0:00:00.129,0:00:03.240 I have just finished recording 23 videos that 0:00:03.240,0:00:05.880 are designed to help you get started with CAD 0:00:06.360,0:00:06.989 quickly. 0:00:07.320,0:00:11.760 The idea behind these videos is that we focus on a very simple object 0:00:12.399,0:00:17.840 and then use it to show you all kinds of CAD operations and various CAD 0:00:18.190,0:00:19.270 techniques. 0:00:19.469,0:00:21.819 Now there's 23 such videos, 0:00:22.190,0:00:23.620 and 0:00:23.870,0:00:25.739 if you decide to step through them, 0:00:26.069,0:00:31.739 I'm convinced that you will learn essentially all of the basic CAD operations 0:00:32.110,0:00:32.979 you'll need. 0:00:33.310,0:00:36.060 Now, let me tell you a little bit about how these videos go 0:00:37.159,0:00:41.810 and give you a few insights before you start using them. 0:00:42.259,0:00:42.569 All right, 0:00:42.779,0:00:44.330 first thing is 0:00:44.900,0:00:47.849 feel free to watch the videos that are helpful for you. 0:00:48.299,0:00:50.580 Don't watch the videos that are not helpful for you. 0:00:50.819,0:00:53.569 I suggest watching them on 2x speed 0:00:53.779,0:00:54.650 if you can 0:00:54.979,0:00:55.439 and 0:00:55.860,0:00:58.810 scrubbing around looking for the parts that you need. 0:00:59.020,0:01:00.009 I think that will be 0:01:00.259,0:01:01.049 helpful. 0:01:01.490,0:01:02.779 In each of the 0:01:03.209,0:01:06.330 videos, there is a particular activity that's being 0:01:06.330,0:01:09.389 done and the description of that activity is shown 0:01:09.730,0:01:10.760 in the video. 0:01:11.089,0:01:15.529 In some cases, I read the words of the activity. In other cases, I kind of skip 0:01:15.529,0:01:20.480 over it. Of course, if you need to look at the words of the activities, you can just 0:01:20.690,0:01:23.559 pause the video and take a look at what's 0:01:24.209,0:01:24.769 there. 0:01:24.879,0:01:27.099 The other thing that's going on in the videos is 0:01:27.099,0:01:29.260 that I've just did them all in one take. 0:01:29.339,0:01:30.730 So, they are what they are, 0:01:30.940,0:01:31.339 okay, 0:01:31.370,0:01:31.809 with 0:01:31.819,0:01:32.089 whatever 0:01:32.099,0:01:35.050 small mistakes I may have made here or there. 0:01:35.580,0:01:36.410 Nevertheless, 0:01:36.660,0:01:39.000 I did that on purpose hoping 0:01:39.290,0:01:40.550 that it would feel 0:01:40.860,0:01:43.919 like you've come into my office and we're talking through 0:01:44.220,0:01:46.050 how to do some of these activities. 0:01:46.379,0:01:48.290 I think that you'll find them useful 0:01:48.620,0:01:49.569 in that way. 0:01:49.819,0:01:50.120 OK. 0:01:50.160,0:01:52.059 What else do I need to tell you about this? 0:01:52.319,0:01:53.059 The 0:01:55.410,0:01:57.019 main 0:01:57.629,0:02:00.540 challenge associated with this set of activities 0:02:00.910,0:02:02.739 is that if you have in your mind 0:02:03.019,0:02:04.830 that the only thing that matters is 0:02:04.830,0:02:08.179 the correct geometry and the correct material assignment, 0:02:08.630,0:02:10.429 then you can make this part 0:02:10.830,0:02:11.820 very quickly. 0:02:12.149,0:02:16.220 But actually, that's not the goal of these videos and activities. 0:02:16.470,0:02:19.070 The goal of the video and activities is to expose 0:02:19.070,0:02:22.429 you to various ways of dealing with the CAD system. 0:02:22.919,0:02:25.940 And so, it means that we're doing a lot of operations, 0:02:26.100,0:02:29.570 some of which we would never really do on this simple 0:02:30.179,0:02:30.539 object 0:02:30.809,0:02:32.850 that is the subject of these activities. 