I am doing an agrumentive paper on the advantages of starting a persons drafting education on the basis of using hand drafting to install values before moving on to the computer aided design and drafting software. can any one help me with this?? Alot of info that I have found so far has been tilted to CADD systems......not much on Hand Drafting.
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Since I am an old salt about this, hand drawing (“Board Drafting as it is called”) takes skill and some artistic abilities.  CAD is done by some one that just can hit buttons.  Board is fast in design, but to change the design and reprint the idea, CAD is where it rules, it is fast and easy to change.  The real reason to have drafting personnel learn the board techniques are to understand some of the “Historic” reason for the layouts of drawings and plans.
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I guess... Accounting and finance have their own programme like UBS and Mr. Accounting. Architecture used CAD. During this age, almost every professionals used computers a lot.
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You should really do the paper yourself. Plagerism is a serious offense, and you only hurt yourself. If you are an engineering major, I would hate to think you cheated through classes and then graduate responsible for critical design work.\n\nFew people would give away a worthy paper for free. Those that do, I bet the paper is D or C quality at best, and probably well passed around and familiar to your professor. Many Universities subscribe to a service that can allow a professor to screen for all the 'purchased' and downloadable papers. Many schools expell you in caught plagerizing.\n\nDo the work yourself, you will be better off for it.
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I suggest you buy your own (latest) version of\nAutoCAD and take it from there.   You do not say what you want do as a freelance but if you want to set up in business there are many other aspects to be considered.   If we knew what you wish to do we might be more helpful.
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If you are trying to buy AutoCAD inexpensively on a place like eBay, i highly recommend against trying it.  It will be useless to you because the software developer is very active in preventing distribution of its products from anyone who is not an authorized distributor.\n\nThe only way you'll know for sure is to go to the AutoDesk website and locate an authorized reseller.  If you want 2D and 3D capabilities, use regular AutoCAD.  If you only want 2D capabilities, use AutoCAD LT.\n\nIf you're looking for an inexpensive software, consider using TurboCAD.  It has a lot of similarities.
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It depends on what you want. If you are looking for 3D design software for purchase, there are a lot, Autodesk Inventor, Unigraphics, CATIA, Pro/Engineer, Alibre design, to name a few. Check out a web site such as http://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/ or http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm#2D3DCADSystems.
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my husband has these certifications and it has helped him a great deal.  These tests can be hard, but the work pays off. He used to do a lot of architectural drafting, but now that he has these certs, he also does IT with his job. The best advice I can give is to study, take the test and keep taking the test.  That's the best way to get certified - keep testing.
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There's a few\n\nwww.cadmonkey.com\n\nwww.cben.net\n\nwww.caddepot.com\n\nwww.cadresource.com\n\nHope this helps
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whats the question - i work on Autocad 2006 everyday, I'm a draftsman
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We pay CAD drafters $17 to $22 per hour.\nGet a degree in engineering and that goes to $45 per hour.
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dear friend\nyou should use drawing tool box if not there then click on view menu then toolbar and click on drawing the autshape circle line and text box is there then click on circle and drag in word area while pressing left mouse button you will find a fill handle over each side you can resize it afterward then click on text filed do similarly this will allow you write text over after then place text box over circle.\nhope you got it\nbye
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It sounds like you have an interest in doing 3d design for games. If that is the case you will need to learn two different aspects of 3d design. 1) You need to learn the basics of 3d modeling and texture work 2) Low Polygon modeling\n\nHere is a site with some online videos that walk you through the basics. They use Truespace, but the lessons apply to most software programs.\nhttp://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/video.asp?UnitQry=3D%20Animation\n\nI agree with Nick, Blender is a great program but it's not very intuitive. Search around, there are bound to be a lot of opensource or free basic 3d packages that you can use to get started. One great thing about blender is the user community is very helpful. I've list some other software programs below. Each of these has a trial download so you might be able to play with them. The first two are professional packages and the second two are niche products. I've used Animation Master and I found it to be easy to learn. While it is not expensive, it does cost more than Blender so you have to weigh ease of use vs costs.\n\nGood luck\n\n\n\nTry http://www.3dcafe.com
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Hi, i am a singapore student and i took robotics as a cca. To me i learnt quite a lot of stuff in robotics. Not only engineering part but also some soft skills. \nRobotics description: A excellent place for any one to work in and to learnt skills and in another hand, to gain alot of experience. You could also learnt how to build robots, to program it and a lot of mechanical skills. Not only playing with RCX, NXT and you can play with lego and metal robots.\nIf you learn robotics, you can gain experience and also be a engineer. However some competitions requires softskills and research so you can also learnt quite a lot of knowledge during the process.\nI am in a rush so i would not be able to answer the other 2 qn. sorry
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You can try the Smartdraw software free, just not sure if you can print it if you don't buy it after designing it. (Don't know what their "free trial" offers...)\n\nAlso, Google has SketchUp that may work for you, but not sure how good it is as I have never tried it.\n\nAnd Bob Vila's website has useful tools and software that will help you with this.
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well Max  is a very good software and it has lot of tools to help u do ur architectural work.\n- starting from importing 2d DWG files then extruding these lines to get walls but don't forget to setup ur units first in both acad and max ( i won't tell every detail of course this would take pages and hours to tell so u have to do some search in the help files on your CD if u didn't already set it up on your hard drive)\n- you can open windows and doors using booleen \n- or you can draw from scratch in max using lines and rectangles ect. then extrude it OR draw elevations for every wall specially when it has windows and doors if not u can use boxes and cylnders for columns and maybe tubes for arcs walls.\n- my own very best way for closed walls is drawing a single line for the wall then insted of making an offset to give it thikness i'd extrude the height then apply Shell modifier to make the thikness.\n- so Think like u are using cad but with different tools use lot of  Help search and you'll find all that u need.\n- for materials and maping, as a start try to use materials from the library till u get to edit your own material. and for the texture size ( starting from max 7.5 ) you have an option in the material editor in the bitmap "use real world units" this will make the texture file u r using fit in the units you specify.say like a tile 50 x 50 ( and again make sure u and ur whole team you all use the same appropriate system units ) so u can exchange objects and scenes easily.\n- lights ? u can find lot of tutorials for lights and materials too on the net start searching at http://www.3dvalley.com or http://www.3dtotal.com\n- furniture !! buy models :o)\ngood luck
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My god daughter studied this for 4 years and won several national and international competitions but the closest she's ever got to being a full time designer was working behind the counter in a jewellery shop!  Perhaps she was unlucky or perhaps thats the norm - I dont know.\n\nArt colleges across the UK deliver these courses, so I suggest you approach the closest one or wherever you fancy studying.\n\nGood luck!
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You can definitely find steady work as a CAD drafter. Check to see if the school you are interested in offers internships or placement assistance. If so, they should have established relationships with companies that need CAD drafters and can place you there for a short internship so you can add some experience to your resume. \n\nMost large engineering companies use CAD drafters all the time. Look up engineering firms in your area and talk to them about opportunities for entry level drafters. Also, if you're not opposed to relocating or working on remote projects, you can always find work on design or architecture projects that pay pretty well. If you work on the project side, you will likely only have temporary employment (although temporary could mean several years). However, if you can get in with a major engineering company, you should have little trouble keeping permanent employment.\n\nGood luck