Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Learning

Art,

Learning cad is easy once you realize that it is just a bunch of lines arcs
and circles plus a number of snaps. One function that I use a lot is
offsets (offset lines) to define intersections for things like the center
of circles.

Bob Campbell

----- Original Message -----
From: A. G. Eckstein <axtein@...>
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Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Learning


>
> (snip)
> >How did the members of this group learn to do cad programs?
>
> For me, it was.....
> 1) READ READ READ
> 2) TRY TRY TRY
> 3) Question why that didn't work and Try again.
> 4) More reading and trying
>
> 6) Go back to step one and do it all over again.
>
> Seriously, I learned this way. Figure out a project that YOU want to try
> and start doing it. You will find more sucess doing what you want to do
> that trying to use the canned projects that somebody else gives you. Yes,
> you may need to use their project to figure out the basics of what the
> command structure is, but I think in the end you will learn more from
> something that interests you.
>
> By the way, it helps IF you have a background in hand drawing. Cad is an
> extension of that. As a result of that experience, I now use cad for
> doodling instead of the preverbial napkin. Besides that, the cad lines are
> straight and the circles round:-})
>
> Art
>
>
> OLDER THAN DIRT
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