I have recently bought CorelCAD 2014 and am keen to learn using it. (At present I am using CDRX7 and/or Designer for working drawings of gates, automated doors & shutters.) Unfortunately it is company policy that YouTube is blocked on all our computers, so I cannot access any tutorials. Are there any other video formats available - e.g. for older versions of CorelCAD - that would give me a start? Failing that, are there any good 'how-to' books that I can buy?
Any advice appreciated - Lawrence L
Hi Lawrence,
here is the link to the book:
http://www.coreldraw.com/us/product/inside-corelcad-ebook/
as about video tutorials - let me check and respond later.
Maxim
About video tutorials:
if YouTube is blocked in your office, than I think all other kind of sites where you can watch free video clips (tutorials) could be blocked as well.
The solution could be using TorBrawser - you don't need to install it:
"It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser to protect your anonymity, and is self-cont"
As TorBrowser is designed for private browsing, I think you will be able to use YouTube in it.
Here is the link:
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
For a few years I worked for a company that also had the IT department block access to various sites, including YouTube and Lynda.com
It took a bit of exposing to the powers that be why I needed access and for one of the computers in my office, they unblocked it. And they kept a log of what I viewed so as to make sure I wasn't taking advantage of the situation. Which was fine by me...I'm not into cat videos.
I also had people under me. If I caught them, or if the IT department informed me, that someone in my department was using a for browser they would be warned precisely once about it. If it happened again they would have been fired. I would encourage you to make a clear case as to why you need access to your boss. Then accept their decision and perhoas review the videos outside if work if they deny the initial request, keeping a log of how these videos have aided you in your work and present that at a later time.
Are you using it to learn 3D or 2D CAD? If just 3D, then you can probably get the hang of it in a few hours after work using youtube instructional videos. Otherwise, it might be just books. 3D is a little harder to start with though and it is worth spending a few hours watching videos as you try the same thing on your own computer -
Regards
David
David,
Thanks for your encouragement. I'll get the book for a start. 2D is priority but I believe the use of 3D may become more important.