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General and Gaming => Off Topic => Topic started by: naicigam on January 31, 2014, 07:35:46 am
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Hi, everyone!!!
I don't know if someone asked this before, but if not... What do you do for living?
Please... mention only the legal activities! ;)
I have been a software developer for about 10 years (does the site need more collaborators?), and that is how I get some money to build my game collection!
What about all of you?
Cheers!
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Yeah, this topic's already going somewhere - I just don't have the time to look for it find/link to it right now...
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Hi, everyone!!!
I don't know if someone asked this before, but if not... What do you do for living?
Please... mention only the legal activities! ;)
I have been a software developer for about 10 years (does the site need more collaborators?), and that is how I get some money to build my game collection!
What about all of you?
Cheers!
I'm a developer as well! Been at it for about 10 years as well. My day job focuses mostly on auto-industry specific web based development.
As for collaborating - do you do any Android or iOS dev? The Android app is slowly being worked on and will be opened sourced in the near future. I need lots of help on that as Java isn't my area (nor do I have the time for it).
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I' an Civil Engineer. I specialize in transportation.
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I' an Civil Engineer. I specialize in trainspotting.
:o
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I study computer engineering, but I already developed some IT stuff. My scientific research scholarship in university is what helps me build my game collection. It's a tough quest, although.
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I feel like most collectors are in the tech industry lol. Most of the ones I know personally are software engineers, system administrators and things of that nature.
Not me though, I'm a clinical social worker.
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Right now, Im a stay at home dad ... but with my kids both going to be in full time school starting next summer, I plan to dabble in the world of pest control. Before I stayed at home, I was an animal control officer for about 5 years as well as a vet tech for a few more years. While doing the vet tech stuff, I also helped train birds and raised reptiles. At one time, I had 19 different turtle enclosures in my apartment. I would love to get a herpetology degree but there is nothing like that locally.
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I'm an analyst for Coca-Cola. Most times just showing them how they can save money.
Not very good at programming languages, but I can write SQL queries if there is a database or SQL server that runs the backend of this site.
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I'm an analyst for Coca-Cola. Most times just showing them how they can save money.
Not very good at programming languages, but I can write SQL queries if there is a database or SQL server that runs the backend of this site.
and you are new around these parts! Not to interrupt the thread but welcome to the site!
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Quality Assurance Engineer... HP tools, quality center/ALM, loadrunner/Performance Center, QTP/UFT. Current client is major luxury auto maker.
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I assemble high end Florescent and LED light fixtures.
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I teach a computer basics class to disabled adults learning job skills. I also job coach one of them at a cat haven.
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I go to highschool for a living.
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I am still in high school at the moment, but I have been working at the family business doing different manual labor jobs since I was 10ish like sorting hangers and stringing laundry bags. Last year I started working a lot more since I could drive and somehow ended up in the office one day where I am now building spreadsheets/binders for all of the delivery routes.
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I'm the Engineering Supervisor for a small locally-owned television station. I get to maintain our transmitter, satellite farm and various data links as well as build sets and work with specialty lighting and wiring for our various talk shows, game shows and concerts. We focus on entertainment, which makes it nice to not have to mess around with news.
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I'm a web developer at 3 canadian national museums (more like webmaster-ish (maintenance and such), but we will be doing more development soon). Nothing too special, but it pays well and it's sometimes fun. Definitely better than working for a web company.
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I'm an underwear model.
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I'm an underwear model.
Taking half naked selfies and sending them to random people doesnt quite qualify as an underwear model.
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I'm an underwear model.
Taking half naked selfies and sending them to random people doesnt quite qualify as an underwear model.
They're 90% naked.
In related news, I'm apparently not an underwear model.
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Um, you said only legal activities so I can't put what I do for a living on here ;)
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I'm an underwear model.
Taking half naked selfies and sending them to random people doesnt quite qualify as an underwear model.
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH funny funny funny stuff ;) You two I swear, should do a video game review video series together or something. Your personalities clash just right for very entertaining comedy.
Soera, you mentioned reptiles, I just got rid of my 3 red ear sliders that I have had for 2 years :'( I loved them but I had to let them go :'( :'( :'( :'(
I want to get a bearded dragon when I get a house but I love my sliders. I just got rid of them literally yesterday. I'm sad.
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I'm an underwear model.
Taking half naked selfies and sending them to random people doesnt quite qualify as an underwear model.
I had to go back to this topic just to read this again LOL. so hilarious ;D
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I'm a substitute in kindergartens in the city
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Due to certain NDA's...
