Ken226
Alibre Super User
Want has nothing to do with it. The boss decides where I'm at, with no regard whatsoever for my internet connectivity, or comfort. I'm as likely to be in a hotel in Yuma, AZ I am a truck in the North Cascades Mountains in WA state on any given month.
But, I wasn't posting this for myself. Oh, and wifi hotspots works, but the it seems to slow the already slow connection down alot. Like, old 56k modem speeds.
The phone loads pages much faster itself than the laptop via the phones WiFi hotspot.
I wasn't the one needing help though. It's not for me. I've found a system that's been working for me.
I was just pointing out some of the possible reasons we see so many questions on the forum that are covered in the help section.
For many younger people, it's YouTube first, then asking on a forum 2nd, with electronic or paper manuals being a distant last. Not sure why, but it seems to be the way Gen Z and mellenials think. I spent three years teaching mellenials and gen Z, so went through a good deal of Kentucky bourbon and acquired some grey hair. Not necessary right or wrong (ok, maybe a little wrong), but it is just how it is.
It seems that these days YouTube is the first place most people go when looking for a how-to on something. Especially the younger generations. Those of our generation (I'm 46, so genX ish) may not think that way, we grew up with manuals, made of real paper. But that's where the future is going.
These days few would argue against Fusion360 being the most popular and commonly used CAD software amongst hobbyists, with FreeCad being a somewhat close second.
Fusions popularity is at least in part, due to it's accommodating the learning preferences of younger people. Lots of videos, tutorials and online video lessons. Their YouTube guy Lars Christensen is pretty popular, his videos are all over the internet forums.
If you browse through some of the many Fusion 360 threads in subforums on other sites, like Hobby Machinist or CNC Zone, you notice pretty quick that the vast majority of help posts and replies, tutorials and how-to info is in the form of YouTube videos.
Very rarely in a thread on one of those sites do I recall anyone linking to a manual or help database. Hobby users seem to hit YouTube first, pretty much always.
That video David linked above, and others like it would do well to find their way onto Alibre's YouTube channel with a good clear title that comes up in a search for "fastener constraint".
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