I’ve decided it’s time to switch gears and try something different. I’ve signed up for an AutoCAD certificate course at a local college. I was a little hesitant at first, thinking that AutoCAD wouldn’t exactly have been my first choice years ago when I started designing, so why now, I asked myself. I love what I do. Design is very inspiring to me and most of what I do is what I’d consider creative design. Not exactly what I imagine CAD to be.
But I was looking for a change of pace, and to my surprise, this course has been refreshing. It’s very different than what I do, yet it seems to go so well with it. I’m not sure why I hadn’t considered it long ago. It’ early in the course, so I don’t want to get ahead of myself. But I have to say, it just seems to be the thing I was looking for. No worries, though, I won’t be abandoning my passion for web design for a CAD hat.
I love the precision, exactness and clean lines of technical drawing. Considering how much fun I have with creative design, I guess I just never thought I would have enjoyed technical drawing. There are definitely similar elements and since I’m new to the CAD side of things, I’m not going to try to make any conclusions just yet.
We’ve started off at the basics, and I do mean, the basics. It’s a good thing, too, as it’s been awhile since I’ve been in college and I’m a bit out of practice ~ homework and all. OMG. I was much more organized the first time around.
Right now, we’re working on isometrics. It’s like this fantastic little puzzle. And I love puzzles.