(10-29-2020, 01:27 AM)AlwMVMO Wrote: I hope this alleviates some confusion and helps you get started.
You should start with simple drawings and learn the functions of each feature of DeltaCad.
AlwMVMO
Admin. and moderator
Thank you!
OK, I've edited this twice as I slap myself upside the head a couple of times.
Yes!!!! My project is to draw a very basic house plan and I
never considered drawing it in 1:1! My past experience, obviously something to overcome, is to make the drawing match the paper I have to work with. There is the big "duh!" I was fixated on making my drawing fit on the paper! So I "assumed" I needed to figure out how to put 50' on the 36" paper. All my searches for help were for the wrong thing based on the bad assumption.
I find it's a balance. I teach bicycle maintenance as a volunteer. Most people want their bike safe and be able to correctly fix a flat. In my class I can get into looking at the tire/rim clocking before removing the tire, how to use the valve stem hole in the rim to reference the hole in the tube to check the tire, why that may be a good idea rather than running your hand around inside the tire in February on the side of the trail, why a bucket of water isn't necessary and you probably won't have one in February on the side of the trail, why an old fashioned patch is better than a quickie no prep, how to clock the tire on the rim, if they want to consider an alternate method using the tire inflation specs in relationship to the valve stem hole, checking the tube protector, etc. And maybe carrying a spare tube is worth the weight for the average rider/commuter. But if someone comes in on a Sat. and wants to fix the flat so they can go ride with their friends, well I can help and send them on their way.
Some of use need to have our hands guided to pick up two tire leavers, put them a spoke apart, and
push on both at the same time. So I've seen people struggle with what I just said simply because the vocabulary is so foreign to them. Or me . . . .
I really
do appreciate the help and acknowledge your gift of time. Best case the next person who struggles will find this post or it can be provided as a reference.
Bad assumptions . . . . . 1:1, never would have considered it . . . .
Ron