[SML] Vectorworks and AutoCAD

[Andrew Vance]

I learned CAD drafting on AutoCAD, and I got pretty quick at it.  Then
I had to switch to Vectorworks, and I got pretty quick at it.  Right
now I couldn't draft in AutoCAD because I haven't touched it in years,
but I can draft really quick in Vectorworks because I deal with it
every day.  I think its all a matter of comfort and often-ness of use.
While the VW shortcuts are arbitrary in a sense, I've learned what
they all do and use them all the time to speed up what I'm doing.  I
do wish I could do some of the command line typing like AutoCAD,
though.


-- 
Sincerely,

Andrew Vance
Lighting Designer

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Michael Sauder via Stagecraft
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> Here's a quick question to break the summer doldrums.
>
> This isn't a "which is the better program" question, but rather, "which can
> you draw faster in." Right now I use both Vectorworks and AutoCAD, for
> different purposes; Vectorworks is mostly for a plug-in, ConnectCAD, I use
> to create signal/block diagrams.
>
> I don't know VectorWorks nearly as well as AutoCAD, so I grant that I'm not
> fully up to speed, but with all the mouse clicking and unintuitive arbitrary
> keyboard shortcuts (where they exist at all), I just don't see how I'll ever
> reach the same speed as with AutoCAD and the command-line.
>
> Am I missing something? Is it worth plugging away at VectorWorks to get more
> skilled?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael