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jmaida wrote: For me, been there, done that.
OP is doing 2D design. The only real point in doing 2D design is to get dimensions down on a scaled drawing in order to hand it to someone for production. You can't 3D print from a 2D drawing. AC3D might be usable for 3D printing, but it is not usable for 2D dimensioned drawings. So obviously, you haven't done that if you don't know the difference in those capabilities. As I've said elsewhere (too often - I should just shut up) AC3D is not the tool they need, even for beginning to learn the CAD they are trying to do. If it was just 3D printing - maybe. But if they are focused on 2D prints, that is not their goal.
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Agree. Have done that.
I used one of first 3D printers available at the time. 2015?
Yikes, what a mess.
The software was to control the order of things, but users could easily break it.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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"Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or workstations) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design"
Yes, there is more to it than that. Inivis calls it a "3D design software program". So it is an intro to CAD.
Done.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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From someone who has done CAD in the manner specified by the OP, Invisis AC3D is definitely NOT an introduction to that type of CAD, and will just piss the OP off when they find out what real CAD is. They will know that they wasted their money. They would be far better off to play with FreeCAD for free than to spend $90 on AC3D.
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Understood. Respect that.
Done CAD of all flavors for 40+ years.
Just my opinion.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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but only 2/3 the fun. 
Good Luck
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Try learning Solidworks! I’ve been using it for the last 15 years and still find new ways of doing things! Mind you, its user interface leaves a lot to be desired - no consistency across functions! It’s as if it was designed by disparate teams all with their own idea on how to implement the functionality
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I've spent years with TurboCAD and have a pretty good handle on it.
Plus I have the Platinum version, which ain't cheap. (without subscription, which I am against)
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Like everything else these days, YouTube videos.
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very few on this topic
diligent hands rule....
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this info is great!
diligent hands rule....
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Simple. Practice. Practice. Practice. You will find yourself in Carnegie Hall.
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Not in today's market. I know a trumpet player who had to quit the biz and become a security guard to put bread on the table.
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Did he/she master the trumpet? Sounds like she/he had gigs. Classical? Jazz?
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He mastered it in college, did cruise ships, then Vegas. Huge downsizing in business because bean counters took over, etc...
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diligent hands rule....
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The quickest way to learn anything is to go all in. Doesn't matter if it's software or a new language. Devote all your time to it and 10,000 hours later you might know a thing or two.
Jeremy Falcon
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When I'm learning a new "thing" nothing else exists until I nail it -I think I may be a tad autistic
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: I think I may be a tad autistic
Maybe... but people always want to label something that's not the norm... even though the norm will always produce mediocre results by it's very nature. I do the same. Methinks you're just focused.
Jeremy Falcon
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I have a small project to do and do not have enough time
diligent hands rule....
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About the software, I didn't know that one, thanks.
Last time I had to make 2D things I went for NanoCad, very similar to older versions of AutoCad that I had seen in college.
About the learning point... (I now speak about SketchUp, I learned parallel to working in 2D with NanoCad)
I started looking at the context help of each button, then I tried to make some things on my own with that small knowledge, once I found enough "fvck you" moments, I went to youtube and searched for a good content creator (took me a couple of days to find someone good), have a look to his way of doing things. Go back and start working on my own again.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Patience, diligence and practice. There are no shortcuts.
Having said that, some CAD packages are fairly intuitive, and others not. Of the ones I used in my day, Autocad was gruesome, possibly the worst software UI I have ever encountered. Daxcad (now defunct, I believe) and Silverscreen were a delight to use. I found Fastcad and several other light- to middleweight systems somewhere in between, neither particularly easy to use, nor particularly difficult.
Golden rule is RTFM and keep it handy!
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knowing the actual domain is really useful when learning a new software.
if you want to learn to use a CAD software, knowing what CAD is and what is the terminology and how things are done helps.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I struggled at first to learn Fusion 360 (my 6th or 7th CAD system?).
I found a great step by step tutorial on YouTube. I watch the video at double speed to get the gist of it, then follow along at home. After each step I stop the video and parrot the step. The devil is in the details!
It's pretty easy - watching the video I press space, alt-tab to F360, do the step, alt-tab back to YouTube, press space to play. Rinse and repeat.
This really helped me learn the important but sometimes tiny details required to get F360 to work.
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