1 00:00:00,129 --> 00:00:03,240 I have just finished recording 23 videos that 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,880 are designed to help you get started with CAD 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:06,989 quickly. 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,760 The idea behind these videos is that we focus on a very simple object 5 00:00:12,399 --> 00:00:17,840 and then use it to show you all kinds of CAD operations and various CAD 6 00:00:18,190 --> 00:00:19,270 techniques. 7 00:00:19,469 --> 00:00:21,819 Now there's 23 such videos, 8 00:00:22,190 --> 00:00:23,620 and 9 00:00:23,870 --> 00:00:25,739 if you decide to step through them, 10 00:00:26,069 --> 00:00:31,739 I'm convinced that you will learn essentially all of the basic CAD operations 11 00:00:32,110 --> 00:00:32,979 you'll need. 12 00:00:33,310 --> 00:00:36,060 Now, let me tell you a little bit about how these videos go 13 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,810 and give you a few insights before you start using them. 14 00:00:42,259 --> 00:00:42,569 All right, 15 00:00:42,779 --> 00:00:44,330 first thing is 16 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:47,849 feel free to watch the videos that are helpful for you. 17 00:00:48,299 --> 00:00:50,580 Don't watch the videos that are not helpful for you. 18 00:00:50,819 --> 00:00:53,569 I suggest watching them on 2x speed 19 00:00:53,779 --> 00:00:54,650 if you can 20 00:00:54,979 --> 00:00:55,439 and 21 00:00:55,860 --> 00:00:58,810 scrubbing around looking for the parts that you need. 22 00:00:59,020 --> 00:01:00,009 I think that will be 23 00:01:00,259 --> 00:01:01,049 helpful. 24 00:01:01,490 --> 00:01:02,779 In each of the 25 00:01:03,209 --> 00:01:06,330 videos, there is a particular activity that's being 26 00:01:06,330 --> 00:01:09,389 done and the description of that activity is shown 27 00:01:09,730 --> 00:01:10,760 in the video. 28 00:01:11,089 --> 00:01:15,529 In some cases, I read the words of the activity. In other cases, I kind of skip 29 00:01:15,529 --> 00:01:20,480 over it. Of course, if you need to look at the words of the activities, you can just 30 00:01:20,690 --> 00:01:23,559 pause the video and take a look at what's 31 00:01:24,209 --> 00:01:24,769 there. 32 00:01:24,879 --> 00:01:27,099 The other thing that's going on in the videos is 33 00:01:27,099 --> 00:01:29,260 that I've just did them all in one take. 34 00:01:29,339 --> 00:01:30,730 So, they are what they are, 35 00:01:30,940 --> 00:01:31,339 okay, 36 00:01:31,370 --> 00:01:31,809 with 37 00:01:31,819 --> 00:01:32,089 whatever 38 00:01:32,099 --> 00:01:35,050 small mistakes I may have made here or there. 39 00:01:35,580 --> 00:01:36,410 Nevertheless, 40 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:39,000 I did that on purpose hoping 41 00:01:39,290 --> 00:01:40,550 that it would feel 42 00:01:40,860 --> 00:01:43,919 like you've come into my office and we're talking through 43 00:01:44,220 --> 00:01:46,050 how to do some of these activities. 44 00:01:46,379 --> 00:01:48,290 I think that you'll find them useful 45 00:01:48,620 --> 00:01:49,569 in that way. 46 00:01:49,819 --> 00:01:50,120 OK. 47 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,059 What else do I need to tell you about this? 48 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:53,059 The 49 00:01:55,410 --> 00:01:57,019 main 50 00:01:57,629 --> 00:02:00,540 challenge associated with this set of activities 51 00:02:00,910 --> 00:02:02,739 is that if you have in your mind 52 00:02:03,019 --> 00:02:04,830 that the only thing that matters is 53 00:02:04,830 --> 00:02:08,179 the correct geometry and the correct material assignment, 54 00:02:08,630 --> 00:02:10,429 then you can make this part 55 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:11,820 very quickly. 56 00:02:12,149 --> 00:02:16,220 But actually, that's not the goal of these videos and activities. 57 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:19,070 The goal of the video and activities is to expose 58 00:02:19,070 --> 00:02:22,429 you to various ways of dealing with the CAD system. 59 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,940 And so, it means that we're doing a lot of operations, 60 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:29,570 some of which we would never really do on this simple 61 00:02:30,179 --> 00:02:30,539 object 62 00:02:30,809 --> 00:02:32,850 that is the subject of these activities. 