Autocad help!
 

can anyone help me learn the basics of auto cad so i can deisgn my waterblock in it?

You will need to state what CAD version you have as every version is totally different. Id it AutoCAD2000-2001-2002, a free version of the net, a cheap $10 one from the software store???? ect....

autocad 2000i

Cool that is the $3200 version. I have to old ACAD2000. The i stands for Internet as the 2000i version does a bunch of website stuff now to I guess.

Anyway here is some info to get started:

http://www.cadtutor.net/acad/acad2ki/aids/aids.html


http://www2.ncsu.edu:8010/unity/lock...dtut-home.html

I installed the full version of AutoCad 2000 the other day....

Tried to make a simple 3"x3"x3/4" block - no luck:mad:

That program is just way too complicated for just making blocks, lol.

The AutoCad learning assistance CD i have is of no real help either.

Instead of making it 3D, just do it 2D (top view only). Thats all I do as of now. When I edit the GNC code for the mill I add the depths of the passes I want to make the final depth of the channel or what ever cut I am making. Therefor I don't need a 3D model to make the block.

But it does look cool when you post a pic! The only reason I kind of know what I am doing is because I took 3yrs of ACAD in highschool. The first year it was on those old Apple's equivelent to the 286's. :D That was in 9th grade, skipped it in 10th and they got brand new 386's at 33mhz!!! Wooohooo we though. That was the first year of CAD that actually resimbles ACAD2000, I belive it was called CAD 11 or something like that. Then in 12th grade they got a brand new 486 at 50mhz and one of the writing tablets to where you can put a hand drawn object on the tablet and copy it with the pen that hooks into the computer. That was CAD 12 I belive.

I never did any 3D in any of those classes, all we did was basic house plans ect... I still suck at ACAD2000 though. Slowly figuring it out.

LMAO.

AutoCad was a complete senior drafting course, at my high school. I didn't take it, but a couple friends did. It was 100 (+/-) classes there, (including projects) and now, a local night school teaches basic autocad in 14-16 classes or something like that.

Good luck on the two paragraph Computer Aided Design course.:D

screw that i'm getting a copy unigraphics since my dad knows that!

for proof of concept ideas you might wanna try 3Dsmax... It is very good for the artist/visually oriented crowd... buncha menu/ visually driven objects (esp. rectangles and cylinders) It has a bool option so you just add or subtract the two objects till you got what you want. You can then import over to autocad (since discrete makes both products) or vice versa.

Tokamac

If you're having trouble with ACAD, UG will kick your a** and urinate on you in the corner. :cry: Solids are really frustrating to deal with.:mad:

On the other hand, the help files are VERY good.

Good luck,

Bob

i was once working with a woodcrafting cnc machine. if u had a dxf file then u could feed that rigt into the machine. the top view was all u needed. the info on what tool the machine used and the depth were all in the layer info. it was a breeze to make the most crazy shit.

autocad rules; too bad i don't have a version anymore

i got autocad 2k2...its great....but i have to say working with solids is a bitch......try making a 2d design first then go from there its much eaiser to see what you want to build....always remember when playing with 3d to specify the X,Y. Z cordinates..oh yeah solidworks is a bitch for my uncle whos using it right now...but i think itd be perfect to deisn a waterblock...cuz it has the heat tranfer shit.....