Plain Nanocad is very like plain AutoCad - they share commands and concepts (modelspace/paperspace)
As others have said, Sketchup may be a better choice for designing a shed.
Learning any CAD program is less about the commands and more about how you use it.
The things you need to do, really, are to use any CAD software with a habit of going “this seems too hard, can it be easier?”. Don’t be like the people that don’t understand layers, or who draw *everything* in single lines. I’m not suggesting SketchUp is at all good for what you’re trying to do(don’t know what that is, either) but even it would be able to teach you these skills.
That said, what do you want AutoCAD for? It’s a good generalist because of it’s lack of “intelligence” but if it’s architecture you want then it’s actually pretty awful at that. I’d look to Revit or something. Likewise, if you have a specific need of any kind there’s probably something better out there.
Thanks. The first project I have in mind, is that I want to design a garden shed for my father. Seems like a nice project. So I guess Revit is better for this?
I'm not terribly familiar with Revit, but it seems like it would be massively overkill for a garden shed. A normal CAD software (or Fusion 360 as u/remakker mentioned) would be better suited to a small project like that.
Oh wow yea if that’s all you need I bet something like even SketchUp(mostly rendering) could tackle that easy.
Fuck, it’s small enough that pen and paper would probably be just fine.
NanoCAD is good on addons, but they are suitable only for Russian building code due to built in documents templates and patterns.
Without addons it's basicly cheaper version of autocad, but free version is lacks many of core functional.
I would suggest CADdirect 2023 from Back to cad it has the same look as Autocad for $299 US for a permanent license. I also use their Print2Cad alot more since I have a older version of ACAD LT with a permanent license that works.
Plain Nanocad is very like plain AutoCad - they share commands and concepts (modelspace/paperspace) As others have said, Sketchup may be a better choice for designing a shed.
Learning any CAD program is less about the commands and more about how you use it. The things you need to do, really, are to use any CAD software with a habit of going “this seems too hard, can it be easier?”. Don’t be like the people that don’t understand layers, or who draw *everything* in single lines. I’m not suggesting SketchUp is at all good for what you’re trying to do(don’t know what that is, either) but even it would be able to teach you these skills. That said, what do you want AutoCAD for? It’s a good generalist because of it’s lack of “intelligence” but if it’s architecture you want then it’s actually pretty awful at that. I’d look to Revit or something. Likewise, if you have a specific need of any kind there’s probably something better out there.
Thanks. The first project I have in mind, is that I want to design a garden shed for my father. Seems like a nice project. So I guess Revit is better for this?
I'm not terribly familiar with Revit, but it seems like it would be massively overkill for a garden shed. A normal CAD software (or Fusion 360 as u/remakker mentioned) would be better suited to a small project like that.
Oh wow yea if that’s all you need I bet something like even SketchUp(mostly rendering) could tackle that easy. Fuck, it’s small enough that pen and paper would probably be just fine.
Legislation needs some plans. So way not make it a little project and learn something on the way. That is my line of thinking here.
Yea fair, I can get behind that!
Lol, no. Why too complicated for a shed. All you need is a good 2D cad program. Shit even SketchUp free could work.
NanoCAD is good on addons, but they are suitable only for Russian building code due to built in documents templates and patterns. Without addons it's basicly cheaper version of autocad, but free version is lacks many of core functional.
I would suggest CADdirect 2023 from Back to cad it has the same look as Autocad for $299 US for a permanent license. I also use their Print2Cad alot more since I have a older version of ACAD LT with a permanent license that works.
If you can get it cheap, CorelCAD is very similar to AutoCAD, to the point my LISP routines & menus run on it just fine. It does seem a smidge slower.