Thank you so much i just had an interview and had no clue what he was talking about. He told me to get familiar with Autocad in 2 weeks you are my savior
I used Autocad back in 1999 for a civil engineering and architectural firm. I would like to get back into updating my knowledge and skills. Watching these tutorials makes me realize that it hasn't changed that much except when it comes to 3D modeling. We didn't have those features in 1999 versions of Autocad. Thank You!
I began at video 1 and worked my way through every video and practised, practised, practised, working every day from 6 to 12 hours; I'm now competent (though far from perfectly) to actually get drafting work and I'll be working before the end of this month (July 2013) having done about 120 hours with the videos and practise. Easycad4you made this possible due to his lucid explanations and, VERY importantly, entertaining tutorials. I'm now an AutoCAD addict and can't thank easycad4you enough.
I am a contractor, a beginner of beginners to autocad. I mean I didn't have a clue to what cad was until now. You are a very good teacher who really wants your viewers to actually understand the tutorial. I and I believe many others who watch this toturial won't mind supporting you in any way possible. Again, you are a very good teacher. Thanks man.
I just followed your first Autocad tutorial video and i love it. I find it very easy to follow and understand. I like the fact that you are covering the even the most basic things like saving and creating new documents. As a beginner i greatly appreciate the amount of detail you are putting in your tutorials. I know some people are saying skip these, but i think its great for people learning the software from the very start. Thanks so much and keep up the awesome work.
You're obviously not bothered by the negative comments posted here and I admire you for that. I do appreciate your lecture. Keep on teaching. Thank you.
addisbloom Thanks a lot for your kindness, obviously an introductory CAD lesson is not that fun but it pays off in the long run for those who have the patient. I do appreciate when people share the feedback either positive or negative and use it for improvement. However I don't let harsh comments to affect me as you said.My best regards
i have searched alot for good tutorials and yours is the best! u have a good way of explaining things like if i was 5 yrs old! pls keep the tutorials comming!
Thanks for the compliment, the intention is that one. I remember my own frustration way back when learning autocad and people explain things just assuming you know what they are talking about. I'm glad you benefited from it. Thanks again for posting.
Great and nice tutorial especially for beginner to intermediate level. I hope anyone without prior knowledge of AutoCAD will find it useful. I enjoy the way you took time to explain in detail. Thank you for your selfless contribution.
I really appreciate your comment, thanks for letting me know your impression. I'm also open to suggestions and of course would like to have your feedback on the other videos as well. My best regards
i just started a structural cad program, and your tutorials are helpful, thank you for your help :) you make it easy to follow, i use 2 laptops, one for your video the other for cad to follow along....but still finding it hard to learn new stuff like this, havent been in school for over 30 yrs
Thanks a lot Dave for the comments and your own experience. I'm pretty confident it will inspire others not to give up with Cad and it is my pleasure to help in that way. All the best for you and my respects for what you have accomplished. Regards
Your video is very helpful. I only have a 30 day trial and am trying to familiarize myself with AutoCAD as quickly as possible. I look forward to viewing your other tutorials!
Thank a lot! I'm a Aerospace Student, that has little drafting experience. Which I needed help with for school, and my new job as an engineering aid. THANKS!!!
Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate your input and would also like your feedback on the others as well. Please feel free to ask in case you need some clarification or help. Again thanks for posting and all the best.
I wd like to thank the speaker for presenting such a nice series of presentation. Its explain nicely and everything is understandable. It is no need to say you are very skilled in autocad. I appreciate you to giving us opportunity of learning at no cost.. Thank u once again..and looks forward for postings at the advanced level of autocad.
Hello, you can see the command line on top of the status bar, just at the bottom of the model space or black screen. It is not as usual because is "floating" and not fixed at the bottom of the screen. One of the advantages of having it floating is that you have more screen space. In cad 2013, when you have it floating it will give you a transparent trail of your actions. You can have it floating of fixed; it is up to you. And you can always put it as usual just by dragging it down to the bottom.
Well that's explained in the next tutorials but all you need to do is press the mouse wheel and move the mouse as usual, it actually works like Panning. Also by scrolling with your mouse wheel it zooms in and out focusing on the crosshair or cursor, so you point it at an object, and by scrolling you only zoom on that object. Hope this helps and best regards
Hi, Thanks for your response! I was working from a CAD file which wasn't made by me and I had no idea what axis it was drawn in. After fiddling around for an hour I realised the original file was in x y and z axis so I used the 'Flatten' command and it worked like a charm.
Keep looking at the rest of the tutorials and will be easier than what you think. If you have any doubts just post and we will try to help you asap. Great for you and thanks for posting.
Many thanks for your words. I'm glad it's a big help to you and I really hope will be for more folks. Remember this is only the intro, so make sure to post any questions that may arise when looking at the other videos from the series. All the best for you as well, regards.
Well, then you have a great advantage since you learned back then. Autocad still uses all the features and commands of those days and to be honest, it is really handy when it comes to production. Now cad will only show you what is in the ribbon but still you can use via keyboard any previous command. Once you got into the new features it will be really easy for you to catch up. The new features make it easy to use it and 2013 version is a very good one. Best regards and thanks for posting.
First off all you need to know Autocad to enter any recognized firm. In addition you could add any version from it like Autocad Architectural, Civil, MEP, etc. Other options are Revit, Inventor or Catia to add to your curriculum but absolutely Cad should be the first, it is the base for almost every Architecture/Engineering course at least here in the US. Hope this helps and Regards.
When you work that tiny it might look like it, but for cad they might be in fact touching each other. In your case, to double check draw 2 lines like u r doing to create a piece of pie from the circle. Then type "region", it will ask for a point inside, then click inside of the piece, if it is not touching it will give you an error message saying: "boundary not close" if creates the region is normal and you are ok. If gives the error reply back. Other dwg aids interfering might be the cause .
Thanks a lot for letting us know and sharing your opinion. Is awesome that your doing that. Make sure to go over the basic stuff, at the very beginning it'll seem boring but is necessary if you want to learn CAD the right way. Feel free to post if something turns out to be hard to understand and my respects for what you are doing at your age. Best regards
Thanks for been so honest. I think that the following tutorials are a little bit better in that sense. Also i've been thinking about to redo it. Your opinion really helps a lot, to improve the next ones. Thanks for posting and best regards.
It is indeed possible but you'll have to put the hours in with these videos and practise, parctise, practise. You'll do it as long as you work at it. Cheers and best of luck!
Originally, Cad was done as windows based, however today it certainly can work with Mac too. I've used it both and there are differences in the system. You definitively can learn in Mac but everything will depend on your preferences and the system you are used to. I'm tempted to say use a PC because it is easier for most people. But again, although is possible to use it or learn it with the 2 systems, it's your decision. Hope this helps and best regards.
By default, Cad 2013 comes with the A (application menu button) on the top left corner & with the icons on top of the screen (Ribbon). If your Cad 2013 does not show this most likely what happened is that you imported from an old version the previous settings of the workspace. What you need is to turn it back to default. Look for a button on the status bar called "workspace switching", click, now click again on "drafting and annotation" to switch to default. If not solve it will need more info.
For sure. It is called Dynamic Input and you can turn it on and off by hitting F12 to activate it. That is one of the drawing aids and you can have a better understanding by going to "Learning Autocad 2013 Tutorial #4 "BASIC DRAWING AIDS". Hope this helps and best regards.
oh, the quality is clear and HD for sure. but the screen is a little bunched together is what i meant. the font is a little hard to read on these old eyes lol. Its manageable though. please keep the videos coming. i am determined to get my foot in the door of learning this software
I hope this tutorial it help me to learn autocad, since it is not my genre...anyway thank you for uploading this vedio it help those who want to learn more knowledge like me for free. thank you.
Let me preface this by saying excellent job this really helped. One little thing that bugs me though is how you explain little obvious things, most people who used a computer know how to open/save etc. other than that great video.
Thanks a lot for the input. You mean to enter in the video tags in youtube? I don't know how that might fix it. Should i do something else? Please let me know. Thanks again in advance.
