Subject | Re: Pretty cool... |
From | Alan Baker |
Date | 06/24/2013 22:13 (06/24/2013 13:13) |
Message-ID | <alangbaker-471E58.13133624062013@news.shawcable.net> |
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Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
Follows | Nashton |
NashtonBut it isn't the modeling that I'd be doing, Nicolas, and what SolidWorks is VERY good at is producing drawings.
On 06-24-13 2:31 PM, ed wrote:ed
On Monday, June 24, 2013 10:16:25 AM UTC-7, Alan Baker wrote: ...Alan Bakered
The plan is to do stuff for my own projects and make it pay by doing architectural drawings for general contractors (not actual design, mind, just the drawings).
i don't know if it's changed in the last few years, but solidworks wasnot real solid (ha!) for architectural drawings a few years back- a lackof architectural symbols and the like. you can download them (or createthem yourself), but it wasn't really designed for architecture and itwasn't a strength.Nashton
It's merely for computer assisted design. And from what I know, architectural design is not what it is primarily for. It is used for product design and is an integral part of their manufacturing process.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidWorksed
all that said, you have my curiosity piqued- is there a market for thistype of work? why wouldn't whoever is doing the design do the drawings?Nashton
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Definitely. See above. I had used strata few years ago for models and artwork. Then I migrated to 3dsmax which was more comprehensive for modeling.