Hi Everyone! Recently released from Air Force. Prior to that (20 years ago), 15 years programming CAD/CAM solutions using Cadkey for tool & die automation. Looking forward to getting back into it.
How much could have changed?
Hi @Anonymous
Welcome to the forum; alot has changed although I can't say much because I've only been doing CAD for a few years, but some of the older folk say it has changed drastically.
What products are you looking to use?
Thanks for the welcome! I used to work in a 2D world, developing software to support the mold industry. CADKEY had just released an API that let us call directly from C. I'd like to explore the rich API offered by Inventor/Forge. As a student, Autodesk has kindly granted me access to these for learning purposes. Not sure where to get started.
If need to license inventor: https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/inventor-professional
As for getting started watch some TFI, Neil does a great job: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF7zEkelSRiHB1rOnspaBgQ
I also have a channel CAD\Insight, but I'm a student with zero budget using moviemaker, so very little polish.
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