I grew up in my career with pencil & paper doing my design layouts with a parallel bar, then a drafting machine. Self-taught myself AutoCad and slowly transitioned my design work to digital. I am trying to convert my design work from 2D to 3D but keep falling back to 2D.
Is there a simple way to transition or any tips. I believe the best way is to do Top-Down, but struggle with the design process, or at least in the manner to which I am accustomed. You can't draw in assembly view so do you start with a 'new piece' and keep adding more? Sometimes your design doesn't have a place to start. You think you want a frame with members 24" apart but don't know till you get further into it, what size they will be. (Sorry, thinking out loud)
Does anyone have any tips on how to wrap your arms around this? Most of my work is automotive-related. I can easily design a bracket to hold x & y together at a given position. But when you have a blank sheet of 'screen' to design a frame . . . ?
Am I making it more complicated than it should be?
Thanks for any suggestions
Paul
Is there a simple way to transition or any tips. I believe the best way is to do Top-Down, but struggle with the design process, or at least in the manner to which I am accustomed. You can't draw in assembly view so do you start with a 'new piece' and keep adding more? Sometimes your design doesn't have a place to start. You think you want a frame with members 24" apart but don't know till you get further into it, what size they will be. (Sorry, thinking out loud)
Does anyone have any tips on how to wrap your arms around this? Most of my work is automotive-related. I can easily design a bracket to hold x & y together at a given position. But when you have a blank sheet of 'screen' to design a frame . . . ?
Am I making it more complicated than it should be?
Thanks for any suggestions
Paul