Danny Kearns Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Hey guys. Well, i've absolutely no idea how to use CAD and were gonna' be doing it at College in September, so thought i'd get to grips on how it works.Do any of you guys know of any good software, preferebly easy to use, tutorials for it aswell.If there's any free one's out there that are avaliable for download, that would be even better seeing as funds are low Help me out guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concussion Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 EMachiene Shop.com Found this very easy to use once followed through the tutorials. Its all free aswell, Probaly best starting and learning the basics on this and then moving onto a more advanced one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 don't bother,just about every piece of cad software is different you can spend decades learning to use them properly. also You won't be able to/won't want to afford the one your college uses. just wait until you go to college, if your struggling ask your lecturer about it, then got to the it department and spend a couple of hours brushing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OD404 Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 don't bother,just about every piece of cad software is different you can spend decades learning to use them properly. also You won't be able to/won't want to afford the one your college uses. just wait until you go to college, if your struggling ask your lecturer about it, then got to the it department and spend a couple of hours brushing up.They may all look different, but the basics on how to create stuff is pretty much the same between all of them. It is however, pretty difficult to get free versions of CAD software and the ones that are free are pretty clunky to use meaning you'll spend more time learning the user interface rather than learning the modelling techniques.First thing to do is find out what program your college uses. No point in learning something else imo. When you know that, drop me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I have Turbo CAD 6.5 and Prodesktop, Can easily get solidworks too. I prefer Tubro cad, Its a lot easier to use. But I can only work it in 2D, cant make things in 3D. Prodesk top it a bit trickier to use, but one you know the basics its fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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