charlie72 Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Hi everyone Charlie here. Just thaught it was time I made some sort of contribution here. I’m from Ireland and have been training on autocad on and off for a few years now. I hold a degree in architecture but as yet I haven’t made much use of this for personal reasons and I feel that my road back to design is by developing my autocad skills. Altho autocad can be challenging at times and I’m amazed with the possibilities and opportunities it offers as a design instrument. Currently I’m a self employed small developer an I like the responsibility and rewards of this structure of working and I would hope to continue this way. So if any body has any career advice they would like to share I would love to hear from them. I’ve found the sight very useful and generally found what I wanted within the search option. It can be a life line when all alll other sources fails. I especially like the way its not a machine generated answer but a real human being who can empathise with the problems that I’ve come across. The books I have used to train with autocad are: Discovering AutoCad 2006, Mark Dix Paul Riley This is a good book to start of with autocad as it plunges right into working with autocad at the start. There is a step by step guidance to take you through the command sequence with little difficulty on the way. The book is about two inchs thick but I found that I raced through it as I increased with skill level. It helped to explain more about the following book Architectural Drafting Using AutoCad 2005 Drafting/Design/Presentation David A. Madsen Ron M. Palma This book relates more to the work I intend to do that of building and landscape design. There is a lot of information here and it can be difficult to find what your looking for. It is layed out in such away stating what each piece of a command does but lacks demonstration. However I have found the book an invaluable reference and dip into it quit often for direction on issues relating to architectural drafting. It suggests methods to develop and hone drafting skills which can give great control over projects. The sheet set manger would be an example of this. AutoCad 2007 3D Modelling A Visual Approach. Alan J. Kalameja Once I got over the initial shock of the price of the book it was pure enjoyment. It is brilliant for advancing on to 3D design work with again step by step guidance for using the commands. What I especially liked is that I didn’t wast time constructing drawings to be able to use the commands as they were all ready available on a CD included. Highly recommended if you’re into 3D modelling and want to get to grips with the techniques fast. Quote
Strix Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Hi Charlie welcome to CADTutor! I'm sure with all your study you'll be one of the people who's able to give answers as well as looking for solutions to your own problems Quote
Tankman Posted August 26, 2008 Posted August 26, 2008 Hello Charlie! Welcome to the friendly, and knowledgeable, CADTutor forums! I might guess, we're all enjoying AutoCAD and the challenges the program presents. It's "our" Erector Set! Quote
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