Topic: Teaching Autocad

[Kate M]

Just reminiscing about some of my earlier training methods . . . Anybody else take a sheet of paper, physically cut a rectangular hole in the middle and then try and explain this 'new thing called paperspace'?

I always used the "director's booth" analogy; ten cameras, one wall full of monitors.

Ooh, good one.

[CADaver]

Just reminiscing about some of my earlier training methods . . . Anybody else take a sheet of paper, physically cut a rectangular hole in the middle and then try and explain this 'new thing called paperspace'?

I always used the "director's booth" analogy; ten cameras, one wall full of monitors.

Ooh, good one.

I've always liked it.  Use a football game as the "show" (model) an dthe blimp camera is a "plan view", "end-zone" camera is a "front view"  some camera is "zoomed" into just the quarterback, etc.

[Bethrine]

Just reminiscing about some of my earlier training methods . . . Anybody else take a sheet of paper, physically cut a rectangular hole in the middle and then try and explain this 'new thing called paperspace'?

I always used the "director's booth" analogy; ten cameras, one wall full of monitors.

Ooh, good one.

I've always liked it.  Use a football game as the "show" (model) an dthe blimp camera is a "plan view", "end-zone" camera is a "front view"  some camera is "zoomed" into just the quarterback, etc.

I learned it with a small, empty picture frame and a large drawing.