No, that is right, think of this concept in terms of coordinate display as the way you look and can use the UCS (also you have the WCS). Now the coordinate entry systems are (as you said) absolute, relative and polar. These are complex concepts but at least you should have a basic understanding so you feel ok. I'm pretty sure you'll get a good grasp of this idea looking at the tutorial #3, "Introduction to drawing" which covers it. Pay a look at it and let me know how it goes. Best regards
Good that you found it, those are considered Drawing aids (mostly at the bottom of the screen or status bar) and you can have an introduction to it in my tutorial: "Learning Autocad 2013: Basic Drawing Aids". This basically explains most of these and will give you an idea of how to use those properly and to speed up the drawing process. Regards
I really appreciate your comments. In my modest opinion, the tutorials following this one are better, so make sure to also post your comments and feedback for the others as well. Again thanks for your words and best regards.
Thanks for your concern. I am already done with CAD. That's why i m looking forward for Mechanical. If you get it soon, reply me ASAP. Though i m subscribed to you and liked your video too, its quite informative.
It is possible, although cad is a complex software is doable if you spend enough time working with it and get a good grasp from the beginning. The biggest challenge for you is the time. 2 months is honestly a short period unless you want to dedicate 3 or 4 hours daily to CAD. My advice is start looking at the series and it will give you an idea of how soon you can get it. For most people take longer than that but again is doable. Post if you have any questions. Regards
Another thing is that if you retrieve it from the back up copy and it has a "$" symbol or a "bak" extension, you need to change the file extension to "dwg" so it opens correctly with CAD. So, try what i just told you, see if you can get it from the recovery manager and if not, I'll give you the rest of the steps. Please post your results so others can benefit from it too. Best regards
Oh, you're right. When we did the video that was an issue but we corrected for the next ones. I think we will do a revised version soon. Thanks again and best regards
Yes I can, First, look at the second tutorial which explains how to use the automatic saving features of CAD. This is addressed starting at minute 1:38. Your problem can be resolved by going to the "drawing recovery manager" and retrieving the last saved drawing. This is explained at minute 2:55. If after that you still can't do it, I'll be more than happy to guide you step by step. Just have in mind that you've lost some work depending on your settings. Plz, Try it and post.
You have to activate some Drawing Aids, you will have a tutorial on that in #4 called "Learning Autocad 2013: Basic Drawing Aids" but my suggestion is keep going in the sequence cause you'll need some other basic info before jumping into that. Hope this helps and best regards
No, in fact the interface is pretty similar, but there are a lot of differences some are obvious but most not. With 2012 you can't open 2013 since it has a new dwg format. So if you're planning to use 2013 and 2012 then it could be a good option to upgrade, if not, i wouldn't recommend it until you're comfortable enough with Cad because from one version to other it changes and you get easily lost. Best regards
Hello, You are right, but just as i told Marcus, you need to have solid understanding of Cad. In addition you will need also a good computer. Thanks and regards
It is my pleasure. Just make sure to post any questions or concerns and we'll do our best to help you out. Also when looking at the rest of the series, please share your feedback. Regards
Love your style of teaching...any chance you have a tutorial for Mac users? I am an Autocad beginner and am finding it challenging to learn it properly from a PC perspective and finding other tutorial's unclear. Hoping so and looking forward to your response!
I understand its a Introduction, but the first 6min, are opening and closing the Program. I'm fairly positive that if a person even knows AutoCad, then they know the basics on how to open and close a window, or delete features. Basic in any type of program. Or ANY computer program.
After finishing this series I will do it but I'm still missing some tutorials in 2D, then I will go to 3D and you'll see is not that complicated. Best regards
It is my pleasure. Just know that this is the first one of the series "Learning Autocad 2013". When looking at the others, i suggest you to go by the predefined order and make sure to post any questions. My best regards.
