online cad training courses

[mcmental]

hi there im looking to learn skills for CAD and wondering what software people recommend for home use and if there is any online courses you know of?
thanks

[ROKCRLER]

Ive been using udemy.com for training courses and youtube for tutorials.
Im working on learning SolidEdge for 3D and use QCad for quick 2D, although SolidEdge does do 2D as well.

[plasmanewbie]

I use Corel Draw for artistic type drawings and Fusion 360 for mechanical type drawings. Both of those are covered very well online in terms of tutorials, videos, etc. Both offer a free trial as well which is nice. What are you currently using?

[mcmental]

I have trial qcad and also fusion360, I’ve never been much use with computers but the time has come to learn, maybe should have learned years ago and not at 45 years old haha

[ROKCRLER]

I have trial qcad and also fusion360, I’ve never been much use with computers but the time has come to learn, maybe should have learned years ago and not at 45 years old haha

Never too old to learn new programs youngster...you gotta want it..and practice.

[robertspark]

librecad is similar to QCAD and free (librecad was apparently a fork of QCAD).

I would suggest learning FreeCAD for 3D and forget about Fusion360 / Onshape / Solidworks..... as it's FREE!

librecad is good for 2d stuff.

FreeCAD for 3D of sheet metal (where you have complex bent and cut parts to fit something like a bracket or mount etc).

Youtube is probably a good place to start as there are a lot of beginners tutorials on both freecad and librecad.

[mcmental]

Thanks folks I’ll get my glasses on and a whiskey and do some research

[adbuch]

hi there im looking to learn skills for CAD and wondering what software people recommend for home use and if there is any online courses you know of?
thanks

My recommendation is Fusion 360. It is free for educational use or for hobbyists. For cnc plasma cutting application, Langmuir has some great tutorial videos.

https://www.langmuirsystems.com/software/fusion

Fusion 360 Langmuir tutorials.jpg

[adbuch]

For solid modeling (like the rocker arm I modeled for you) Arnold Rowntree has a great set of youtube tutorials. There are "hands-on" where he supplies the drawings you will be working from, then leads you step-by-step to show exactly how to do it, and what the most efficient and useful methods are.

I have personally studied both the Langmuir and Arnold Rowntree tutorials and I can tell you that they are both great.

David

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSRKJgTSS4c

Fusion 360 Arnold Rowntree tutorials.jpg

[adbuch]

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