Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 02:27 PM |
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getting into CAD
Hey guys
Can I ask what is required to go into CAD? Using say autocad for example doing engineering dafting. Any particular qualifications or standards
required?
cheers
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 02:31 PM |
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Depends what level you're looking at going in at? for a first position I'd say employers would be looking at a City & Guilds or
possibly prior experience of the type of work you'd like to work in and train on the job.
Others here may have different views but that is my own experience.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 02:41 PM |
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ta
I've got a higher in tec drawing, done plenty of autocad drawing in previous jobs doing working engineering drawing of machinery for the machine
shop to use so do understand that side of things and some of the standards / formats required. Just don't actually have anything down on paper
that says I can do it...
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Guinness
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 02:53 PM |
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We used to set people a practical exam / test when they came for an interview. We found there were so many different qualifications that we
couldn't keep track of them, or what they were supposed to mean you could or couldn't do.
In the end we devised a series of drawings for the candidates to do in a set timescale!
Mike
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 03:02 PM |
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Oh right that seems quite fair
There's a few guys near to me who do CAD, I was a bit surprised to see they were using the same version of AutoCAD I have at home. Nothing they
have been doing looks particularly amazing tbh quite sure I could do it. thanks
[Edited on 5/1/09 by Mr Whippy]
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 05:14 PM |
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I hate autocad witha passion, microstation is the future  but only with digitising pad
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loggyboy
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 05:19 PM |
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If you know the basics already a C&G would probly be a waste of time, allthough i guess there would be more advanced levels.
I reakon that 60% of things ive learned since doing my C&G 10 yrs ago have been thru trial and error (and the help button!), the rest has
been thru colleauges advice and online discussion groups etc.
Mistral Motorsport
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wicket
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| posted on 5/1/09 at 05:54 PM |
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I agree with loggyboy. I did the C&G about 20 yrs ago and upgrade training days since, but picked up a lot more by trial and error and the help
button. I was the only one in the office with any Autocad training or experience so I was pretty much on my own. Autocad, from my experience, is not
the most user friendly CAD package though, without some training its not easy to learn from the 'book'
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loggyboy
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| posted on 7/1/09 at 01:10 PM |
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Depends on if your doing 2D or 3D work. If its just 2D (and i guess its easy to say when you have been using it for 12 yrs), i dont thing Autocad is
that hard, once youve grasped the basics of copying, deleting, moving, offsetting, trimming, extending etc. The rest is all just there to make things
quicker.
Ive seen a couple of work experience lads come in and create some pretty impressive drawingsin the 2 weeks they were here.
Mistral Motorsport
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