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I am still in high school at the moment, but I have been working at the family business doing different manual labor jobs since I was 10ish like sorting hangers and stringing laundry bags. Last year I started working a lot more since I could drive and somehow ended up in the office one day where I am now building spreadsheets/binders for all of the delivery routes.
I'm in my junior year. 2015 is coming...
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Due to certain NDA's...
...and those pesky, damned S.o.L's...
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Hmm, im the only one getting his hands dirty :o
But i work in growing plants......................................................................and not the ones u think!
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I am still in high school at the moment, but I have been working at the family business doing different manual labor jobs since I was 10ish like sorting hangers and stringing laundry bags. Last year I started working a lot more since I could drive and somehow ended up in the office one day where I am now building spreadsheets/binders for all of the delivery routes.
I'm in my junior year. 2015 is coming...
Same. We are almost ready to go into the exciting world of working and paying a lot of bills!
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Hmm, im the only one getting his hands dirty :o
But i work in growing plants......................................................................and not the ones u think!
Sure :)
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I am still in high school at the moment, but I have been working at the family business doing different manual labor jobs since I was 10ish like sorting hangers and stringing laundry bags. Last year I started working a lot more since I could drive and somehow ended up in the office one day where I am now building spreadsheets/binders for all of the delivery routes.
I'm in my junior year. 2015 is coming...
Same. We are almost ready to go into the exciting world of working and paying a lot of bills!
That bad ass that your the same class as mine.
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Hmm, im the only one getting his hands dirty :o
Not technically. Turf did mention that he was an underwear model so I'm pretty sure he gets his hands dirty ;D
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I'm a web developer at 3 canadian national museums (more like webmaster-ish (maintenance and such), but we will be doing more development soon). Nothing too special, but it pays well and it's sometimes fun. Definitely better than working for a web company.
Haha, I feel you. I was an intern in web development last summer and man, that sucked. The company was awful though, so I can't blame the job itself.
I'm still a student in college, but I'm supposed to get my diploma in December this year. I study computer science, and while I don't know exactly what I'd like to do afterwards, I'm 110% certain that I don't wanna manage networks or be the IT (read "do-it-all-person-when-shit-breaks") of any company. :P I do know that in programming, I have always preferred projects about making video games over anything else. I kinda like making web sites too, but I suck at designing them. Or at least, I don't really like designs I make myself.
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I work in retail.
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Primary sales man and kinda like an assistant manager of my family's business.
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i dont have a job because i have really bad social anxiety
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I am still in high school at the moment, but I have been working at the family business doing different manual labor jobs since I was 10ish like sorting hangers and stringing laundry bags. Last year I started working a lot more since I could drive and somehow ended up in the office one day where I am now building spreadsheets/binders for all of the delivery routes.
I'm in my junior year. 2015 is coming...
Same. We are almost ready to go into the exciting world of working and paying a lot of bills!
You guys make me feel so old!
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I'm a web developer at 3 canadian national museums (more like webmaster-ish (maintenance and such), but we will be doing more development soon). Nothing too special, but it pays well and it's sometimes fun. Definitely better than working for a web company.
Haha, I feel you. I was an intern in web development last summer and man, that sucked. The company was awful though, so I can't blame the job itself.
My experience with working at actual web companies (I worked for 3 different ones) has been consistently terrible. If you want to work in web, my suggestion is to either work as a webmaster/developer for a non-web company, or work for the government. Maybe take some contracts independently in addition to that if you can manage that.
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Haha, I feel you. I was an intern in web development last summer and man, that sucked. The company was awful though, so I can't blame the job itself.
My experience with working at actual web companies (I worked for 3 different ones) has been consistently terrible. If you want to work in web, my suggestion is to either work as a webmaster/developer for a non-web company, or work for the government. Maybe take some contracts independently in addition to that if you can manage that.
I've been considering this for a while, it's good to know that someone else thinks it might be a good idea! I can't wait to graduate and finally do something. :)
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I am a high school engineering teacher.
Incidentally, Matt, i may have to pick your brain. I've been tasked by our Autos teacher to develop a web application to do work orders and technician tasks and such...
