply asked - stating that I had been wondering and looking during weekend, without figuring it out - and that I really wanted to prepare for it.

 

She opened a version of AutoCAD Architecture and showed to me how she could drag dynamic objects into the project.

 

Told me the name was AEC objects - and that they used it a LOT when NOT making construction drawings.

 

Honestly it looked like a piece of cake - very intuitive and very much like 'architecture playground programs' I used during the 1990'ies to 2000'nds...

Should pose no problem - and either way they arranged with a pro tutor to come and teach me personally through a week in the beginning of August - so I guess I will become fairly good at it fast :)

 

Thanks all for giving this your best shot - glad to see I was not the only one completely puzzled by the phrase.

 

@dadgad - I was not really offended - I just wanted people to take my questions seriously as it did mean a lot to me.

 

About being married to a foreigner - I know the drill... I am from Denmark and my husband is from Sweden. We lived together for 8+ years now and even though Danes speak Danish to Swedish ppl and they speak Swedish to us - and we would normally be understanding each others languages fine... we have made some severe lingual mistakes when talking to each others family members.

 

Have a nice day all.

 

:) Anne

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AutoCAD Architecture's tools are in fact 3D, mostly. Not all objects necessarily have to be, but the majority of the tools do create 3D objects. I guess they basically use the 3D tools only for 2D output. When you originally said "not 2D" this is what threw everyone off.

 

Good luck on your new venture. :)

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And thankyou for getting back and letting everyone know what the phrase meant, too often interesting threads are left hanging without a follow up. With that training arranged it certainly sounds like you have found a good company to work for, I hope it all goes well

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I try my very best to get Danes to speak English to me (I am Swedish) - usually I can understand Danish if it is spoken slowly but it takes all my focus to understand it, no room left to come up with a respons!

 

Glad that you got it sorted out :)

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Object oriented cad methodology is how consultants can charge large amounts of money to a firm so they can tell you how they came up with drag and drop drawing, when in fact they never lifted a finger, and how it will change the world.

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so I guess I will become fairly good at it fast

 

Have a look at how many questions are asked here about customising Autocad Architecture its a very serious product and whilst a pre-made window makes life easy it will be your task one day to make one from scratch. All the best anyway.

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