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Best way to learn Illustrator and Autocad?
08-13-2014, 07:36 PM
I don't know where to post this, I hope this is the right place.
My new responsibility may require me to use Illustrator and Autocad or at least understand how they work. I've tried google but the guides are all over the place, anyone know what is the best way learn AutoCad?
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Best way to learn Illustrator and Autocad?
08-13-2014, 08:50 PM
I use Illustrator and Photoshop on a daily basis.
This may should like an odd point, but how old are you?
I taught myself both apps on my own soon after college, well before internet. Still green, working crap day jobs, i'd go to uni comp labs at night and learn new software, purely out of curiosity.
If you already have an established gig, it'll be that much tougher to muster the energy, let alone the time to learn new apps. If that's the case either way you just have to dive in and dick around with it.
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Best way to learn Illustrator and Autocad?
08-13-2014, 09:45 PM
How did you learn it out of the blue with no previous experience?
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08-13-2014, 10:04 PM
Churning along through trial and error on my own. Checking out mammoth amount of books from library on history and fundamentals of the field, in the early days. Watching peers. Seeking mentors (though I found almost none -- old school dudes were computer-shy). As with any field, trade or craft, 10 years of experience/toil brings about a certain amount of proficiency. 20 years, and one approaches mastery.
Stay curious.
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Best way to learn Illustrator and Autocad?
08-13-2014, 10:21 PM
I never see Autocad anymore. Everything is Solidworks, Inventor, etc.
I see Sketchup more than autocad.
That said I enrolled in a tech institute for 5 days of Autocad back in 2004. By the end I was decent. Then after a couple months of work I took another 5 days.
Solidworks same thing. Continuing ed at the local college, online videos and lots of spare time.
Illustrator is everywhere, and is probably among the easiest to find tutorials for.
I use Solidworks 80% and Rhino 20% for modelling.
Adobe Creative suite is almost always running in the background as well.
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Best way to learn Illustrator and Autocad?
08-13-2014, 10:29 PM
I'm 26, I believe won't use them much and they will provide appropriate training if I need but I just want to make sure.