what will help me understand ex post facto design better?
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ex post facto is a descriptive term for an explanation or a law that is made up after an event and then applied to it: “The chairman's description of his plan sounds like an ex post facto attempt to justify an impulsive action.” Ex post facto is Latin for “from after the deed.”\n\nEx post facto design\nThe ex post facto design is a variation of the "after-only with control group" experimental design. The chief difference is that both the experimental and control groups are selected after the experimental variable is introduced rather than before. This approach eliminates the possibility that participants will be influenced by an awareness that they are being tested. \n\nWhere exposure to the experimental variable can be determined objectively, on an ex post facto basis, the bias introduced by self-selection can be eliminated and the design, in essence, becomes identical to the "after-only with control group" design. In these circumstances, the ex post facto design is an improvement upon the "after-only with control group" design since the experimental variable would have its impact in a natural situation. Suppose, for example, that government has been using radio to communicate thy benefits of giving vitamin supplements to children under two years of age and that these are available in tablet form, free-of-charge, in local clinics. Ownership, and access, to a radio can be established objectively.
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Go to the library and get books or articles about "post-mortem" analysis (in business).  You might also look up "reverse engineering", though it's not exactly what you need, but the intellectual techniques might be similar and helpful.\n\nAlso, poke around at isixsigma.com - there's a forum there, and though there's a group of regulars who can be first-class pricks, you might get a good answer there.  Also some good links to articles there.
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I think you can get that model from the demo or the tutorials in AutoCad help
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First start by looking at one. \nThen think about what the individual pieces look like,and what waste materials could replace them.
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No I have looked at design sites before, I am a cad designer and for the most part everything I draw is either custom or semi-custom with a lot of modifications.  I have a few standard parts but its easier for me to draw them and place them in my own library for future use.
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just go 2 google search & write the non linear edition tutorial  \nn u will get nice tutorials
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I recommend looking at some of the samples in a technical writing book. It will not only show you samples but explain why they did things in certain ways in case you want to customize it yourself.
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Start designing the whole system. Inheritance is just a technique for reuse and sometimes there are better aproach to achive it. \n\nWhen the common characteristics of a class are known (the less required information/behaviour that your framework code needs to proceed), create the base class and then define the virtual points that can be overriden :) Test your design with your subclasses - when you define them, the modification should be easy to maintain.
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Here's a great article by Cameron Moll entitled "Good Designers Copy, Great Designers Steal".\n\n"What happens when one designer steals from another designer? This article attempts to explain the connection."\n\nI found it very useful.
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check out the links mentioned in source.. you may find them helpful
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Find an architect or architectural drafter.\nGo to the library and get a book on architecture.\nPretty hard to explain how to read a drawing in an email.
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Get yourself a manual or ask someone who has used it.\n\nYou can also explore it yourself, that's the best way to learn.
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You can try DesignPro of Avery.
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Then & Now\nThe Decorators Paradise\n\nWe can't do anything interesting here but type words.  So I will try to explain with words what I see in my mind.\n\nA circular "Logo" with  "T H E N  &  N O W" arched across the top.  "The Decorators Paradise" in an opposit arch around the bottom.  The whole thing on a white background with lots of lacy art work around the edges.  A sort of white, fading to lace on the edges.  In the center, you will have to help me out.  Select two items like an ultramodern end table and a 19Th century lamp setting on it to fill the center of the logo.  The lamp and table is offered only as an example, the idea is to display in the center of the logo a sharp contrast between the new and the old.  If you love this idea (and there is no guarantee you will) contact me we can swap some Email with me sending some pictures of my vision.\n\nGood luck on your venture.
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Read "The Singular is Near" by Kurzwiel. Non Fiction You will be amazed at the speed of technological advancement. Good reading if your interested in this stuff.
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I use AutoCAD with a pretty good symbol library of comment elements in the utility industry.  There are many other computer programs that do the job, or you can scetch or draft them yourself.\n\nAs far as the conventions and symbols used.  Get a good book or do some research on the Net.
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You can check design ideas by doing a search online. Check some of these sites. \nhttp://www.graphic-design.com/\nhttp://www.allgraphicdesign.com/\nhttp://www.howdesign.com/\nhttp://www.graphicdesignforum.com/\nhttp://www.layersmagazine.com/