Dec 17, 03
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AutoCAD...
I'm trying to find a part-time evening and/or weekends AutoCAD course... program... whatever!!
I've been looking online and I've tried Douglas College's and VCC's websites but I can't find anything there. Lil help?? Anyone know of any classes that are offered in the Vancouver area or on the skytrain line for that matter. Thanx. 
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Dec 17, 03
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*rolls eyes*
Sorry I guess I should've been more specific... I am a broke ass mother fucker trying to support myself on a shitty wage hoping to enhance my skills so I can get a better paying job where I don't have to live off of KD. I'd love to go to an IT school... but they're crazy expensive. I just need a part-time class to teach me the basics and give me a piece of paper saying I know what I'm doing.
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Dec 17, 03
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My dad has taught an autocad course at both BCIT and Emily Carr. IF u want i can get back to u on this at when the next autocad classes start.
B//F
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Dec 17, 03
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If I were you I would look into solid works , I don't know many people who use Autocad anymore. Seems alot of companies are doing alot of stuff in Solid Works these days. It allows you to design in pure 3d from my understanding, you can then rotate and generate drawings from it, pretty powerfull. If your more into non 3d stuff then I guess autocad is the way to go. Just a thought
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Dec 17, 03
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I have tonnes of auto cad books here and even have it on my puter(thanks to my dad). I would try and tinker with it a bit but i know shit all about drafting, heh.
B//F
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Dec 18, 03
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i have my "level 3" autoCAD from bcit
but you could probably learn it all out of books... i've got some huge ass books. i'm not sure about certification that way though. perhaps you could find an online course? (and though CAD has 3D rendering capabilities, it's more commonly used for techinical and construction drawings... ie "blueprints")
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Dec 19, 03
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well if you want certification and you don't want to pay you're SOL. you're going to have to go to a place like bcit if you want "certification" in cad. and to get a job in an engineering office with "basic" skills, good luck. not many engineering companies are going to bother with someone who doesn't know the industry (ie. you're going to have to have knowledge of what the company does). its doubtful you'll get a decent job just knowing how to draw basic things. i know cad pretty well and know how to program it too and it took awhile for me to find a decent job. and i have far from "basic" cad knowledge and a mechanical engineering technologist diploma.
what drafting dicapline are you aiming for? electrical? arch? mech? etc.those will all play a role in your success. you're going to be hard pressed to find a job with just basic autocad knowledge and no experience. edit: holy engrish Last edited by mister-peenutt; Dec 19, 03 at 01:52 AM.
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Dec 19, 03
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yeah you would be far better off doing a 2 year technologist program...... Finding someone with Autocad skills is a pretty easy thing to do these days so you'll have to distinguish yourself a little more would be my thoughts. I think when I went to BCIT it wasn't much more than a standard university if at all.
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Dec 19, 03
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exactly
autocad operators are a dime a dozen. and they get paid fuck all if you get hired by a company and have no experience. if you want to presue autocad i suggest doing a cad system management or cad programming course. that way you'll be able to move up faster. but depending on what field you wanna go into you're gonna have to see if autocad is good. i know for mechanical (design of parts and shat) autocad is trash. and you'll be better of learning more powerful parametric modelling programs. (inventor/catia/solid works/pro E)... but its up to you. i know the mechanical industry is leaving autocad in the dust because solid modelling in autoCAD is stupid.
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Dec 19, 03
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As for someone who "doesn't know the industry" I've been brought up by a draftsman who always brought his blue prints, projects and site videos home and took us out on tours of cement plants he helped design. Granted I don't know TONS about the industry but I do have a bit of an idea and thus far of the people I've talked to in the industry they agree that working your way up and learning on the job is a better solution for me. I don't think I'll become an engineer or anything like that through this but I think I'll be able to get a pretty decent job.
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