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sam-smith
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just looking at advantages over the latter

just list any reason why#


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None, CAD can be adjusted and shared more easily thus making drawingboards a thing of the past.
Simon
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What's this for?
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tbh i prefer drawings boards, worked with both, and find cad abit 'un-userfriendly' imo of course. And with all these new versions of Auto-CAD i hate learning new things.

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My drawing board got carved to peices, only used it for keeping stuff on and as a cutting matt
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ok next question dont need that anymore

its for college. any recommendations for a CAD computer
Simon
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A computer capable or running CAD software?
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quote:
Originally posted by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo
tbh i prefer drawings boards, worked with both, and find cad abit 'un-userfriendly' imo of course. And with all these new versions of Auto-CAD i hate learning new things.



You know there is an Autocad Classic option

[Edited on 09-07-2009 by Simon]
sam-smith
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a computer capable of running a CAD system for business use
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Is there? We've got Auto CAD 2010, i hate it.
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quote:
Originally posted by sam-smith
a computer capable of running a CAD system for business use


So near-enough any brand new PC/Laptop
Simon
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quote:
Originally posted by sam-smith
a computer capable of running a CAD system for business use


Any fairly modern computer will be able to run some sort of CAD software

I'm still on 2009 LT on my machine but there is a button somewhere bottom right on the latest versions that can change it. I found it when borrowing a work mates machine
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Cant draw anywhere near as accurately on a board as you can in CAD. Drawing board is an old fashioned out dated thing.

Having said that for smaller jobs, little extensions, new openings etc. some of the older Architects that we deal with prefer hand drawn stuff so we have a guy that does that 100% of the time.

But there is no way you would contemplate doing the size of jobs f I do in CAD by hand.
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You can't copy and paste on a drawing board..

You can't undo an undo.

You can't reproduce it on demand for clients and colleages.

Its a phsyical pain in the arse working with A0 or bigger.

You can't use change control software with a drawing board.

etc. etc.
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2D or 3D CAD? I have a drawing board behind my deck - its basically used as a pin board
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quote:
Originally posted by sam-smith
just looking at advantages over the latter


The drawing board has zero advantage. Also AutoCAD 2010 seems excellent so far. PDF underlay
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Boo I'm still on 09
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Matt, PDF underlay!
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And what is that then? Underlay is what goes under a carpet
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its like an x-ref, but with a pdf, plus if the pdf was made in autocad (not a scan) you can snap to the god damn lines!

Greatest thing since cad moved to windows.
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it sounds slightly special, although I must admit I dont use X-refs really Some of the stuff I'm doing now it would be mighty handy for though
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
I must admit I dont use X-refs really


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never needed to
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All this talk of X-refs and snap to grid.. You sound like my mum! She's a CAD opperator lol..
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One downside is that being able to zoom in so much, you loose the overview that you get with drawing full size.

With a pen to stop and look at the overall design as well as the details, whereas I find with CAD you can often overlook major details because you're so concentrated on the minor details.

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