[AT] Another OT computer related but could be tractor friendly

[Skip Cleveland]

If you go to chiefarchitect.com you can get a free home trial sent to you. 
It beats anything else that I have tried.
I bought the full version and it it works great.
Speaking of tutorials, there are five cds with over 400 tutorials by the 
best teacher I have even had the privlige of hearing. The book that comes 
with it is 2" thick.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Another OT computer related but could be tractor friendly


> from looking at the tutorials, it looks like a powerful program.  I need
> something to use for site layouts instead of the old drafting stuff.  I
> don't have the room anymore for a drafting board.  I have been looking
> at a lot of programs and wasted a lot of time trying to run autocad.  I
> have an old version of autocad.  perhaps I could upgrade it, but the
> learning curve is so long, I just cannot justify it.  I am taking a
> website development course at the local vo-tech to be able to set up a
> means to sell my engineering services, antique cars and trucks and
> tractors and parts.  All I need is one more learning situation....
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>> Some time back I mentioned Google Sketch-up.  I played with this for a 
>> time
>> and gave it up.  Then  I reloaded it and this time I actually looked at 
>> the
>> tutorials and some online video instructions plus I bought Google Sketch 
>> up
>> for dummies.
>>
>> If any of you are interested in conceptual drawings of buildings, models, 
>> or
>> most anything you should try this software.  Use the tutorial that comes
>> with it and go online to this site
>> Http://sketchup.google.com/gsu5vtvideos.html and kill  an hour or so 
>> looking
>> at the videos.  They are done by the same guy, Aidan Chopra, that wrote
>> Sketch-up for Dummies.  After about 4 or 5 hours of learning curve you'll 
>> be
>> amazed at what you can do with the software.
>> It will be a good way to spend some cold winter days in a month or so.  I
>> have a couple of projects I'm trying to design with it.  I've also used 
>> it
>> to build "as built" drawings for some modifications I did at a tank farm
>> recently.
>>
>> Sorry if I'm boring anyone with this off topic but I hate not to pass it
>> along.  If you want to build a barn or tractor shed and want to know what 
>> it
>> will look like when it's done this is the way to find out.
>>
>> If anyone is interested I'll be glad to go into it further off list.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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