Draft in CAD for Free - nanoCAD Tutorial

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This video is a tutorial on drafting in nanoCAD. Nano CAD is a free CAD software that will allow you do draw up your projects. I use this program for both drawing up knives and for many other projects around the shop. This video can also be considered a replacement for the previous tutorial I did on DraftSight which is no longer free.
nanoCAD Download - nanocad.com/products/
Submit Your Cool Knife CAD drawings to jkeetonknives@gmail.com or RedBeardOps@gmail.com
Example Knife Build Using Template - • How To Make A Knife - ...
00:00 Intro
01:02 Where to Download
01:38 Initial Setup (Snap/Dimensions)
03:49 Shapes and Objects
06:35 Selecting Items (nuances)
08:31 Commands (Trim/Fillet/Mirror/etc)
15:19 Drawing a Knife Template
26:35 Dimensions (and settings)
29:45 Printing / Plotting
32:50 Send in your cool knife templates?
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@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

1:02 - Where to Download 1:38 - Initial Setup (Snap/Dimensions) 3:49 - Shapes and Objects 6:35 - Selecting Items (nuances) 8:31 - Commands (Trim/Fillet/Mirror/etc) 15:19 - Drawing a Knife Template 26:35 - Dimensions (and settings) 29:45 - Printing / Plotting 32:50 - Send in your cool knife templates?

@peteradams3995 4 жыл бұрын

Best intro to nanoCAD I've seen yet. Thanks.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter. Happy you liked it!

@ranckie 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Sir that is sure to help new users get started with NanoCAD. Here is a little helper tip for accurately making a circle tangent to any two lines. After you click on the circle icon, or type it into the command line, look down at the command line and there you'll see the letters 3P, 2P, and TTR highlighted in blue. Start by clicking on TTR, or type those letters in the command line. It will then ask you to choose the two lines that you want the circle tangent to. Simply select those two lines and it will then ask you what radius you want for your circle, type in that dimension and it will drop your circle exactly tangent to the two lines you selected. All you need to do then is trim what you don't want like you normally do with the TRIM command and your done. Once you master the TTR command, play around with the 3P and 2P commands that allow you to place circles at end points of your choosing. I am a retired engineering tech and used AutoCad Lite, (LT) for many years and though I just learned about, and downloaded NanoCAD just one day ago, after watching a few tutorials including your's, I'm finding that NanoCAD is eerily very much like AutoCad LT so my learning curve hopefully will be short. I also wanted a CAD program that would open DWG and DXF drawings and NanoCAD will. By the way, if I'm not mistaken, the TTR stands for TANGENT, TANGENT, RADIUS which are the lines and dimensions that you have to select and/or specify. The 2P and 3P simply mean 2 Points or 3 Points that you'll connect your circle to. Thanks for taking the time to teach others.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome man, thanks for your comment! I'm sure it will help some others in the future as well.

@MrStudzdog 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch for this video. Been looking for a straight forward 2d cad for some basic drawings. Your tutorial is excellent. Hope you do more videos like this.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Glad you got something out of it!

@zirkuit 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats, it is one of the best tutorials I have found so far. Thanks for sharing!

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@joeklerekoper4733 4 жыл бұрын

You helped me learn Draftsight, so glad you have found another free cad and provided lessons, thanks. Like the name change of your channel.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Figured it could open it up down the road. Really happy you enjoyed this one. Thank you!

@jl9678 4 жыл бұрын

Dude, awesome vid. I use SketchUp and my structural engineer said I must send him a dwg. I downloaded nanocad and with this tutorial I had my plans done in a couple of hours. Thanks!

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, happy it worked out for you. Cheers man!

@cinnamon9802 3 жыл бұрын

The way you explained and showed examples of how to do things is super simple and easy to understand, thank you

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@JerrySwatsell 4 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your educational/ tutorial videos and your attention to detail. You go far beyond most. Thanks so much. - Jerry

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Jerry Swatsell Thank you very much sir! Glad you were able to get something out of this video. It’s not as “flashy” as a knife build, but I think it will help out some looking to try out CAD for the first time.

@JerrySwatsell 4 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps I took Windows 2000 network administration years ago just out of interest. I've Always been into software. Anyway, thanks again. Love the detailed tutorials.

@BarryFence 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for putting this together! It was really helpful as you are a very good communicator.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@osolitude 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is a perfect replacement as an emergency solution for autocad LT :-) ... practically the same controls and options Thank you very much for your effort, very pleased to have found this video 👍👍👍

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you liked it sir! Thanks for your comment and have a great week

@aryehiphone5631 4 жыл бұрын

Incredibly useful and clear! Thank you

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it sir!

