Ok, so AutoCAD has been going for a week now. The first 3 days were HELL! I called my academic advisor and told him I wanted in a new class. He encouraged me to stick to it for a couple of weeks and if I still felt the same then we could talk. I'm so glad I listened. It's still hard, don't get me wrong. It feels so good when you accomplish something that you were ready to give up on. I had to continue and see this through. After all, I was going to have to do it eventually.
Now, if any of you have ever used Excel, this is very much like that. You give the computer camands and it does what you want it to do. You use the tools, that are represented as icons on over 12 menus! Once you choose the right tool, then you have to use the right comands in the right order for the program to create a line. Yes, just one line. Then you can break the line, copy the line, trim the line....but you have to know how to make a line. Then, heaven forbid you mess up and have to back track to find where! So difficult, yes! Impossible, I think not.
This is the first class I've had to seek tutoring, extra books for help, and "practice" time. But the instructor is great and she gives "live" sessions each week so we can see it done first hand. That is a huge help! Sometimes you have to just get in and get you hands dirty to see that things can be done. This is one of those things!
More to come....
1 comment:
good job sticking with it!
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