Thanks for your comment, it is actually very basic but for those wanting to get into the CAD world is important to understand the basic concepts. Regards
That's great, instead of a trial you might want to use an educational version. All the other videos following a sequence are in my channel or at the end of every tutorial you have the link in the annotations for the next video or for the playlist in each and every one. My best regards
Thanks for the suggestion. In fact I'm on it since that's the intention; produce a full 2D course for Cad 2013 and then a 3D. Just make sure to look at the ones after this cause we are right now producing the 8th tutorial of this series. If you have any questions just feel free to ask and we will be more than glad to reply.
Honestly at this point, there is no official site or place to get 2008 version other than a torrent. My suggestion is be careful so you don't download a virus along with the software. On the other hand you can try asking for a copy of the 2008 at the school you are in. The last option is to work with 2013 in Classic mode and save all the drawings in 2007 version to be compatible with 13. Hope this helps and best regards
Thanks a lot for your opinion. There are some issues with quality that I think got better for the tutorials after this one. Still we need to improve some more and we really appreciate your feedback. Please feel free to give us your input on the others as well. My best regards.
Thanks for your input, that is actually the intention: start from the very basic concepts of cad for those wanting to start from scratch. Please check the rest and feel free to comment and share your feedback. Best regards
Before, i need to finish this one for Cad 2013 but it could be in the future. Inventor is a very powerful modeling software but is intended primarily for a specific task as its name suggest.
Hi Fisheye lens, If it helps you, I've seen a lot of guys in their prime struggling with CAD. In fact one of its biggest challenges is understanding the basic concepts -So is not because you're back after 30 years- You can find most of these (at least for 2D) in the series up to the 4th video. After that, it provides some exercises to practice and learn at the same time. Just to let you know, if you need some help feel free to post any questions. Hope all the best for your plans and regards.
Yes, it is possible. Keep an eye on the next tutorials because that's my intention: to teach from zero. The most difficult part is the very beginning because you need to learn basic concepts which are unique to design software and in most cases to AutoCAD. At the same time is a little bit boring for those which are comfortable with CAD but extremely necessary for new ones. Feel free to ask any question and thanks.
Thanks a lot. In fact this is only a preliminary description of the basics of the software. You might want to also look at the rest of the tutorials. Best regards.
Thank you so much i just had an interview and had no clue what he was talking about. He told me to get familiar with Autocad in 2 weeks you are my savior
I used Autocad back in 1999 for a civil engineering and architectural firm. I would like to get back into updating my knowledge and skills. Watching these tutorials makes me realize that it hasn't changed that much except when it comes to 3D modeling. We didn't have those features in 1999 versions of Autocad. Thank You!
I began at video 1 and worked my way through every video and practised, practised, practised, working every day from 6 to 12 hours; I'm now competent (though far from perfectly) to actually get drafting work and I'll be working before the end of this month (July 2013) having done about 120 hours with the videos and practise.
Easycad4you made this possible due to his lucid explanations and, VERY importantly, entertaining tutorials. I'm now an AutoCAD addict and can't thank easycad4you enough.
I am a contractor, a beginner of beginners to autocad. I mean I didn't have a clue to what cad was until now. You are a very good teacher who really wants your viewers to actually understand the tutorial. I and I believe many others who watch this toturial won't mind supporting you in any way possible. Again, you are a very good teacher. Thanks man.
Thanks a lot for your supporting feedback. I'm very glad you enjoyed and will appreciate your input in the following videos as well.
My best regards
I just followed your first Autocad tutorial video and i love it. I find it very easy to follow and understand. I like the fact that you are covering the even the most basic things like saving and creating new documents. As a beginner i greatly appreciate the amount of detail you are putting in your tutorials. I know some people are saying skip these, but i think its great for people learning the software from the very start. Thanks so much and keep up the awesome work.
You're obviously not bothered by the negative comments posted here and I admire you for that. I do appreciate your lecture. Keep on teaching.
Thank you.
addisbloom Thanks a lot for your kindness, obviously an introductory CAD lesson is not that fun but it pays off in the long run for those who have the patient. I do appreciate when people share the feedback either positive or negative and use it for improvement. However I don't let harsh comments to affect me as you said.My best regards
I havent used autocad since release 12. Started using 2013 wow big changes. Your tutorials are a big help! Thanks!
i have searched alot for good tutorials and yours is the best! u have a good way of explaining things like if i was 5 yrs old! pls keep the tutorials comming!