@TomSilkworth 3 жыл бұрын

This guy demonstrates a 2D CAD system better than 99% of the CAD techies who do know how to pronounce fillet in this context! Been trying to decide between Qcad and nanocad and after seeing your vid I’m going with the nano. Hats off to you Sir. You are a born teacher. Blessings.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, thank you very much Tom! Glad you enjoyed this one. I still use nano CAD for all my knife templates... it's nice to have a no nonsense piece of software.

@richardrichard6568 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Lots of useful info, efficiently presented and demonstrated. Better than anything else I've seen online. Fillet like a pro! 😃😃

@alexhunter5410 Жыл бұрын

This is the best video ive found sofar on Nanocad5, certainly cleared up plenty for me, thanks

@RedBeardOps Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@larissasmogleyova2644 3 жыл бұрын

Very good software, especially with this tutorial. Thank you.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Cheers!

@fielderknivesandpens3552 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I followed your instructions and created my first drawing. Not perfect, but way better than I would have done without your video.

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@trondaustad8617 11 ай бұрын

That was a very good lesson mr. I was wondring about this things. Thanks for doing this.

@RedBeardOps 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@austinscuttingedge9998 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best man, I love this! I was sick of drawing them and I have a great computer, so this is ideal! I managed an in-house plotting team for a civil engineering firm and was super close to getting a job as a CAD programmer for a surveying team, so it’s nice to use this and get a feel for what might have been. =] Great program! Ive been missing out for all these years on a great program for mapping out my future projects. Stumbled onto a goldmine! Lol, thanks again brother!

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Cheers man!

@geraldinecommowick 4 ай бұрын

brilliant tutorial, clear, easy to follow. many thanks

@RedBeardOps 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@philochristos 2 жыл бұрын

This is an excellent tutorial. Thanks!

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@bobcalvert1818 4 жыл бұрын

That was really helpful, thank you, sir!

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob!

@jgunpilot1 2 жыл бұрын

Really good info here, I intend to use this a lot!

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Jack!

@apexmitch7986 4 жыл бұрын

[Puts pot of coffee on] I have a cold and was GOING to bed early tonight. Not anymore! Great video brother, thank you.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

ApexMitch thank you sir! Glad you liked it. Make sure to get some sleep though!

@hughbuchanan9048 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I needed a drafting program that would let me rotate the blade. I’m designing a folder and I needed the rotate function to ensure the blade wouldn’t interfere with any other part of the knife in the folded position. You covered the essential functions very well. Thanks for introducing me to Nanocad. I have been making knives for three years. I find your videos to be very helpful.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Hugh, I really appreciate your comment! Have a great week, sir!

@hughbuchanan9048 4 жыл бұрын

I especially liked the one on free-hand bevel grinding. I was able to make my first successful free-hand blade after watching that video. I didn't need to fill a five-gallon bucket with failed blades, as someone suggested was necessary, before making a successful blade.

@Aalii6 4 жыл бұрын

very clear and helpful, thank you!

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Ali, glad you found some use in this video. Have a great weekend.

@charitychu7427 3 жыл бұрын

thanks so much, very detailed tutorial.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Vitor_A. 2 жыл бұрын

simplesmente o que procuro há 1 ano. você é demais!

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Que bom que ajudou!

@1kontrolr872 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Helped me out a lot.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! Glad it helped out

@adamnichols476 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this, I just downloaded it and wanted to get into it.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Adam! Good luck with your work.

@trevorcook1427 3 жыл бұрын

Totally Excellent Tutorial, thanx

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Cobbshobbies 3 жыл бұрын

this was a game changer for me, Thanks!

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@Jcope1382 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial brother, I have already downloaded the cad program and I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for putting this out there, I think it's really going to help me out.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Jason M. Copeland Hey Jason, I’m extremely happy to hear that! While there is much nuance with a topic like this, I’m happy you found it helpful. Let me know if you run into any issues and I’ll do my best to help.

@Jcope1382 4 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps Absolutely

@adriel_grt 2 жыл бұрын

Best tutorial ever

@armadilloforge 4 жыл бұрын

Well done, easy to follow 😊

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Armadillo Forge thank you sir! Glad you enjoyed it. I know this topic will be dry for many, but I figured some would appreciate the “beginners course” sorta speak. Cheers

@jaumeroca9612 2 жыл бұрын

You just saved me a lot of time! Thanks a lot bro!

