AutoCAD and Inventor Tips, Tricks & Tutorials.
The CAD Setter Out - AutoCAD Tutorials

AutoCAD

Learn how to use AutoCAD to create great shop drawings quickly and efficiently.

The CAD Setter Out - Technical Drawing Standards Tutorials

Technical Drawing

Find out how to apply the British and International Technical Drawing standards to your dawings.

The CAD Setter Out - Inventor Tutorials

Inventor

Learn how to model your designs in with Autodesk Inventor, then create drawings and cutting tickets from the model.

The CAD Setter Out - CAD & Woodworking rsources

Resources

Useful resources for Setting out, CAD, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Joinery, Woodworking, Millwork, Cabinetry and Building Construction.

The CAD Setter Out - Personal posts

CAD Setter Out

Editorial, comment and opinion from Paul Munford a.k.a 'The CAD Setter Out'.

The CAD Setter Out - Reviews

Reviews

Reviews of CAD and Architectural fabrication Books, Web sites, tools, software and anything else that grabs my attention!

Autodesk Labs, Exploring new approaches to Design Technology.

Autodesk Labs Home

Autodesk’s ‘Labs’ Site is where Autodesk puts it’s ‘Concept’ software until it finds it a home! The Autodesk Labs site features new Autodesk software, alongside add-ons and extensions to current software. All of the software is free to download and trial, Autodesk just want your feedback to help them judge whether their new ideas are…

Robert Green, The CAD Manager

Robert Green CAD Manager

Robert Green is a big name on the international CAD scene. An ex-engineer who moved into CAD consultancy and training, Robert has an engineers ability to analyse and break down complicated CAD concepts into easily manageable chunks. I have attended Roberts sessions at Autodesk University and the AUGI cad camps and I highly recommend them….

Inventor and AutoCAD free Video Tutorials from Exitech.

Exitech Videos

I stumbled upon this resource today from Exitech, your friendly neighbourhood Autodesk reseller. To be honest, Exitech aren’t renowned for giving anything away for free! I was therefore presently surprised by this really nicely put together Free CAD video library. They really run the full gamut of Autodesk software and it makes a nice change…

The Open Design Project, The Autodesk Inventor iLogic Guru

Mark Randa's OpenDesignproject.org

The Open Design Project is a website focused on designing wooden buildings and products using Autodesk Inventor. The site is enthusiastically run by ex Yacht draftsman and iLogic Guru Mark Randa. Open Design Project Features Autodesk Inventor Tutorials, Articles on BIM and Woodworking projects. Mark has  lot of experience with iLogic and his site shows some great examples.

AfraLISP, The Ultimate AutoLisp, Visual Lisp and VBA for AutoCAD resource.

AfraLisp

If you are interested in learning Autolisp for Autocad then the AfraLISP web site is a good place to start. If you’ve already dabbled, then you may have come across AfraLISP before. The AfraLISP website helps you to learn Auto Lisp,Visual Lisp and VBA for AutoCAD. AfraLISP was origionally written by Kenny Ramage and has recently been…

The Medieval Roots of ‘Setting Out’.

The tracing floor in the York Minster Masons loft

The role of a ‘Setter Out’ – A specialist Joinery draftsman, shares it’s roots with the Castle and Cathedral Builders of Medieval Europe.