Training in Winchester
TurboCAD Training:
2D and 3D in one day
There are two or three scheduled training days in the second half of each month. While complete beginners are welcome on the course, it is advised that those attending have some experience to get the most out of the course. Those new to CAD are welcome to phone me for advice. I have some free and some inexpensive tutorials to get the beginner started. Once familiar with the interface and a few commands the user will be in the best position to gain from the course.
Most of the courses are aimed at covering both the 2D and 3D aspects of the package and spend about half the time on each. There is time to look at drawings brought in from individuals to discuss best practice. Some courses have a narrower focus, such as 3D furniture making.
Numbers attending are limited to six. In this way I can tailor the course to fit the requirements of the group. I like to speak personally to each student before they attend to enable me to be fully prepared to deliver the most useful aspects of the package for the group.
Courses start at 10am and go straight through to 6pm in the centre of Winchester. A light lunch is provided. The cost is £160 + vat =£184
Provisional Dates for this year are:
- 26th November - Specializing in 3D building drawing.
We are also hoping to add more specialist training including training for SketchUp later this year.
Company Training in Winchester:
Training days can be booked to specifically address the needs of a company at our training rooms in Winchester. Times and costs will vary depending upon needs, please call for details.
Off-Site Training:
A full day is charged at £750 + vat.
Please take a look at our TurboCAD Training videos for more information on how to use TurboCAD.
Numbers limited
It is first come first served, but we’re keen to run further courses. If you have a requirement for course content that isn’t listed here, please drop us a line, we may be able to create something for you.
Paul Tracey
01962 835 081, ptracey@avanquest-solutions.co.uk
Hi there.
I am retired, now 70, and still do drawings for local Builders etc. I find I am about the only person I come into contact with that still uses a drawing board. I am happy with this but have had ‘people’ say my drawings aren’t as tidy as those that use CAD. For this reason and admittedly because CAD offers much more, I have tried for some years to master Turbocad for doing 2D drawings. I last bought v 10 deluxe with the Reference Manual and find this helpful, but since I am not at the board continuously, often forget the many sequences to do things. I am very computer lierate in all other respects. You have refered to Tutorials but none go simply through drawing in 2D a house layout say. I am too old to want to spend much on a training course but would love a good simple tutorial to get me going fluently, and something I can easily refer back to. I have gone through all on Youtube (where I get guidance on many technical things) but there is nothing appropriate. Can you help.
Rod,
A number of possibilities, some free some at a cost:
At present there is an offer to upgrade your v10 to v15 for £30, if you take this up I can also throw in the training 2D guide at £20, (normally £35). The advantages here would be that you would be able to save in the latest DWG and DXF formats and the guide is for v15 and good. When you load v15, it puts a large number of sample drawings and tutorials on your hard drive that the training guide refers to and you can play with.
There is a training day next week, 12th Feb, with places.
You are welcome to call me at the office and I’ll happily go through the relevant points of drawing building plans, or if you are on the internet, I can link our computers so that you can see me working while talking over the phone.
Once you know the correct tools and a few keyboard shortcuts, plans can be done very quickly and accurately.
Paul
01962 835 081 (0)
Hi Paul,
I’ve been asked to find some training materials for my boss. He’s been using an ancient version of Autocad to do drawings with corners that don’t quite meet up and dimensions that have been edited by had to say ‘10mm’ when they are 9.674319461mm, etc. Can you recommend a free or cheap tutorial to go through the basics of how to do CAD drawings properly with Turbocad? After he’s been though this I think some training might be appropriate. Many thanks for your help
Will,
I have a few training CDs for 2D v12 that you can have for free which will get him going. There is also a lot of training on YouTube. After that there are training days in Winchester, ( last few at £184 before the price goes up a bit), also excellent training books and videos.
If you’d like the disk send a note with a mailing address to ptracey@avanquest.co.uk.
The issue over a length is easily sorted and he will find TurboCAD far easier to use than AutoCAD.
Paul