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@neuswede 3 жыл бұрын

After finding reviews on Nanocad, I downloaded it and then began searching for some tutorials for a quick "getting starting" video. I had already created a model using Cardstock Aided Design, as well as a complete technical drawing. I simply needed to learn CAD and create the dmg files to get it to a shop to cut my pieces. I went from no knowledge to 3 completed CAD drawings in dwg in only 3 evenings, thanks to your excellent tutorial. Full disclosure: I have years of experience in graphics programs(PhotoDraw and Sketchup), metal fab, technical drawing and shop skills. I think I also may have found a solution to your issue of proper sizing for achieving full-size patterns on your printer. I found that I had the same problem, and while a work-around is handy, I decided to work on solving the problem. Go into Set the paper size (I used "Letter"). Select "Custom". Set to "Limits". Hopefully, that helps. And thanks again. Your guidance is greatly appreciated. ....And I did Liked and Subscribed.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah man! Really happy you found this useful. I think I stumbled onto that solution recently. The 1:1 parameter has been printing true to size. Once again I'm really happy you found this informative and thanks for the tip! I'm sure others will find it.

@DuaneT64 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting.......Thanks for sharing this knowledge

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Duane!

@jjppres 4 жыл бұрын

OMG I'm so confused. I have been attempting to learn this on one program or the other for oover 3 years now. This video may be my ticket after I've watched it 20 or 30 times. I was following for a while but the further you went the more lost I got. Seriusly though You did a really goood job of showing the program and how to use it. Hwat I'm going to do is get out the laptop and my tablet. Watch the video on the tablet as I try to do it on the laptop. That way I'm doing it as you explain it. Hopefully I'll finally get it because at this point I am doing it all the old fashion way. All to scale but by hand. Thanks for taking the time to do this video. Very helpful.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Jim Patterson hey Jim, thanks for your comment. If you have any issues I’ll do my best to answer. It’s a handy program for sure! Takes a little time to get comfortable in it though. If you have specific questions google is a good resource as well. I’ve had to do that myself a few time. Good luck sir!

@jimfreeman3636 4 жыл бұрын

So, I build knives for myself/friends which is what brought me to your site. Then I spotted the NanoCad download video in your list. AutoCAD and I have been going around on support for a 2007 product which I use for everything. Anyway, I downloaded and got a license for this CAD. Haven't time to really get into it yet, but so far this could be a carbon copy of AutoCAD Light for 2D. I just wanted to thank you and also say how much I've enjoyed your videos.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Jim, I really appreciate your comment! You're right, it's just like AutoCAD controls. Works great for what I do. I love that it's free for us hobbyist.

@abz124816 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice presentation. The tiny radius at the junction of two intersecting line is called a fillet. the "t" is pronounced. If you are talking about the fillet of fish then the "t" is silent.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@geraldinecommowick 4 ай бұрын

Not in the uK, it isn't!!🤣

@martingrobbins 3 жыл бұрын

Great presentation! Your video is more informative than Nanocad's videos.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marty! Glad you got something out of this guy.

@TheManGrant 3 жыл бұрын

Good Tutorial, thanks.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@catallaxy Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you very much.

@RedBeardOps Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@briangasseling3489 4 жыл бұрын

It's always interesting to see how different people tackle the same issue. Another way to start (how I usually do it) is to draw a rectangle that represents the stock material I'm using (12"x1") to show my max size limits and then I draw 4 circles at the lower-left corner 1" diameter side by side to simulate four fingers (similar to your 4" line). This will give me a guide just in case I want to contour the handles high/low points for just the pointer finger or all four. Just an optional idea I wanted to share.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Very neat, thank you!

@billaforozis3229 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. To fix the dimension size you change the scale to 5 or 10 in the fit tab. Hope that helps.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@monles2352 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It helps a lot!

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@NRiggiKnives 4 жыл бұрын

Very timely video James. Was looking to try something with CAD. Have used Inkscape but most of my designs are drawn freehand. Want to start getting everything in a program.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Nick Riggi awesome Nick! This program handles very much like the expensive autoCad from a 2d drawing perspective. I’ve found the skills are transferable. So are the working files if you ever change over. Good luck!

@scottf.3808 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool as nice share....Good stuff....

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scott! Cheers man.