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Senior architectural design engineer.
i design building envelopes for large commercial buildings. - the metal panels and curtainwall (glazing) mainly.
some jobs i worked on (if anyone wanted to know)
(http://www.egreenideas.com/project_portfolio/images/27_b.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/SECUbuildingdowntownRaleigh.jpg/240px-SECUbuildingdowntownRaleigh.jpg)(http://images.raleighskyline.com/images/2013/lightning-rainbow-and-storms-in-raleigh/secu_raleighskyline.com.jpg)
(http://www.hartlepoolguide.co.uk/images/RSPB_Saltholme.jpg)
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/19/nyregion/cityroom-arena/cityroom-arena-blog480.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AqOMam65mrw/TGPvT9x7N9I/AAAAAAAACtQ/CaVL_0SIn4E/s1600/The-Engine-Shed,-Lincoln.jpg)
currently working on this
(http://www.post-gazette.com/image/2013/10/17/420x_q90_cMC_z/The-Gardens-at-Market-Square.jpg)
and (http://thetysonscorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Mitre4Render.jpg)
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Right now, Im a stay at home dad ... but with my kids both going to be in full time school starting next summer, I plan to dabble in the world of pest control. Before I stayed at home, I was an animal control officer for about 5 years as well as a vet tech for a few more years. While doing the vet tech stuff, I also helped train birds and raised reptiles. At one time, I had 19 different turtle enclosures in my apartment. I would love to get a herpetology degree but there is nothing like that locally.
i was a stay at home dad for 6 months. only so much tellytubbies you can watch (that amount is none)
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Primary sales man and kinda like an assistant manager of my family's business.
what is the family business
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I'm an underwear model.
Taking half naked selfies and sending them to random people doesnt quite qualify as an underwear model.
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH funny funny funny stuff ;) You two I swear, should do a video game review video series together or something. Your personalities clash just right for very entertaining comedy.
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agreed
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Senior architectural design engineer.
i design building envelopes for large commercial buildings. - the metal panels and curtainwall (glazing) mainly.
That is actually pretty nice!!! :D
I am currently working on an application to navigate interiors using Oculus Rift. Would you be interested in it?
Thanks!
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I do remember a similar thread like this being started before and can't find it either. So I will post on this one.
I work at the Fort Myers Newpress in Fort Myers, Florida as a newspaper inserter in the production section of the building. Thats where the paper gets printed and shipped out the door. My job officially is about placing advertisements into the inserter machine, that puts the final printed product together, and stacking down the individual printed main sections themselves. Unofficially I have proven to be a fast learner with almost no limitations and thus they have me doing a little bit of everything, except being the manager and working on the equipment itself. The Newspress itself is part of the global communications corporation Ganett Communications based out of England. I have been with Ganett itself for 10 years and spent the first half up north at the Lansing State Journal in Lansing, Michigan.
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Primary sales man and kinda like an assistant manager of my family's business.
what is the family business
Oh, I sell utility and cargo trailers and parts.
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Senior architectural design engineer.
i design building envelopes for large commercial buildings. - the metal panels and curtainwall (glazing) mainly.
That is actually pretty nice!!! :D
I am currently working on an application to navigate interiors using Oculus Rift. Would you be interested in it?
Thanks!
Thats pretty cool but 99% of my work is exterior. i need to learn how to use Revit. currently i just use AutoCAD and Navisworks (to look at the architects models)
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Primary sales man and kinda like an assistant manager of my family's business.
what is the family business
Oh, I sell utility and cargo trailers and parts.
thats pretty cool. you got contracts with any of the major trucking companies?
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Nope, it's all just small trailers. Not the big semi trailers, man I hate those things.
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Nope, it's all just small trailers. Not the big semi trailers, man I hate those things.
i think semi's should be limited in speed. sick of them thrashing past me and 80 in snow.
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Senior architectural design engineer.
i design building envelopes for large commercial buildings. - the metal panels and curtainwall (glazing) mainly.
That is actually pretty nice!!! :D
I am currently working on an application to navigate interiors using Oculus Rift. Would you be interested in it?
Thanks!
Thats pretty cool but 99% of my work is exterior. i need to learn how to use Revit. currently i just use AutoCAD and Navisworks (to look at the architects models)
From the pictures, I'm actually surprised you don't use Revit currently! Unfortunately, Curtain Walls in Revit are still pretty crappy to work with.
Going along with this thread, I work at an Architectural firm as their IT manager. Before that, I was the BIM/CAD manager which is a fancy way of saying I knew the most about AutoCAD and Revit.
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Senior architectural design engineer.
i design building envelopes for large commercial buildings. - the metal panels and curtainwall (glazing) mainly.
That is actually pretty nice!!! :D
I am currently working on an application to navigate interiors using Oculus Rift. Would you be interested in it?
Thanks!
Thats pretty cool but 99% of my work is exterior. i need to learn how to use Revit. currently i just use AutoCAD and Navisworks (to look at the architects models)
From the pictures, I'm actually surprised you don't use Revit currently! Unfortunately, Curtain Walls in Revit are still pretty crappy to work with.
