AutoSketch Uses

[Anonymous]

Hi all, what do people use AutoSketch for? I have a member of our office
that just wants to draw the occasional line and arc to scale. AutoCAD LT is
too complicated for this basic geometry and AutoSketch seems like the
perfect solution. Unfortunately Autodesk does not offer a free trial on the
website. He is currently using Word to do some basics but would like to do
some stuff to scale.
Thanks for your help!
Lisa

[fredt]

AutoSketch is a 2D drafting/CAD program. It creates precise drawings with defined, learnable predictable behavior, and it does exactly what you tell it to do. It's designed for people who are smart but don't necessarily make a life out of the particular software. All of these things are the exact opposite of the Microsoft design/business philosophy, and I've found (despite being a very heavy Word user) attempting to draw in Word to be an extreme case of those fundamental Microsoft defects preventing one from doing what they need to do. Visio was a almost viable possibility for this until Microsoft got it and pulled it down into that same hole.

We're a smaller high tech business that has a lot of 2d drawing needs (from classic drafting to block diagrams and even graphics for publications) who can get by without 3d and we use AutoSketch extensively. If you have a need for the above to the point where you can invest a modest amount of time in a drafting software learning curve in my opinion it's a good choice.

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much for your specific response. This is exactly what I thought
and hoped.
Lisa
wrote in message news:5796787@discussion.autodesk.com...
AutoSketch is a 2D drafting/CAD program. It creates precise drawings with
defined, learnable predictable behavior, and it does exactly what you tell
it to do. It's designed for people who are smart but don't necessarily make
a life out of the particular software. All of these things are the exact
opposite of the Microsoft design/business philosophy, and I've found
(despite being a very heavy Word user) attempting to draw in Word to be an
extreme case of those fundamental Microsoft defects preventing one from
doing what they need to do. Visio was a almost viable possibility for this
until Microsoft got it and pulled it down into that same hole.

We're a smaller high tech business that has a lot of 2d drawing needs (from
classic drafting to block diagrams and even graphics for publications) who
can get by without 3d and we use AutoSketch extensively. If you have a need
for the above to the point where you can invest a modest amount of time in a
drafting software learning curve in my opinion it's a good choice.

[Anonymous]

One more question, how easy is it to plot? One of the big issues with LT and
Full Version AutoCAD is that it is difficult to print/plot for someone that
does not use it every day. Most of the time it will be printed to dwf or
pdf.
Thanks again,
Lisa
wrote in message news:5796787@discussion.autodesk.com...
AutoSketch is a 2D drafting/CAD program. It creates precise drawings with
defined, learnable predictable behavior, and it does exactly what you tell
it to do. It's designed for people who are smart but don't necessarily make
a life out of the particular software. All of these things are the exact
opposite of the Microsoft design/business philosophy, and I've found
(despite being a very heavy Word user) attempting to draw in Word to be an
extreme case of those fundamental Microsoft defects preventing one from
doing what they need to do. Visio was a almost viable possibility for this
until Microsoft got it and pulled it down into that same hole.

We're a smaller high tech business that has a lot of 2d drawing needs (from
classic drafting to block diagrams and even graphics for publications) who
can get by without 3d and we use AutoSketch extensively. If you have a need
for the above to the point where you can invest a modest amount of time in a
drafting software learning curve in my opinion it's a good choice.

[fredt]

Our experience is only with everyday printers. For those we know it is very easy, basically the same as printing from any other PC application. It also automatically handles the splits when the drawing is bigger than the paper.

Regarding file formats we save in AutoSketch's native .skf. We also make a lot of pdf's from it (with most pdf making software, that choice looks like just another printer).

I don't know about .dwf's, we don't use them except for occasionally importing them into AS>

We sometimes made jpg's out of AutoSketch drawings although that sometimes requires fiddling with line widths.

Fred

[Anonymous]

Thanks again for your help.
wrote in message news:5796973@discussion.autodesk.com...
Our experience is only with everyday printers. For those we know it is
very easy, basically the same as printing from any other PC application. It
also automatically handles the splits when the drawing is bigger than the
paper.

Regarding file formats we save in AutoSketch's native .skf. We also make a
lot of pdf's from it (with most pdf making software, that choice looks
like just another printer).

I don't know about .dwf's, we don't use them except for occasionally
importing them into AS>

We sometimes made jpg's out of AutoSketch drawings although that sometimes
requires fiddling with line widths.

Fred