I Just read
this thread today.... because I just finished my Arch. Drawings for my house.
They're at the city!!! And Printed to D Size from PDF, thanks to this forum, no
less. Permits any day now....
I purchased
Kevin's Training CD the day it was available (November). I immediately trashed
my own drawing setup and started from scratch with Kevin's templates. Hint: do
NOT think in 3D.
I KNOW I've
saved myself THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS (but not time) from a hired drafter. My
builder was impressed, and the Plan Check Guy for the city wanted all the info
on Kevin's Tutorial. The Drawings are perfect, and have been so easy to change
or update. The Tutorial is worth way more than $100 (to me). BTW, a friend of
mine has a guy doing their house with ACTUAL pencil and paper, not rendered mind
you. Minor changes take 2-3 WEEKS! Ouch.
In my REAL
job I use TurboCAD for mech drawings in 3D. I'd settled into a certain way of
doing things, they work OK.
But NOW I
have powers beyond my wildest dreams. Beyond the EXCELLENT template, toolbar
configs, drawing setups and arch. tutorial, I learned so many new tidbits, I'm
contemplating charging the tutorial to my work account.
In any case, I do things faster now, I have more understanding of TCAD, and a
few hairs left on my head. Thanks Kevin, et al for your Help.
Hi Kevin,
I have just purchased your tutorial, wow! I have been using Turbo cad for quite
a few years now and a few weeks ago I realized I could be doing what you have
done, with the template. I had started on my own but yours is going to save me a
lot of thinking and time.
Kevin, thank-you for your tutorial and insight on just what TC is capable of in
the hands of a professional.
I'm a hobby user from Version 4, designed and built some
sheds, kitchen cabinets, furniture, archway renovations with TC, but always
defaulted to paper for proper house design. Your template set up and function is
amazing. Shows me how to make some of my own.
Trying some different plans. Slow going. So far I've
added some 2D corner showers to your symbol library. You left out that neat
kitchen symbol with the time on it (the one you cut off in the tutorial's
"section") so I have to make one of them yet. Too awed to make suggestions.
Neat.
Precisely
followed Kevin Mendenhll's directions and was able to get the PRC Template
working.
Kevin, if you read this, your Tutorial is Excellent !! I'm amazed by how much work you
must have put into it. Watching your drawing technique(s) along with trying to
figure out how you set up your template, has been a real learning experience. I
hear myself saying "I never knew you could do that" all too many times.
Certainly shown me TC's potential and Thanks for that.
I am a plans
examiner for a jurisdiction in Arizona, and I design on the side. Thanks to
Kevin and his tutorial (especially the template) I have been able to make more
on the side (working evenings and weekends) than I do at my position with the
Town that I work for. I agree that Kevin's tutorial is not what you would see at
a corporate training (usually), but it was not done in a studio, was not
scripted (for the reasons that Kevin mentioned before), but it DOES actually
demonstrate some of the potential stumbling blocks that all designers experience
from time to time because of all of the structural and architectural elements
that must be dealt with when prescriptively designing to codes. Good luck with
your learning of TurboCad. It is MUCH more user friendly than any other CADD
program that I have come into contact with. Install the template and play around
with it. I believe that you will soon realize the ease with which you can use
the program with this aid.