Going along with this thread, I work at an Architectural firm as their IT manager. Before that, I was the BIM/CAD manager which is a fancy way of saying I knew the most about AutoCAD and Revit.
cool.
ive never really got into the whole BIM modeling yet. we have sent that out to other companies. i think that companies expectations of the BIM model is still along way off. to creat a building that can be a perfect take off and fab package all in one is still years away. the current PC's just cant cope with a model with that much information.
i specialize in custom unitized curtainwall.
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Senior architectural design engineer.
i design building envelopes for large commercial buildings. - the metal panels and curtainwall (glazing) mainly.
That is actually pretty nice!!! :D
I am currently working on an application to navigate interiors using Oculus Rift. Would you be interested in it?
Thanks!
Thats pretty cool but 99% of my work is exterior. i need to learn how to use Revit. currently i just use AutoCAD and Navisworks (to look at the architects models)
From the pictures, I'm actually surprised you don't use Revit currently! Unfortunately, Curtain Walls in Revit are still pretty crappy to work with.
Going along with this thread, I work at an Architectural firm as their IT manager. Before that, I was the BIM/CAD manager which is a fancy way of saying I knew the most about AutoCAD and Revit.
cool.
ive never really got into the whole BIM modeling yet. we have sent that out to other companies. i think that companies expectations of the BIM model is still along way off. to creat a building that can be a perfect take off and fab package all in one is still years away. the current PC's just cant cope with a model with that much information.
i specialize in custom unitized curtainwall.
I agree to an extent. The capabilities are there to get a good take off, but it requires a ton of time to model everything. That ends up making it not worthwhile to do. Inputting all the materials and their properties for every object isn't really feasible and like you said, too taxing for most workstations. But then you've got firms like HKS that have crazy BIM rooms for running Navisworks and high end models.
As a coordination and consistency tool, it's hands down amazing. I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
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I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
I'm in the process of learning AutoCAD. My work just switched over from an AASHTO backed CAD program that was not exactly an industry standard. Holy shit is that a massive program. I've worked in one place since I graduated college 8 years ago, and never had any training in AutoCAD. I don't even know where to start.
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I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
I'm in the process of learning AutoCAD. My work just switched over from an AASHTO backed CAD program that was not exactly an industry standard. Holy shit is that a massive program. I've worked in one place since I graduated college 8 years ago, and never had any training in AutoCAD. I don't even know where to start.
Yup there isn't a single thing about autoCAD that's intuitive. At least there's the ribbon on the newer versions where you can find most any command you're looking for. Before that everything was basically command based -_-. I'd point you in a direction to learn, but I realized everything I know came from trying to figure out a specific problem lol.
If you do a lot of floor plans, where you'd reuse the same base plan for them, look into xrefs. They're totally helpful for keeping consistent among plans.
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Senior architectural design engineer.
i design building envelopes for large commercial buildings. - the metal panels and curtainwall (glazing) mainly.
That is actually pretty nice!!! :D
I am currently working on an application to navigate interiors using Oculus Rift. Would you be interested in it?
Thanks!
Thats pretty cool but 99% of my work is exterior. i need to learn how to use Revit. currently i just use AutoCAD and Navisworks (to look at the architects models)
From the pictures, I'm actually surprised you don't use Revit currently! Unfortunately, Curtain Walls in Revit are still pretty crappy to work with.
Going along with this thread, I work at an Architectural firm as their IT manager. Before that, I was the BIM/CAD manager which is a fancy way of saying I knew the most about AutoCAD and Revit.
cool.
ive never really got into the whole BIM modeling yet. we have sent that out to other companies. i think that companies expectations of the BIM model is still along way off. to creat a building that can be a perfect take off and fab package all in one is still years away. the current PC's just cant cope with a model with that much information.
i specialize in custom unitized curtainwall.
I agree to an extent. The capabilities are there to get a good take off, but it requires a ton of time to model everything. That ends up making it not worthwhile to do. Inputting all the materials and their properties for every object isn't really feasible and like you said, too taxing for most workstations. But then you've got firms like HKS that have crazy BIM rooms for running Navisworks and high end models.
As a coordination and consistency tool, it's hands down amazing. I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
as a collision detection its amazing.
or if i cant tell what is going on in the architecturals then the model is normally pretty cool to look at to get an idea.
job im working on right now the slab is out on the whole building. just had a meeting and he said he would place it where we want it. meeting could not have gone better for us
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I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
I'm in the process of learning AutoCAD. My work just switched over from an AASHTO backed CAD program that was not exactly an industry standard. Holy shit is that a massive program. I've worked in one place since I graduated college 8 years ago, and never had any training in AutoCAD. I don't even know where to start.