Thanks for the compliment, the intention is that one. I remember my own frustration way back when learning autocad and people explain things just assuming you know what they are talking about. I'm glad you benefited from it. Thanks again for posting.
Great and nice tutorial especially for beginner to intermediate level.
I hope anyone without prior knowledge of AutoCAD will find it useful.
I enjoy the way you took time to explain in detail. Thank you for your selfless contribution.
I really appreciate your comment, thanks for letting me know your impression. I'm also open to suggestions and of course would like to have your feedback on the other videos as well.
My best regards
i just started a structural cad program, and your tutorials are helpful, thank you for your help :) you make it easy to follow, i use 2 laptops, one for your video the other for cad to follow along....but still finding it hard to learn new stuff like this, havent been in school for over 30 yrs
Thanks a lot Dave for the comments and your own experience. I'm pretty confident it will inspire others not to give up with Cad and it is my pleasure to help in that way.
All the best for you and my respects for what you have accomplished. Regards
just started Autocad and this is the best tutorial iv'e seen for begginers. well done and thank you. :-)
It's my pleasure, thanks for posting and make sure to enjoy the rest of the series.
Your video is very helpful. I only have a 30 day trial and am trying to familiarize myself with AutoCAD as quickly as possible. I look forward to viewing your other tutorials!
Thank a lot! I'm a Aerospace Student, that has little drafting experience. Which I needed help with for school, and my new job as an engineering aid. THANKS!!!
Thank you so much ,you are the first person I've been able to connect with in 3 months! you are so very helpful ,
my best to you, Lisa
I like the way he takes his time and did the presentation.
Thanks for the compliment and for posting.
Best regards
Thank you so much for your help!!!!! You have the best style of teaching I have found yet. very clear at a good pace
Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate your input and would also like your feedback on the others as well. Please feel free to ask in case you need some clarification or help. Again thanks for posting and all the best.
Even though I know how to draw a line it's definitely good to start from the top. Much appreciated and I plan to watch all the videos.
Thanks for your comments and all the best for you.
I wd like to thank the speaker for presenting such a nice series of presentation. Its explain nicely and everything is understandable. It is no need to say you are very skilled in autocad. I appreciate you to giving us opportunity of learning at no cost.. Thank u once again..and looks forward for postings at the advanced level of autocad.
Thanks a lot for your kind comments.
Hello, you can see the command line on top of the status bar, just at the bottom of the model space or black screen. It is not as usual because is "floating" and not fixed at the bottom of the screen. One of the advantages of having it floating is that you have more screen space. In cad 2013, when you have it floating it will give you a transparent trail of your actions. You can have it floating of fixed; it is up to you. And you can always put it as usual just by dragging it down to the bottom.
Well that's explained in the next tutorials but all you need to do is press the mouse wheel and move the mouse as usual, it actually works like Panning. Also by scrolling with your mouse wheel it zooms in and out focusing on the crosshair or cursor, so you point it at an object, and by scrolling you only zoom on that object.
Hope this helps and best regards
Hi, Thanks for your response! I was working from a CAD file which wasn't made by me and I had no idea what axis it was drawn in. After fiddling around for an hour I realised the original file was in x y and z axis so I used the 'Flatten' command and it worked like a charm.
Keep looking at the rest of the tutorials and will be easier than what you think. If you have any doubts just post and we will try to help you asap. Great for you and thanks for posting.
Many thanks for your words. I'm glad it's a big help to you and I really hope will be for more folks. Remember this is only the intro, so make sure to post any questions that may arise when looking at the other videos from the series.
All the best for you as well, regards.
Well, then you have a great advantage since you learned back then. Autocad still uses all the features and commands of those days and to be honest, it is really handy when it comes to production. Now cad will only show you what is in the ribbon but still you can use via keyboard any previous command. Once you got into the new features it will be really easy for you to catch up. The new features make it easy to use it and 2013 version is a very good one.
