AboutBob Expertise I am good at getting Architects and Interior Designers who are intimidated by Autocad, ADT, etc. to feel comfortable, get things done.
PLEASE GIVE ME:
1- some background on you and your skills, and what field you are working in, so I can reply at your level and dont give architecture answers to an engineer
2- the reason you want to do what you are asking, so I will know I am helping you to get to a goal (maybe I have a better way to suggest)
3- the release of AutoCAD you are using
4- how much AutoCAD training you have taken
THAT WAY -- your question will be easy to answer more clearly. Thanks, BOB
Experience Interior Design and Space Planning. Autodesk U. 2000 and 2001.
Expert: Bob Date: 7/16/2008 Subject: AutoCAD Spirals
Question I am a civil engineering intern working on a highway project for my company. I am drawing right of way lines for an existing Arizona highway in Autodesk Land Desktop 2007. The spiral I am trying to make is coming off of a straight (tangent) line. The information I am given is: S77degrees20'52"E , 297.38' (i think this is the length) , chord of sprial.
Answer Hi -- congrats on your internship.
Some things we have to learn about asking for help:
1-- ask in a way the person would reasonably understand (you are asking an Interior Designer an LDDT question, so you need to frame it better) AutoCAD is used in a zillion ways, so no one knows everything about how to do everything.
2-- give all the facts (what is the spiral for? 2D or 3D? --a context really helps)
3-- actually ASK a question -- there is no question at all in what you write, such as "I am trying to do X, but the problem is ABC, please help me" I have only a vague concept that you might be asking where to place a spiral, how to draw it, or ????????
4-- be sure you have done your homework -- ie, look in HELP, look online for a tutorial, etc
THE BEST THING I TEACH PEOPLE IS HOW TO BE CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO FIND YOUR OWN HELP.
In this case, I have spent 10 minutes typing -- I dont know what you need. My best suggestion is to ask someone else in the office who has done it before. Then, I would go to the Autodesk Discussion Groups and post a COMPLETE question, where people in your field will be more likely to know what you mean.__________ http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=83
This is not criticism, but a valuable bit of info, if you want to get good jobs:
I promise you that interns and junior employees who bring the entire needed information on the first try are very much appreciated, and get job offers. Those who ask questions which make folks need to ask a bunch of questions back take up a lot of time, and do not work out in a busy office.