@kamanna8818 11 ай бұрын

I don't use CAD software very often, and the tutorials that are out there tend to assume the basics. Your tutorial is appreciated because you show the basics! On a different note, "Fillet" in this usage isn't pronounced "fuh-lay". It is pronounced "fill-it", as in "a concave junction where two surfaces meet". Fillets are usually used to round inside corners, so that may have something to do with why nanoCAD gets confused when you use the tool for outside corners. Thanks!

@RedBeardOps 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jgclarke0352 2 жыл бұрын

That was a phenomelly helpful video. Thank you so much. Now I have an idea how to get started designing knives! And I know why when I printed your design that it came out too small haha.

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jeremiah, glad it helped. You can also screen shot a PDF, bring it into powerpoint and scale it to print correctly. Kinda a pain, but I've had to do that before.

@thinking-monkey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the excellent tutorial, my friend. While I've been designing in 3D models for a while, it was still refreshing to see an actual knife maker draw a knife vs a CAD designer explaining the technicalities of how to draw a proper line, etc. I realize it would be a ton of work but sometime in the future could you make a similar video explaining the "why" of some of your personal design choices? Why a certain thickness of the material, why pick certain pinhole sizes, why a certain "point" profile, etc? I know there are volumes of books on the subject but to hear it from someone "in the trenches" actually MAKING the knives (not just academically theorizing on knife design) would be very nice. Thanks again.

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

That would be a good idea for sure. Cheers sir. Glad you enjoyed this one.

@russmitchellmovement Жыл бұрын

You just saved me hours of futzing sir. Thank you! Side note, for your timestamps to work properly you need to have the 0:00 comment in there as well. Drove me nuts on my channel for a while. Thanks again!

@RedBeardOps Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@DrawingTechnical 2 жыл бұрын

I've been testing this software out to see if it's any good and it was incredibly frustrating to use, mainly because my 'snap' was on and I've never used this before so I thought nanoCAD was just clunky because it's free. A few minutes into your video solved my issue right away and has encouraged me to further work with this to see what we (architecturals) can do with it. Thanks.

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@joemckinnon4178 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic tutorial. Are you a teacher? If not ... you should be! I'm a complete beginner and your video taught me more than i learned in hours on the Nanocad videos. Thank you

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Joe, thanks man! I'm not a teacher, but enjoy sharing the stuff I learn! Have a great weekend.

@danmurphy9304 4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe how closely that resembles AutoCAD!! Thanks for sharing, I didn't know NanoCAD existed. Now if I could just get a free version of SolidWorks... LoL

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

lol, cheers Dan. really glad you enjoyed the video. Free SolidWorks would be legit!

@mastermat630 4 жыл бұрын

it's called fusion 360 ;)

@jackt6112 Жыл бұрын

nanoCAD Free looks like it has the basics I' m after. I tried LibreCAD and its limitations drove me crazy.

@johnfitzgerald4628 4 жыл бұрын

excellent !!

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you found it helpful.

@vapoureyes 2 жыл бұрын

Great effort

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@vapoureyes 2 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps I sometimes am speaking to a guy in our local supermarket here in ireland and he also makes hand made knives and sells them online, interesting hobby.

@briangasseling3489 4 жыл бұрын

As Dan said below, it is VERY similar to AutoCAD. FYI (not being a jerk) the fillet command is often times mispronounced to make it sound like a steak cut, but it is pronounced "fill-et". Long time CAD user. Love your videos!

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, thanks man! I figured I was butchering it! Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!

@brooksjoinery8521 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jake, you have just solved a problem I have had for a decade ! what software is simple to use and great for 2D, Iv'e really Missed Auto-cad 2007 but here it is with a new name and is running post XP! whats more you demonstrated how good it is. Also thanks to you I have now learnt how to radius the corners without the work around!!! your the man! Will

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Will! Glad you got something out of this one. Cheers man

@evaderknives 4 жыл бұрын

I just got back into CAD. Trying my 1st framelock. I drew 3 or 4 of them a few years back. I'll tell ya, if you don't keep up on it, it's easy to forget. I couldn't even remember how to unlock the different layers... The good thing, it seems like all these programs are basically the same, it use to be draftsight that was free. I just have an old copy of Autocad. Might have to watch this a few more time & see if it actually translates... Hope all is well, take it easy...

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Dave Evader Knives thanks sir! I didn’t get into layers here. This one is truly the basics. I agree they are pretty much the same now days. Hope all is well!

