Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Learning

I have cadkey99, got it from a friend I tried every
thing to learn it . I had a hard time with it so I
went out and bought a book on basic's of cadkey now I
love the thing I will never give it away

John
--- Bob Campbell <bob@...> wrote:

> 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@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
> 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
> >
> > Country Bubba
> >
> > (Actually the inventor of Country and Bubba)
> >
> > axtein@...
> >
> >
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