working as CAD designer
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Topic: working as CAD designer
Posted By: 35889
Subject: working as CAD designer
Date Posted: 26.Aug.2015 at 23:43
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I am a mechanical engineering graduate who wants to work as a CAD engineer. Is there anybody on here who can fill me in on what to expect? I am certified with inventor, used it for over 5 years but have not touched autocad. I dont know much about drafting in terms of part and assembly drawings in real life projects, and im not really sure on what to expect from a CAD engineering job based in mechanical projects. Is there anybody who could give me some insight into aspects of the job as a CAD engineer, and how a project starts and finishes in terms of part, assembly drawings and use of software etc? Thanks for any replies.
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Posted By: jnem
Date Posted: 27.Aug.2015 at 08:23
I have not worked as a CAD Designer for long but from the experience that I have, you need to do learn Autocad. Majority of projects out there require 2D technical drwaings and Autocad is a leader in this. You can also look for projects involving product designs and developments which mostly use inventor or such close softwares.
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jmn
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 27.Aug.2015 at 11:31
No such thing as a cad engineer. There are cad techs and cad managers however. There are also engineers who use cad as a tool much as they would use a calculator or a spreadsheet.
Large well established companies are moving away from using generic AutoCAD towards such programs as Revit. Revit is considered to be a "modern" cad program and is nothing like AutoCAD. I suggest you look into Revit MEP. Start with this link...
http://www.autodesk.com/products/revit-family/overview
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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Posted By: nishajanarthan10
Date Posted: 22.Sep.2015 at 11:07
Working with CAD for a project is so easy. You just learn the basics of CAD and its shortcuts. This will help you to finish projects quickly. Start learning more about the shortcut keys.
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 22.Sep.2015 at 11:44
I fail to see what vital information that ^ ^ ^ post imparted to the OP. How does learning shortcut keys benefit someone doing mechanical design using CAD? What do shortcut keys have to do with parts and assembly drawings?
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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Posted By: thomas rydder
Date Posted: 22.Sep.2015 at 14:24
Whew...there's a guy who bears watching while at work, eh John?
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Tom
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 22.Sep.2015 at 23:46
I'm sure he could teach us a trick or two about shortcut keys.
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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