lines => draw parallels – this allows you to draw lines that are offset a certain distance from anything. super useful
edit -> trim / extend – this allows you to trim two lines to meet together. if they arent already intersecting, it extends them too meet. also super useful.
edit -> bevel / round – this allows you to round and/or bevel lines you just intersected with the trim/extend commands. you can make pretty rounded corners with this. so laser 2.0!
ErikC September 2nd, 2008
9:58 pm
Have you tried Sketch UP? I’ve heard great things from my friends that do CAD, I think it might be for 3D though.
Sean September 11th, 2008
12:50 am
Ugg..
I work in AutoCAD all day so these stripped down basic drafting software become very difficult to use.
But my best recomendation is work on paper when first starting out, it will help you later on…
i revisit with paper and pencil whenever i start designing a new marco routine
Ken October 8th, 2008
7:58 pm
When will the CoCreate PE tutorial be coming? Free for non-commercial use.
[...] out the designs, and its been kinda frustrating. The documentation for it is terrible. Bre found a guy who does tutorials which has helped a little, but its overall a slow process. In some ways its similar to Rhino, which [...]
Caleb December 7th, 2008
3:37 pm
Brain power?! Yeah sure, I’d rather pay for a well designed software.
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my favorite tools:
lines => draw parallels – this allows you to draw lines that are offset a certain distance from anything. super useful
edit -> trim / extend – this allows you to trim two lines to meet together. if they arent already intersecting, it extends them too meet. also super useful.
edit -> bevel / round – this allows you to round and/or bevel lines you just intersected with the trim/extend commands. you can make pretty rounded corners with this. so laser 2.0!
Have you tried Sketch UP? I’ve heard great things from my friends that do CAD, I think it might be for 3D though.
Ugg..
I work in AutoCAD all day so these stripped down basic drafting software become very difficult to use.
But my best recomendation is work on paper when first starting out, it will help you later on…
i revisit with paper and pencil whenever i start designing a new marco routine
When will the CoCreate PE tutorial be coming? Free for non-commercial use.
If you install ubuntu linux, qcad is free.
[...] out the designs, and its been kinda frustrating. The documentation for it is terrible. Bre found a guy who does tutorials which has helped a little, but its overall a slow process. In some ways its similar to Rhino, which [...]
Brain power?! Yeah sure, I’d rather pay for a well designed software.