Ah. But what if you where to keep the cad drawing open in which case you have every individual line available instantly as and when needed. constantly booting up and shutting down a computer isn't a practical way to do things. A computer uses more power booting up than leaving it idle for approx 1h dependant on exact cpu and psu models. Also you have the ability to instantly scale a model (or using google sketch you can at least) to your desired size. More precision makes it more practical to use CAD in my opinion. Just type a value in and press enter. It draws the line to your desired size without the possibility of the line being 0.1mm longer. As everyone here probablly knows, It may not sound like much but over a large drawing/build, you may have many tolerances building up to make massive offsets. Of course using CAd wont completely offset these but its still abit simpler
On Nov 28, 3:48 pm, Frank Pittelli <[email protected]> wrote: > whitney james wrote: > > Still, it's VERY convenient to have the measurements instantly > > available... > > Hmmm ... let's consider that statement in more detail. > > Time to read a measurement using a ruler: > 1) Place ruler on drawing - 2 sec > 2) Read measurement from ruler - 2 sec > Total Time: 4 sec > > Time to read a measurement using a CAD program: > 1) Power up PC - 1 sec > 2) Wait for Windows to boot - 1 min 23 sec > 3) Wait for Anti-Virus software to stop hogging CPU - 2 min 37 sec > 4) Wait for CAD software to start up - 10 sec > 5) Open CAD project and find desired drawing - 15 sec > 6) Read measurement using ruler - 2 sec > Total Time: 4 min 28 sec > > Yep, I can see now what you mean by "instantly available" :-) > > Frank P. -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
