I was wondering if this might be an interesting topic for some of you. Not everybody has moved into 3D design & many of you still use 2D & have a lot of experience in it, be it ACAD, Draftsight, ETC.
I would like to start this thread off by saying that I personally don't want to hear "How you can do this better in 3D". I just want other 2D users to share some tips & tricks they've picked up along the way. The 2D CAD programs are powerful, & I actually enjoy using them. I myself learned ACAD back in the very early 90's (ACAD 12?). I'm sure others have similar experiences & enjoy hearing all the "growing pains" we've had moving off a drawing board to a digitizing tablet (remember those? & having to recalibrate it?). "Auto Snap", "Grids", "Model space/Paperspace". I can't imagine the pain you other fellas had dealing with tapes & main frames, but I would still like to hear the stories & history of it.
I'm sure any & all tips would be appreciated by all the users of 2D, extra points to those who use 2D to design model engines.
John
I would like to start this thread off by saying that I personally don't want to hear "How you can do this better in 3D". I just want other 2D users to share some tips & tricks they've picked up along the way. The 2D CAD programs are powerful, & I actually enjoy using them. I myself learned ACAD back in the very early 90's (ACAD 12?). I'm sure others have similar experiences & enjoy hearing all the "growing pains" we've had moving off a drawing board to a digitizing tablet (remember those? & having to recalibrate it?). "Auto Snap", "Grids", "Model space/Paperspace". I can't imagine the pain you other fellas had dealing with tapes & main frames, but I would still like to hear the stories & history of it.
I'm sure any & all tips would be appreciated by all the users of 2D, extra points to those who use 2D to design model engines.
John
