Find out how to apply the British and International Technical Drawing standards to your dawings.
Learn how to model your designs in with Autodesk Inventor, then create drawings and cutting tickets from the model.
Useful resources for Setting out, CAD, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Joinery, Woodworking, Millwork, Cabinetry and Building Construction.
Reviews of CAD and Architectural fabrication Books, Web sites, tools, software and anything else that grabs my attention!
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Welcome to the Cad Setter Out. This is my Blog for posting the tips, tricks, tutorials and reference that I have picked up over the last few years of producing joinery shop drawings using CAD.
The focus will be on Autodesk software products, primarily AutoCad and Inventor (because that’s what I use) and on Setting Out working drawings for the Construction industry (because that’s what I do).
I hope that this Blog will become a useful resource for my colleagues and myself, and maybe for you too.
When I am old and in my dotage, I will listen to the young CADlets that gather at my knee;
‘Gee grand-pops’ they will say – ‘were you really there?’
‘Yes!’ I will say. ‘I was at D3DLive 2013!’
Do you use Autodesk Inventor for Furniture design, Joinery, Cabinet making or Millwork? You do? Great!
Over the last few weeks a number of stories have caught my eye that might also interest you. Read more to find out about Ellis Furniture (This years Autodesk Inventor user of the year) Studiworx new bespoke training package for Joinery and Microconcepts acquisition of the distribution rights for Tools4Inventor
Darren Lester, founder of ’the CAD cube’, has now re-branded his site as ‘Specified by’.
The main difference for us is that we no longer see ourselves as a CAD library, but a specification library. This means rather than hosting a library of manufacturers CAD models, we will host a range of manufacturers digital files, including CAD models, but also BIM components, technical/specification documents, case studies and more.
Did you miss out on AU 2012 this year – shame on you ;)
Not to worry. It’s not too late to have the best of the content come to you. Including the LIVE recording of my first ever class at Autodesk University…
Content is King, so why waste time building up your library when you can download it for free?
TheCADcube is the latest of many web sites dedicated to providing you with 3D models to help you build up your library. CAD Cube is aimed at the Architectural industry, but interestingly there is no mention of BIM in sight…
‘BIM may well be the future for the construction industry, and the demand for BIM is steadily growing, but CAD users are going to be in the majority for the foreseeable future.’
In this post I’m talking to Darren Lester, 26 year old Architectural technologist, resident Entrepreneur at Edinburgh University and founder of the CAD Cube.
Dance, Laugh, cry – ride the highs and lows of 2012 with us at CadSetterOut.com
