Need a LOT of help with CAD

RavingNutsack · 01-March-05, 09:30 PM

Well, I'm thinking of making a complete custom case for use in a near-future mod but I want to create some decent AutoCAD-format files of it (if you must know, I intend for it to look like the Scanner in HL2-the thing that flies around and blinds you). Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for most CAD programs? More importantly, are there even any good open-source CAD programs out there, kinda like the GIMP is? Thanks guys.

4rm4g3dd0n · 01-March-05, 10:49 PM

not that i know of, im guessing youre getting at a free one and i cant really help ya there. autocad programs are usually expensive, and this side of pirating youre very most likley not gonna find a free way to do it. (notice mods that that sentence does not support piracy, just making an observation).

RavingNutsack · 02-March-05, 06:54 AM

Well, now I have to find my dad's copy of AutoCAD, but whatever. The request for tutorials is still present.

HighV · 16-March-05, 11:45 AM

I don't know of any good tutorials out there but I can ask my CAD professor for advice if you want and get that to you by tomorrow

tombozo · 16-March-05, 11:49 AM

Depending on how long you are going to need it, I have a demo (licensed Demo FROM AutoCAD) that I could mail to you, or you could just go to the site and request one. It will only last 30 days, and you would have to get them all done before that, but it is always an option

Tom

OOps....just noticed this was a semi-dead thread

RavingNutsack · 17-March-05, 06:54 AM

Nah, I'm still here.

and thanks for the offer, tom, but I already appropriated a copy from my school. and HighV, if you could PM me that info, I would be VERY grateful (those "for dummies" books are amazingly idiotic).

01-March-05, 09:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
RavingNutsack Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 143	Need a LOT of help with CAD Well, I'm thinking of making a complete custom case for use in a near-future mod but I want to create some decent AutoCAD-format files of it (if you must know, I intend for it to look like the Scanner in HL2-the thing that flies around and blinds you). Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for most CAD programs? More importantly, are there even any good open-source CAD programs out there, kinda like the GIMP is? Thanks guys.

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4rm4g3dd0n Apex Elite Tech Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Texas A&M University Posts: 1,195	not that i know of, im guessing youre getting at a free one and i cant really help ya there. autocad programs are usually expensive, and this side of pirating youre very most likley not gonna find a free way to do it. (notice mods that that sentence does not support piracy, just making an observation). __________________

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tombozo Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: In the maze of my mind, in that place just left of sanity not a few paces from lunacy which happens to be a half step from Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 249	Depending on how long you are going to need it, I have a demo (licensed Demo FROM AutoCAD) that I could mail to you, or you could just go to the site and request one. It will only last 30 days, and you would have to get them all done before that, but it is always an option Tom OOps....just noticed this was a semi-dead thread __________________ A nice long vacation, but I am back!

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02-March-05, 06:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
RavingNutsack Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 143	Well, now I have to find my dad's copy of AutoCAD, but whatever. The request for tutorials is still present.

16-March-05, 11:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
HighV Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Brentwood,TN Posts: 19	I don't know of any good tutorials out there but I can ask my CAD professor for advice if you want and get that to you by tomorrow

17-March-05, 06:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
RavingNutsack Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 143	Nah, I'm still here. and thanks for the offer, tom, but I already appropriated a copy from my school. and HighV, if you could PM me that info, I would be VERY grateful (those "for dummies" books are amazingly idiotic).