ReMark Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Some people have a difficult enough time drawing something in 2D let alone 3D. Everyone in a community college setting should have to take a mandatory course in manual drafting for one semester. Then they'll be more appreciative of what CAD can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
design-engine Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Manual drafting on the board. And 3d is so much easier actually. I could site references. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udo Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Hi there again, it took me a while but i went and bought that bible and have been busy trying to study it. it is quite boring and dry (for me at least) but i am going to stick it through. 3 month and i managed 4 chapters... frau finkelstein is confusing me a little (she works in inches) but more annoying for me at the moment is that she explains how useful switching on the grid is, but it won't show on my screen? what am i doing wrong here - i don't know. i also did not understand how to set the screen so that i can actually see my drawing in a reasonable size. any chance for some help here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 how useful switching on the grid is, but it won't show on my screen? what am i doing wrong here - i don't know.i also did not understand how to set the screen so that i can actually see my drawing in a reasonable size. any chance for some help here? AutoCAD 2008 uses what they call an "adaptive" grid. The idea being that as you zoom out, fewer dots are displayed. In practice (certainly for metric) the resolution is absolutely useless. At the bottom of your screen is a GRID box. Right click this and TURN OFF adaptive grid. All will become much clearer. (I hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udo Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 thanks for the response. i did as you say, still no grid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 ok, what are your settings for the grid? I use a 5mm grid and a 2,5mm snap for electrical drawings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udo Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 got it now, the setting was 0, no wonder it didn't work. thanks for your help. cheers - udo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DODGE Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 i have toyed with the idea of learning autocad for years. have played around with many versions and was always confused as ever. finally i have taken the pluge and splased out and bought autocad 2008.i also bought a tutorial cd on the net and i searched the net for tutorial options. all those tutorial use a different pageview than the one on my computer and none of the tuts teach how to set up the page. now i find it cofusing to say the least when i am supposed to learn from a page that looks utterly different then mine. at this stage i can't even draw a line. is there anyone out there who can help me to set my page up to match any of the existing tutorials??? help please. Hey Udo Trust me when I tell you that when I started with AutoCad around 18 months back I just thought, there is no way I would ever be able to learn using it. I was busy at the time with heaps of work, Architectural. I was freaking out as I had a deadline with all my work, plus I had to earn a living as I work for myself. Just bite the bullet and keep at it and I promise all of a sudden you will not even think about picking up a pen and paper again, and you will wonder how you will ever live without the program. Buy the AutoCad bible and The AutoCad 2009 desk ref for dummies book. Both are great. Hang in there. Dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADguy209 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I sugest you start with understanding the UCS and how to draw lines on the X,Y plane. Get comfortable with that and then move on to triming objects and moving them on the same x,y plane. Pay attention to the command line and the order in which the program prompts you through the commands. You find that a lot of the other cammands will ask you the same things (base points, distance, select object, etc). After you get comfortable with that you can start delving into the more advanced drawing and modifying commands. Dont worry so much if you donta have all the toolbars or colors as the tutorials just get comfortable with the basic interface/prompts of the commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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