Yup there isn't a single thing about autoCAD that's intuitive. At least there's the ribbon on the newer versions where you can find most any command you're looking for. Before that everything was basically command based -_-. I'd point you in a direction to learn, but I realized everything I know came from trying to figure out a specific problem lol.
If you do a lot of floor plans, where you'd reuse the same base plan for them, look into xrefs. They're totally helpful for keeping consistent among plans.
i dont use the ribbon. i use shortcut keys. L for line C for Circle etc
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I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
I'm in the process of learning AutoCAD. My work just switched over from an AASHTO backed CAD program that was not exactly an industry standard. Holy shit is that a massive program. I've worked in one place since I graduated college 8 years ago, and never had any training in AutoCAD. I don't even know where to start.
if your drawings take ages to save do this
ISAVEPERCENT
then type 100
that will make it so autocad just saves the changes made since the last save.
also look into lisp files.
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I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
I'm in the process of learning AutoCAD. My work just switched over from an AASHTO backed CAD program that was not exactly an industry standard. Holy shit is that a massive program. I've worked in one place since I graduated college 8 years ago, and never had any training in AutoCAD. I don't even know where to start.
Yup there isn't a single thing about autoCAD that's intuitive. At least there's the ribbon on the newer versions where you can find most any command you're looking for. Before that everything was basically command based -_-. I'd point you in a direction to learn, but I realized everything I know came from trying to figure out a specific problem lol.
If you do a lot of floor plans, where you'd reuse the same base plan for them, look into xrefs. They're totally helpful for keeping consistent among plans.
i dont use the ribbon. i use shortcut keys. L for line C for Circle etc
That's definitely the most efficient way to CAD for sure. But for someone just starting to learn the program, it's a lot to take in.
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I think that you guys are the only one's on here who know what the heck you are talking about lol. I know I sure don't. Sounds like ya'll are speaking another language to me
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I work in AutoCAD as little as possible lol.
I'm in the process of learning AutoCAD. My work just switched over from an AASHTO backed CAD program that was not exactly an industry standard. Holy shit is that a massive program. I've worked in one place since I graduated college 8 years ago, and never had any training in AutoCAD. I don't even know where to start.
Yup there isn't a single thing about autoCAD that's intuitive. At least there's the ribbon on the newer versions where you can find most any command you're looking for. Before that everything was basically command based -_-. I'd point you in a direction to learn, but I realized everything I know came from trying to figure out a specific problem lol.
If you do a lot of floor plans, where you'd reuse the same base plan for them, look into xrefs. They're totally helpful for keeping consistent among plans.
i dont use the ribbon. i use shortcut keys. L for line C for Circle etc
That's definitely the most efficient way to CAD for sure. But for someone just starting to learn the program, it's a lot to take in.
Thats how I was taught. I had to do 1 year on the shop floor first. Then 1 year on the drawing boards. Then CAD
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I used to be an Application Engineer at a firm that sold Autodesk products. I still can't believe the number of calls we had to deal with when AutoCAD added the ribbon interface. I was just starting to get the hang of Revit when the company I worked for went out of business. Now days I only use AutoCAD for some basic modeling of my woodworking projects and to do some tweaks on some house plans. I loaded up 3DStudio MAX the other day; it's downright sad how much I've forgotten about that program. Used to do character modeling and animation in college with it, now it takes me 20 minutes to try to remember how materials work. :(
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I think that you guys are the only one's on here who know what the heck you are talking about lol. I know I sure don't. Sounds like ya'll are speaking another language to me
I can understand if this post is taken down but....
90snostalga's head right now
(http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/archive/b/b5/20120914120348!Exploding-head.gif)
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I'm going to college this fall for Computer Systems and Networking, where I'll look to become a Network Admin or a Repair Technician. Not too fussy on programming, but I can build/diagnose a PC in a heartbeat.
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As for collaborating - do you do any Android or iOS dev? The Android app is slowly being worked on and will be opened sourced in the near future. I need lots of help on that as Java isn't my area (nor do I have the time for it).
I am not an expert on the iOS/Android side, although I had little experience with Android.
I will be travelling for the next two weeks, but I will contact you as soon as I get back so we can talk and see if I can be of help.
Cheers!
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Buying and selling whatever... Mainly vintage pocket watches and guns. In the next few weeks will be working at a pawn shop.... Hoping to see some good deals on games come in:D