0:02:33.139,0:02:34.050 But that's okay. 0:02:34.220,0:02:35.250 The point is 0:02:35.580,0:02:39.050 to learn and to be exposed to these different 0:02:39.380,0:02:40.059 actions, 0:02:40.229,0:02:44.869 not just to create the right geometry and have the right material assignment, 0:02:45.059,0:02:46.740 although that's important too. 0:02:47.399,0:02:47.929 OK, 0:02:48.119,0:02:48.470 what else. 0:02:48.539,0:02:51.179 I think there's one other thing that I wanted to say about this. 0:02:51.520,0:02:52.800 And 0:02:54.619,0:02:55.009 ah, 0:02:55.119,0:02:56.050 after a long day, 0:02:56.059,0:02:57.850 I'm having a hard time remembering what that is, 0:02:58.020,0:02:59.169 but nevertheless, 0:02:59.419,0:03:00.580 here's where we're gonna leave it. 0:03:02.550,0:03:04.699 These activities I'm confident 0:03:05.149,0:03:06.940 do expose you to 0:03:07.440,0:03:07.940 the 0:03:08.199,0:03:11.029 actions and the techniques that are gonna show 0:03:11.029,0:03:14.460 up again and again and again in the course 0:03:14.830,0:03:15.860 but also 0:03:16.229,0:03:17.740 in your own CAD work. So, 0:03:18.029,0:03:22.740 I recommend that you give this set of activities your best effort. 0:03:23.029,0:03:24.259 And as you do that, 0:03:24.869,0:03:28.550 you're really setting yourself up for a really really good experience 0:03:28.830,0:03:30.139 in the rest of the course. 0:03:30.350,0:03:31.589 Okay, that's it. 0:03:33.070,0:03:33.979 Thanks so much. 0:03:34.229,0:03:36.080 And as typically would be the case, 0:03:36.130,0:03:39.660 the minute I stopped recording I remembered what that other thing was 0:03:39.910,0:03:42.309 that I wanted to say about these videos 0:03:42.589,0:03:44.699 and that is that you're gonna learn 0:03:45.110,0:03:47.750 a very important technique 0:03:48.130,0:03:49.660 relative to saving 0:03:49.910,0:03:52.699 your files in a cloud-based system. 0:03:52.990,0:03:54.979 And this is where we will be doing 0:03:55.339,0:03:56.339 versioning, 0:03:56.710,0:03:57.710 branching, 0:03:58.110,0:03:58.910 merging, 0:03:59.460,0:04:02.360 and all of those kinds of wonderful things that 0:04:02.679,0:04:05.360 aren't as complicated as they sound 0:04:05.759,0:04:06.770 but yet very, 0:04:06.869,0:04:08.470 very important to learn 0:04:08.720,0:04:09.429 not only 0:04:09.729,0:04:13.309 in this course and in dealing with on shape but also 0:04:13.559,0:04:15.589 just in dealing sort of in the modern 0:04:15.839,0:04:18.350 computing world. So, 0:04:18.709,0:04:21.079 I'm bringing this up because 0:04:21.450,0:04:24.230 the shape that we're working with is so simple 0:04:24.480,0:04:26.549 it's not really required 0:04:26.980,0:04:31.200 to be doing all the merging and actually branching 0:04:31.200,0:04:34.149 and merging that we're doing in this set of activities, 0:04:34.640,0:04:35.109 but 0:04:35.359,0:04:36.429 the activities 0:04:36.799,0:04:37.869 are not about 0:04:38.200,0:04:38.720 that. 0:04:39.179,0:04:41.700 It's about helping you understand 0:04:42.010,0:04:42.799 what are 0:04:43.040,0:04:44.410 the versioning techniques, 0:04:44.570,0:04:47.299 what are the merging and branching techniques 0:04:47.570,0:04:50.239 that will be helpful when you work on more complex 0:04:50.609,0:04:52.279 models and more complex 0:04:52.570,0:04:54.989 systems, which we're going to be at very, 0:04:55.130,0:04:56.079 very shortly 0:04:56.410,0:04:56.679 in 0:04:56.690,0:04:57.519 the course. 0:04:57.690,0:04:58.089 So, 0:04:58.329,0:05:01.089 that was the second thing was just that there's versioning 0:05:01.410,0:05:02.559 and 0:05:02.970,0:05:05.130 that's why we're working on this to expose you to 0:05:05.130,0:05:07.230 that and to let you know how important that is 0:05:07.489,0:05:08.510 to the whole system.