My primary interest is Ships, particularly Warships, followed by Aircraft, then vehicles. My ONLY CAD ‘experience’ has been a little 2D ‘dabbling’ with Xara Xtreme. I would very much like to learn 3D modelling, after having seen the ‘models at the following website:

(1) go to GOOGLE (2) click on THE DREADNOUGHT PROJECT and (3) click on MODELS — you will see what I mean.

I notice in one of your sites you responded to an (almost) similar letter to mine. The letter was from ‘Ken’ who was looking for a ‘primer’ to get started from scratch also using TurboCAD 16 DeLuxe and he,too, had no CAD experience.

I mention his letter because of your reply to it which was:

(Quote) To call you on your number AND I’LL LET YOU HAVE OUR 2D TRAINING BOOK FOR 25 QUID, THEY ARE EXCELLENT TO GET YOU GOING WITH VERY CLEAR TUTORIALS IN THE BOOK AND ON DISK (Emphasis mine).

Which book/s Disk/s are these, Paul? Are they your own teachings or TurboCAD copies? Please would you be so kind as to enlighten me on this as I definitely need assistance to get started in 2d/3D — ESPECIALLY 3D.

Please give me details of your material, prices and postage and packing by Airmail to Australia. Thanks a lot,

Kevin

Of course, but first I need to know if you want 3D or just 2D and what type of projects you intend to get involved in. CAD is a big field.

Paul

Greetings,

I live in Australia but would appreciate some CAD advice, can you help?

Thankyou,

Kevin.

Don’t buy from e-bay, give me a call I’ve got all sorts of alternatives to get you going. A CAD package is not something that you can throw in and simply work out – you do need some help at the start. If you like SketchUp then you’re better going for v16 as it can open up drawings that you have made in SketchUp. The combination of the two packages opens up a great many possibilities. I’m out and about a bit next week but you are welcome to call my mobile 077 24 88 24 03, or if you can leave it a week I’m at my desk all week starting Monday 31st May.
I’ll sort out something cheap, but effective to get you started.

Paul

I design and build fitted wardrobes and currently use PowerPoint to illustrate my designs. I am completely new to CAD (apart from playing around with Google Sketchup) but realise that I need a more professional means of conveying designs, and so I am thinking of buying a cheap TurboCAD 15 deluxe from ebay to get started (I don’t want to spend a fortune if it’s only going to sit on the shelf – if I can’t use it..). Mostly my drawings only need to be 2D but I would like to have the capability to move to 3D with them – as in sketchup.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

James

Best that you give me a call, as I’ll need to know whether you are talking about 2D or 3D. There are also a number of other considerations depending on how the drawing might develop.

Paul

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How can I tell whether I can draw “holes” – It seems that I need the mechanical version.

How do I tell the difference please?

Thanks kindly

David

david@davidzebra.co.uk

Send me the attachment at ptracey@avanquest.co.uk.

On the list of improvements in v17, the Pick Point Hatch is mentioned. I haven’t had time to look at it yet, but if you give me a call Monday 26 or after, I’ll be able to let you know how it has changed. I’m off for a week today, 17th April, if the planes are flying that is.

Paul

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Paul