Drawing an arc is easy using AutoCAD and there are many uses of this entity like for example drawing complex shaped objects etc. etc. But first let me introduce to you what an an ARC is. Basically it is part or portion of a circle that is why the correct way of measuring an ARC is by it’s radius. Look at the drawing below (Fig 1). You can see that an arc is a portion of a circle and the center of the circle as a reference point to measure the radius, included angle and chord. The length of an ARC is determined by the measurement of the included angle between the radius and chord from the arc’s endpoints. Continue reading this post…

I know I should not include this topic because I can imagine that this will not be very useful to other discipline of AutoCAD users because mostly, Architectural and Civil engineering have the most user of AutoCAD. Just to share my little knowledge to the world wide web that such profession does exist. Many of my drawing are measured in microns ( metric unit of measurement) and mil (english unit of measurement: thousand of an inch) and the tolerances are so small, the smallest is 1 micron. Can you imagine that, you need a micro scope to see the tolerances.

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If you are in search of a Wordpress plugin that will convert your entire site into a mobile compatible blog site, then it won’t be that hard to do. All you need to do is to install a plugin in you Wordpress blog and Wha La! you blog will now have a mobile version. When you use a standard browser in your PC like Internet Explorer or Firefox, you won’t notice any change because only a mobile browser can see the mobile version. The plugin automatically detects a mobile browser and if you use your mobile, you can see how it works. So far, the mobile version will not look like your original blog site and look simpler (mostly text). But with a little tweaking you can put a logo on the header to make the template as close as your original site. You can check my blog here http://www.junkfoodie.com to see what I did.

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Again, this lesson is the continuation of the two previous lessons, the ‘how to draw a straight line’ and ‘how to draw a circle’. Those two are more simple than drawing the ellipse because a circle only need a diameter or the radius dimension to create a circle. A straight line is also simple because it only needs distance dimension to create a line. Although it’s not that hard to draw an ellipse, where the shape is just an oblong or an oval, the orientation is confusing if you will not first know where is the major or the minor axis. Just to illustrate, see below (Fig. 1): Continue reading this post…

This post is the continuation of the previous lesson on how to draw a line. If you have started drawing a line using AutoCAD, this next step will be simple enough. After running the program(by clicking the shorcut icon from the desktop) , again there will be a prompt that says “Start From Scratch”. Just click the button “OK”, the default value is “english” which will is not important right now because we are just practicing. Again there are two ways to invoke the command, by clicking the icon or typing in the command prompt. First, our lesson is how to draw a circle. I assumed you already know how to type in the command prompt as shown from the previous post. And as to where to click the circle command icon, see below (Fig. 1): Continue reading this post…

Sorry if the title seems offending but the topic I’m about to post is very simple so that is why I made a title “for dummies”. Hope the company of Wiley and Sons won’t mind using that title. It’s not a good idea to use that word if you are thinking of using that in your URL when you register for a domain. Even if you make a sub domain and copy their yellow and black layout, you are still asking for trouble. They are very careful and strict about their trademark. So much for that, I think we should be starting now.

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It’s been quite a while since I last posted in this blog. There’s not much to blog about my previous job as a CAD engineer. But this gives me an idea. I can use this domain to set up my online CAD drafting business. For starters I will only provide from paper to CAD file or electronic files conversion. From hand sketches of customers to a production technical drawing. Mainly on Mechanical drafting since my previous experience is from a semiconductor bonding tools manufacturer where I draft, modify and sometime design capillaries and die bonding tools used in semiconductor machines for bonding microscopic gold wires to those IC ( integrated circuit ). Sometimes I design fixtures used in the production area and draft production floor layout for machines and facilities.

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Links to other sites is one of the most important factor for any website or blogs to rank well in search engines. Ranking well in search engines means traffic to you sites. There are many ways to exchange links to other websites and one of them is including a directory in your websites so you can place the links. The reason is, it will not be search engine friendly for your website is you will just put any kind of links in just one page. You have to categorize them. Creating many categories and updating them is really a pain if you will just use a website editor and not automate them.

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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 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.

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Actually, it was really luck when I was employed in Small Precision Tools Philippines because that time, the retired General Manager Ken Ellett was looking for a CAD guy who will replace the vacant position left by some other CAD guy. I have submitted my resume to Ken Ellett but they never responded. That time I also applied to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and was hired immediately (while I was still working in Nikon Industrial Corporation ). Since the company have more Japanese employees than Filipinos, I had a culture shock and decided to return to Nikon. Then after six months Small Precision Tools is inviting me for an interview and called me many times in the office. When I accepted the invitation I was hired immediately by the General Manager ( astig, he he ).

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