I used DraftChoice back in the early 90's and it did a simple animation
with your drawing if u had arcs in joints and such
On 12/23/19 9:08 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
I was in the same boat. I am pretty good with solidworks but that is
for 3D stuff. I will always use solidworks if I can, but is is not
good for civil work.
If you are doing civil drawings in 2D, autocad is still the best
solution for multiple reasons.
I first learned AutoCad back in the mid 1980s back when the versions
were in the single digits.
The largest learning curve when I had to get back into it a few years
ago was the model space vs paper space.
Once I got some proficiency with that I actually like it. You do
everything in model space then just define paper space to show what
you want on a drawing. You can put lines and symbols on the paper
space only but much of the time you would want to avoid that.
My favorite cad was turbocad which originated as logicad and was given
away free when you bought a logitech mouse. Autocad bought them and
killed them.
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2019 7:51 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] CAD software
I used to be a draftsman, and I was pretty proficient with AutoCAD
versions up through 2000. After playing with more recent versions it's
pretty clear that I would have to relearn from scratch because
everything is different now.
If I'm starting from square one, should I trouble myself with AutoCAD or
is there something else worth messing with?
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