The hardest part for a beginner who wants to learn how to use CAD software is what software to use. It’s because the first objective for most of us it the shortest learning curve and not deal with complicated learning phase. I’m not sure if everybody will agree with me as some of the top schools online probably teach differently, but that’s how I feel in the beginning phase of my learning. CAD software is a drafting tool for creating drawings which mostly applies to engineering or architectural drawings that need exact and accurate dimensions unlike raster images created by most image and photo editors like Adobe Photoshop. The software draws vector lines to draw and create accurate dimensions as small as a micron.
What CAD Software to Use?
October 22nd, 2007 — CAD software
Tips on How to Advance in Your Career as a CAD Drafter
May 11th, 2011 — Career Advancement
This is a guest post by Brian M. Curran
Every once in a while it is good to pause and recall to mind how to advance in your career as a CAD Drafter. It takes more than technical skills to step up the corporate ladder, so let’s take a look at some tips on how to do so.
Defining Blocks
January 20th, 2011 — AutoCAD Tutorials
You can group objects to create block definitions in the current drawing, or you can save the block as a separate drawing file. When you define a block, you specify the base point, the objects to group, and whether to retain or delete the objects or convert them to a block in the current drawing. You can also enter a text description and specify an icon used to help identify the block definition in AutoCAD DesignCenter. Block definitions are one of many nongraphical objects saved in a drawing.
Nesting Blocks
January 20th, 2011 — AutoCAD Tutorials
A block reference can contain other blocks nested within it. For example, you can insert a drawing of a mechanical assembly that contains a housing, a bracket, and fasteners, with each fastener composed of a bolt, washer, and nut. The only restriction on nested blocks is that you cannot insert or create blocks that reference themselves. Continue reading →
Working with Layers and Properties
January 20th, 2011 — AutoCAD Tutorials
Blocks can be defined from objects that were originally drawn on different layers with different colors, linetypes, and lineweights. You can preserve the layer and property information of objects in a block. Then, each time you insert the block, you have each object within the block drawn on its original layer with its original color, linetype, and lineweight.
Working with Blocks
January 20th, 2011 — AutoCAD Tutorials
A block is a collection of objects you can associate together to form a single object, or block definition. You can insert, scale, and rotate a block in a drawing. You can explode a block into its component objects, modify them, and redefine the block. AutoCAD updates all current and future instances of that block based on the block definition.