Autocad - beginner

[aratinga]

I am looking for a beginners part-time course in Autocad in New York City. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[vizwhiz]

do a google search for "autocad tutorials"

you will find a Ton of info online That is freely available

 

Try This 1st

 

it is not hands-on one-To-one Training

but it is a good way To get started

 

also

 

There are some autocad specific discussion groups

That you can access at your convenience online, Too

 

read The Tutorials &

ask a lot of questions

 

just an idea

 

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a google search returns

 

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,790,000 for autocad tutorials

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=autocad+tutorials

 

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Randy

[antonio_frias]

Try the Autocad tutorials at http://www.Dgcad.com

They are great

[alikashan]

good site thnks antonio:cool:

[aratinga]

As a beginner in architectural visualization, can anyone give me advice on how to start out.

 

1. What are the most important software packages I should learn?

 

2. I live in New York and am reasearching certificate training programs in CAD/ architectural visualization. Has anyone completed the certificate at Pratt's center for continuing and professional studies?

 

Thanks

Rohini

www.ara-tinga.com

[Antisthenes]

I would say after looking at your page, very nice interior design photographs

 

from this I had to look 2 times to make sure they were not 3d viz.

 

what I would say and I can only speak from my own experience is you have a choice of many platforms today and that things are very dynamic (always getting better and more complex)

what I use is Rhinoceros beta 4 and many of the most popular render engines Vray Maxwell Brazil flamingo/accurender indigo fryrender penguin with it

and it works really well for me because anything you can imagine can be made and that you only need to use 1 tool rather than switch between many other ones even thou it is a tool that is really good at helping move models between dif. formats and programs and even towards manufacturing (furniture,shoe,house,boat,device design etc).

 

most of your time will be learning render engines and materials me thinks, keeping abreast

 

about the school I have no idea but if I had to do it over I would rather do with out and work with friends in real world projects and gain experience that way, witch was the way it worked out. School was more about networking than education.

[Macpod]

autocad, adobe creastive suite 2 and 3dmax. industry standard blah blah yadi yada. its true though.

 

for cad stuff. caddigest.com. autodesk side also has some good tutorials and their discussion board is good.

 

2D autocad is relatively straightforward though.

 

3D max and photohop will take alot longer

 

 

 

 

PS I find most books are crap. stick with online stuff.

[Shamsul]

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