Best regards and thanks for posting.
First off all you need to know Autocad to enter any recognized firm. In addition you could add any version from it like Autocad Architectural, Civil, MEP, etc. Other options are Revit, Inventor or Catia to add to your curriculum but absolutely Cad should be the first, it is the base for almost every Architecture/Engineering course at least here in the US. Hope this helps and Regards.
When you work that tiny it might look like it, but for cad they might be in fact touching each other. In your case, to double check draw 2 lines like u r doing to create a piece of pie from the circle. Then type "region", it will ask for a point inside, then click inside of the piece, if it is not touching it will give you an error message saying: "boundary not close" if creates the region is normal and you are ok. If gives the error reply back. Other dwg aids interfering might be the cause .
Thanks a lot for letting us know and sharing your opinion. Is awesome that your doing that. Make sure to go over the basic stuff, at the very beginning it'll seem boring but is necessary if you want to learn CAD the right way. Feel free to post if something turns out to be hard to understand and my respects for what you are doing at your age.
Best regards
This is very great so far, I know the basics but I wanted to watch it from the introduction. Keep it up :D, great work
Thanks for been so honest. I think that the following tutorials are a little bit better in that sense. Also i've been thinking about to redo it. Your opinion really helps a lot, to improve the next ones.
Thanks for posting and best regards.
It is indeed possible but you'll have to put the hours in with these videos and practise, parctise, practise. You'll do it as long as you work at it.
Cheers and best of luck!
i am taking design fundamentals and this is really helpful...thanks alot..
Your are a Legend man. You saved my assignment marks :)
Originally, Cad was done as windows based, however today it certainly can work with Mac too. I've used it both and there are differences in the system. You definitively can learn in Mac but everything will depend on your preferences and the system you are used to. I'm tempted to say use a PC because it is easier for most people. But again, although is possible to use it or learn it with the 2 systems, it's your decision.
Hope this helps and best regards.
You should continue adding more tutorials! This helps a lot :)
tutorial 16 the last... thot 20 was the last... very nyc work man!! i like the steps
Kenneth Chemwok Thanks for the post and keep in touch for the rest, they are on its way.
Hi,
I wanted to say thanks because i did what you said and the problem was fixed.
My best regards
I will, and thanks for your support.
All the best for you and regards.
By default, Cad 2013 comes with the A (application menu button) on the top left corner & with the icons on top of the screen (Ribbon). If your Cad 2013 does not show this most likely what happened is that you imported from an old version the previous settings of the workspace. What you need is to turn it back to default. Look for a button on the status bar called "workspace switching", click, now click again on "drafting and annotation" to switch to default. If not solve it will need more info.
clear and concise explainations of the basics. thanks
My pleasure, just make sure to look at the others and feel free to also share your feedback.
All the best
You, my friend, are awesome! Thank you for sharing! Stay blessed!
I'm planning to do it once a week or every two weeks but it will depend mostly on my free time. Now I'm finishing the second one. Regards.
For sure. It is called Dynamic Input and you can turn it on and off by hitting F12 to activate it. That is one of the drawing aids and you can have a better understanding by going to "Learning Autocad 2013 Tutorial #4 "BASIC DRAWING AIDS". Hope this helps and best regards.
I'm glad for you and that's just the beginning. Make sure to look at the others and feel free to comment and post if you need help.
Regards
oh, the quality is clear and HD for sure. but the screen is a little bunched together is what i meant. the font is a little hard to read on these old eyes lol. Its manageable though. please keep the videos coming. i am determined to get my foot in the door of learning this software
thank you very much i look forward to seeing more tutorials in the future! really good stuff
Thank you very much I'm just starting to learn the autocad and your video was a big help for me! :) awesome!
Greets from Mexico City!
barakquiel gosh Hello there, our regards from Florida.
Thanks for the video! Good work man, clear easy instructions for a first timer like myself. :D
Great to hear that, just make sure to keep looking at the rest and post if you need some additional help.
My best regards
Thanks for your support, and I hope you keep looking at the rest of the tutorials.
