Unless he's a better man than we are Gunga Din. I do I do my control
diagrams in AutoCAD 2000 and that's difficult enough, not even 3D. I taught
myself the basics working in R13, R14, and 2000; then took an advanced
course at night. I'm guessing Marc did orthographic and not isometric
drawings of his brackets, which wouldn't be too too hard, especially if he
has previous experience with other CAD programs. Still, 20 minutes to
produce with AutoCAD is a small miracle.
Scout

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Oh... I've got 3 or 4 shops to choose from here in Halifax.

It can't be AutoCAD if you mastered brackets in 20 minutes to scale.
You'd have a hard time with basic shapes and scaling in that time frame on
AutoCAD light.... much longer on AutoCAD v.14+.

CM

"Marc" wrote in message
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| I've never used AutoCAD before, but 20 min of fooling around and I was
| able to design a bracket for my boat that required laser cutting,
| bending, and buffing. I also designed some chain plates for a friend
| that required laser cutting, punching and buffing. The pricing is
| more expensive, but reflects a measure of convenience.
| Believe it or not, but it is difficult to find a machine shop in NYC
| that will accept walk in orders off the street, or deal in marine
| grade SS and polishing.
|
|
|
| On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:02:28 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
| wrote:
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| Most of what you need milled for a boat would be better done by a local
| millwright or even a forge and smitty. I have a metal lathe outback and
a
| smitty. I'm researching case hardening right now.
|
| Cool site... but few could make use of it. I use AutoCAD light in my
field
| of work... but I would never attempt a complicated design with it.
|
| CM
|
| "Marc" wrote in message
| news | | Just another tool in the neverending world of boat maintenence. Use
it
| | or don't
| |
| |
| | On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:00:41 -0300, "Capt. Mooron"
| | wrote:
| |
| | Yeah sure Marc.... but how many people do you think can operate
AutoCAD
| | sufficiently well to design for lathe work and milling?
| |
| | CM
| |
| | "Marc" wrote in message
| | .. .
| | | sorry http://www.emachineshop.com/
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