63 00:02:33,139 --> 00:02:34,050 But that's okay. 64 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:35,250 The point is 65 00:02:35,580 --> 00:02:39,050 to learn and to be exposed to these different 66 00:02:39,380 --> 00:02:40,059 actions, 67 00:02:40,229 --> 00:02:44,869 not just to create the right geometry and have the right material assignment, 68 00:02:45,059 --> 00:02:46,740 although that's important too. 69 00:02:47,399 --> 00:02:47,929 OK, 70 00:02:48,119 --> 00:02:48,470 what else. 71 00:02:48,539 --> 00:02:51,179 I think there's one other thing that I wanted to say about this. 72 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,800 And 73 00:02:54,619 --> 00:02:55,009 ah, 74 00:02:55,119 --> 00:02:56,050 after a long day, 75 00:02:56,059 --> 00:02:57,850 I'm having a hard time remembering what that is, 76 00:02:58,020 --> 00:02:59,169 but nevertheless, 77 00:02:59,419 --> 00:03:00,580 here's where we're gonna leave it. 78 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:04,699 These activities I'm confident 79 00:03:05,149 --> 00:03:06,940 do expose you to 80 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:07,940 the 81 00:03:08,199 --> 00:03:11,029 actions and the techniques that are gonna show 82 00:03:11,029 --> 00:03:14,460 up again and again and again in the course 83 00:03:14,830 --> 00:03:15,860 but also 84 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:17,740 in your own CAD work. So, 85 00:03:18,029 --> 00:03:22,740 I recommend that you give this set of activities your best effort. 86 00:03:23,029 --> 00:03:24,259 And as you do that, 87 00:03:24,869 --> 00:03:28,550 you're really setting yourself up for a really really good experience 88 00:03:28,830 --> 00:03:30,139 in the rest of the course. 89 00:03:30,350 --> 00:03:31,589 Okay, that's it. 90 00:03:33,070 --> 00:03:33,979 Thanks so much. 91 00:03:34,229 --> 00:03:36,080 And as typically would be the case, 92 00:03:36,130 --> 00:03:39,660 the minute I stopped recording I remembered what that other thing was 93 00:03:39,910 --> 00:03:42,309 that I wanted to say about these videos 94 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:44,699 and that is that you're gonna learn 95 00:03:45,110 --> 00:03:47,750 a very important technique 96 00:03:48,130 --> 00:03:49,660 relative to saving 97 00:03:49,910 --> 00:03:52,699 your files in a cloud-based system. 98 00:03:52,990 --> 00:03:54,979 And this is where we will be doing 99 00:03:55,339 --> 00:03:56,339 versioning, 100 00:03:56,710 --> 00:03:57,710 branching, 101 00:03:58,110 --> 00:03:58,910 merging, 102 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:02,360 and all of those kinds of wonderful things that 103 00:04:02,679 --> 00:04:05,360 aren't as complicated as they sound 104 00:04:05,759 --> 00:04:06,770 but yet very, 105 00:04:06,869 --> 00:04:08,470 very important to learn 106 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:09,429 not only 107 00:04:09,729 --> 00:04:13,309 in this course and in dealing with on shape but also 108 00:04:13,559 --> 00:04:15,589 just in dealing sort of in the modern 109 00:04:15,839 --> 00:04:18,350 computing world. So, 110 00:04:18,709 --> 00:04:21,079 I'm bringing this up because 111 00:04:21,450 --> 00:04:24,230 the shape that we're working with is so simple 112 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,549 it's not really required 113 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:31,200 to be doing all the merging and actually branching 114 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,149 and merging that we're doing in this set of activities, 115 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:35,109 but 116 00:04:35,359 --> 00:04:36,429 the activities 117 00:04:36,799 --> 00:04:37,869 are not about 118 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:38,720 that. 119 00:04:39,179 --> 00:04:41,700 It's about helping you understand 120 00:04:42,010 --> 00:04:42,799 what are 121 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,410 the versioning techniques, 122 00:04:44,570 --> 00:04:47,299 what are the merging and branching techniques 123 00:04:47,570 --> 00:04:50,239 that will be helpful when you work on more complex 124 00:04:50,609 --> 00:04:52,279 models and more complex 125 00:04:52,570 --> 00:04:54,989 systems, which we're going to be at very, 126 00:04:55,130 --> 00:04:56,079 very shortly 127 00:04:56,410 --> 00:04:56,679 in 128 00:04:56,690 --> 00:04:57,519 the course. 129 00:04:57,690 --> 00:04:58,089 So, 130 00:04:58,329 --> 00:05:01,089 that was the second thing was just that there's versioning 131 00:05:01,410 --> 00:05:02,559 and 132 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:05,130 that's why we're working on this to expose you to 133 00:05:05,130 --> 00:05:07,230 that and to let you know how important that is 134 00:05:07,489 --> 00:05:08,510 to the whole system.