Best regards
just downloaded cad and I will learn it now : )
I hope this tutorial it help me to learn autocad, since it is not my genre...anyway thank you for uploading this vedio it help those who want to learn more knowledge like me for free. thank you.
I am learning this because i am helping my father design stuff ( i am 14 ) btw Nice Video
Nice Tutorials,, Clear and easy to understand,,,Thanks Men..
It is my pleasure and thanks for sharing your feedback.
Regards
Let me preface this by saying excellent job this really helped. One little thing that bugs me though is how you explain little obvious things, most people who used a computer know how to open/save etc. other than that great video.
Great, i think you'll get a lot from this series. Hope the best for you,
Regards
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You have made this so easy to understand. Your work is awesome!! Keep it up! Thumbs up!! :))
Thanks a lot for the input. You mean to enter in the video tags in youtube? I don't know how that might fix it. Should i do something else? Please let me know. Thanks again in advance.
No, that is right, think of this concept in terms of coordinate display as the way you look and can use the UCS (also you have the WCS). Now the coordinate entry systems are (as you said) absolute, relative and polar. These are complex concepts but at least you should have a basic understanding so you feel ok. I'm pretty sure you'll get a good grasp of this idea looking at the tutorial #3, "Introduction to drawing" which covers it. Pay a look at it and let me know how it goes.
Best regards
Thanks for your input and for watching also.
Best regards
thank you very much, I will come back to your offer : ) I'm going to become an engineer soon, but my study program isn't considering autocad at all...
Good that you found it, those are considered Drawing aids (mostly at the bottom of the screen or status bar) and you can have an introduction to it in my tutorial: "Learning Autocad 2013: Basic Drawing Aids". This basically explains most of these and will give you an idea of how to use those properly and to speed up the drawing process.
Regards
Nice job explaining all of the features!
I really appreciate your comments. In my modest opinion, the tutorials following this one are better, so make sure to also post your comments and feedback for the others as well.
Again thanks for your words and best regards.
It is similar. Some people prefer Cad, others Revit. It is good to know both if you are in this business.
Regards
Thanks for your concern. I am already done with CAD. That's why i m
looking forward for Mechanical. If you get it soon, reply me ASAP.
Though i m subscribed to you and liked your video too, its quite
informative.
It is possible, although cad is a complex software is doable if you spend enough time working with it and get a good grasp from the beginning. The biggest challenge for you is the time. 2 months is honestly a short period unless you want to dedicate 3 or 4 hours daily to CAD. My advice is start looking at the series and it will give you an idea of how soon you can get it. For most people take longer than that but again is doable. Post if you have any questions.
Regards
Another thing is that if you retrieve it from the back up copy and it has a "$" symbol or a "bak" extension, you need to change the file extension to "dwg" so it opens correctly with CAD. So, try what i just told you, see if you can get it from the recovery manager and if not, I'll give you the rest of the steps. Please post your results so others can benefit from it too.
Best regards
Oh, you're right. When we did the video that was an issue but we corrected for the next ones. I think we will do a revised version soon. Thanks again and best regards
Yes I can,
First, look at the second tutorial which explains how to use the automatic saving features of CAD. This is addressed starting at minute 1:38. Your problem can be resolved by going to the "drawing recovery manager" and retrieving the last saved drawing. This is explained at minute 2:55. If after that you still can't do it, I'll be more than happy to guide you step by step. Just have in mind that you've lost some work depending on your settings.
Plz, Try it and post.
You have to activate some Drawing Aids, you will have a tutorial on that in #4 called "Learning Autocad 2013: Basic Drawing Aids" but my suggestion is keep going in the sequence cause you'll need some other basic info before jumping into that. Hope this helps and best regards
You are very welcome, just make sure to look at the others, which compared to this one are way better since this is only the beginning.
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No, in fact the interface is pretty similar, but there are a lot of differences some are obvious but most not. With 2012 you can't open 2013 since it has a new dwg format. So if you're planning to use 2013 and 2012 then it could be a good option to upgrade, if not, i wouldn't recommend it until you're comfortable enough with Cad because from one version to other it changes and you get easily lost.
