Civil Engineer - Moving into D
Hello All,I am an 18 year old from Scotland and I have acquired an apprenticeship with a large engineering consultancy which starts after the Summer. I do not have the slighest clue about Autocad but I have great knowledge with civil engineering as I have been out working since I was 16.
The reason for me joining this forum is for me to enable to get a head start before I start. If anyone could please help me in what I should be doing I would be most grateful.
Thanks a lot, Haffie. I would definitely agree with the above about downloading a demo from Autodesk, however if possible I would suggest maybe not the absolute latest version. If you can obtain a demo from elsewhere of the 2010 or 2011 version, you will most likely be more at home with the software your employer will provide. Don’t know how different 2013 is but you don't want to go learning something that you later can’t find / use.
I recall using ADT 2007 at Uni as they were keen on being up to date. When I went into industry for a placement in the same year we used a cheap palm off of AutoCAD and most command shortcuts I had learnt had to be re-learnt as they didn’t apply to the software we were using. I work with a very large global construction consultancy and we are only just licensed up to AutoCAD 2011 at the moment. Not sure of the differences between 2010/11 and 2013.
Anyhow, there’s my 10 cents. Congrats on the apprenticeship... Good luck!
Ollie Students can download free 3-yr license of most Autodesk products, did I mention for FREE.
http://www.autodesk.com/edcommunity
just don't use any work created in your student license at your employment.
There are also learning resources on that site.
Check http://au.autodesk.com for more free on-line classes.
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