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You are right, but just as i told Marcus, you need to have solid understanding of Cad. In addition you will need also a good computer.
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Good job, disregard the sick people who give you dislike. Thank you
It is my pleasure. Just make sure to post any questions or concerns and we'll do our best to help you out. Also when looking at the rest of the series, please share your feedback.
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Love your style of teaching...any chance you have a tutorial for Mac users? I am an Autocad beginner and am finding it challenging to learn it properly from a PC perspective and finding other tutorial's unclear. Hoping so and looking forward to your response!
I'm planning on doing it but I'll finish first this one for PC. Thanks for the compliment and I'll hope i can jump on the project soon.
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I understand its a Introduction, but the first 6min, are opening and closing the Program. I'm fairly positive that if a person even knows AutoCad, then they know the basics on how to open and close a window, or delete features. Basic in any type of program. Or ANY computer program.
THANK YOU! great video, love the details
It is my pleasure, just make sure to look at the rest of the videos and also share your feedback.
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Thanks. Just what I needed.
You are very welcome, just make sure to look at the rest of the series cause this is just the beginning.
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After finishing this series I will do it but I'm still missing some tutorials in 2D, then I will go to 3D and you'll see is not that complicated.
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It is my pleasure. Just know that this is the first one of the series "Learning Autocad 2013". When looking at the others, i suggest you to go by the predefined order and make sure to post any questions.
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Thanks for letting me know, I'll try to fix it.
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Thanks for your comment, it is actually very basic but for those wanting to get into the CAD world is important to understand the basic concepts.
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That's great, instead of a trial you might want to use an educational version. All the other videos following a sequence are in my channel or at the end of every tutorial you have the link in the annotations for the next video or for the playlist in each and every one.
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Thanks for the suggestion. In fact I'm on it since that's the intention; produce a full 2D course for Cad 2013 and then a 3D. Just make sure to look at the ones after this cause we are right now producing the 8th tutorial of this series. If you have any questions just feel free to ask and we will be more than glad to reply.
No it is not normal at all. Did you download it from the autodesk website or from some other place?
I really hope the best for you.
Honestly at this point, there is no official site or place to get 2008 version other than a torrent. My suggestion is be careful so you don't download a virus along with the software. On the other hand you can try asking for a copy of the 2008 at the school you are in. The last option is to work with 2013 in Classic mode and save all the drawings in 2007 version to be compatible with 13.
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Thanks a lot for your opinion. There are some issues with quality that I think got better for the tutorials after this one. Still we need to improve some more and we really appreciate your feedback. Please feel free to give us your input on the others as well.
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thank you for your precise and easy presentation!!
No, thank you for the comment and encouragement.
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Great, also remember if you have any questions just feel free to post are ask.
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Thanks for your input, that is actually the intention: start from the very basic concepts of cad for those wanting to start from scratch. Please check the rest and feel free to comment and share your feedback.
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nice video bro. i´d like to see in full action building up something so that i could see maybe some more dinamic environment ongoing. keep it up!
Before, i need to finish this one for Cad 2013 but it could be in the future. Inventor is a very powerful modeling software but is intended primarily for a specific task as its name suggest.
Hi Fisheye lens,
If it helps you, I've seen a lot of guys in their prime struggling with CAD. In fact one of its biggest challenges is understanding the basic concepts -So is not because you're back after 30 years- You can find most of these (at least for 2D) in the series up to the 4th video. After that, it provides some exercises to practice and learn at the same time. Just to let you know, if you need some help feel free to post any questions. Hope all the best for your plans and regards.
Yes, it is possible. Keep an eye on the next tutorials because that's my intention: to teach from zero. The most difficult part is the very beginning because you need to learn basic concepts which are unique to design software and in most cases to AutoCAD. At the same time is a little bit boring for those which are comfortable with CAD but extremely necessary for new ones. Feel free to ask any question and thanks.
Thanks a lot. In fact this is only a preliminary description of the basics of the software. You might want to also look at the rest of the tutorials.
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