@bbowling4979 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I like your presentation style. I hadn't heard of nanoCAD before but now I'm going to give it a try. One thing I've done frequently with projects like this is to just draw a line that's exactly 10.00" long at the top or bottom. When you print your pattern out you can quickly measure that line and check if your scale is correct. If not the 10.00 inch value is easy to use to calculate your scaling factor.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, thanks for the comment. That is the exact method I use! Very useful, and also a good check! Interestingly enough the 1:1 printing works flawlessly for me when using millimeters.

@bbowling4979 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. So it works in millimeters but maybe or maybe not when using inches? It's a conspiracy I tell you! :)

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

@@bbowling4979 LOL, that's right! Guess it is a conspiracy!

@briangasseling3489 4 жыл бұрын

If this program is as close to ACAD as it appears, I think if you plot Window (near the knife) @ 1:1, you "should" get a 1:1 plot. Or plot extents around a rectangle drawn at the max paper size for your plotter you should be good. Even if you plot extents 1:1 around a rectangle (paper size) 8.5x11 your plot should come out 1:1 - it will just push a horizontal and vertical line off the sheet. That's probably as clear as mud. I have been using AuroCAD for about 30 years. Hit me up if you have questions.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

@@briangasseling3489 It does seem to work when working in millimeters.. but inches I have to put in a ratio to get the right printed scale. It seems

@davebranson4051 4 жыл бұрын

Red Beard Ops sounds good

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Dave Branson thank you Dave! It will give me a little leeway down the road if I want to expand. (Tool reviews, restorations, etc). Hope to see you around the comment section! Cheers!

@ashwinamanna2465 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I started with Draftsight and then tried LibreCad when the pricing model changed on Draftsight. LibreCad is less intuitive than this. Do you every use layers? I want to use this for slipjoints and have different layers for spring, blade, scales.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool man, I have not used layers on my designs since they're all simple fixed blade full tang knives! I would imagine it would work just fine though.

@martinibn-rubain407 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Sir: Hi! You seems to be a good heart person, thanks for your tutorial. I am a drafterperson trained in Autocad and in other 3d modeling software and you help me to see the functionality of the basics commands of nanocad, which are exactly the same of the ones of Autocad. Regarding the plot setting I think that if you want to put a mark to your template for a letter paper format of 8 1/2" x 11", you need to put two diagonal points for marking the paper letter format and draw a rectangle within that limit of the letter format. when you print you should use those diagonal points and print fit to paper. That will print exactly the area of 8 1/2" x 11" and you will see the mark you made to the template exactly as you set it in your model space of NanoCad. That should works but try it and tell me if I am correct. Thank you my friend again for your tutorial; Martin Ibn-Rubain

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly Martin! I think the issue was with my printer. It is now scaling appropriately.

@andrewstambaugh8030 3 жыл бұрын

Couple tips for you: *Don't need to preselect items when using fillet (you will notice it automatically deselects them when you start the fillet command) *Workaround when fillet isn't working: instead of trying to freehand align a circle, use the Circle TTR option (Tan Tan Radius), then you select the 2 lines you want to be tangent to and type a desired radius. Then your trims will come out right without any moving around *those tangents coming out right matters (very visible) if you ever try to use your drawings for a cnc cutting machine (laser, router, etc). If you are using a belt sander, you can quickly clean them up, but then you lose your precise geometry and require cleanup steps. Even with ALU, hand cleaning those with a file can take a while (maybe longer than the machine took to make the part). *your drawing are probably getting their scale messed up in the printers own settings (eg it's auto paper fitting). You can scale workaround as you suggested, but then every scale will still be off and require special calculating to make them work (eg 2:1 won't be 2:1). Better to fix your printer's setting and turn off those auto fit settings. *for anyone struggling to fix this, I'm not talking about the print dialog box in your cad program, though it may have a button get to the printer's settings. I'm talking about going into "devices & settings" or "printers and devices" or whatever windows decided to rename it to this week, and going to your printer and changing it's base/global settings that every use defaults to.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks ANdrew!

@maulidabdullah1027 2 жыл бұрын

How to plot a drawing as monochrome? I have played a bit with monochrome plot style but without success, any suggestion?

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry sir, I’m not sure

@ralphkessler8772 3 жыл бұрын

Hey great basic demo. But how can i import dwg files ????

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ralph, you can import JPEGs and then trace them manually

@sudo_nym 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! I’d use the metric system, being a limey 😊 🇬🇧🤜⚡️🤛🇺🇸🍻

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Lol! I need to learn it better for sure.

@sudo_nym 4 жыл бұрын

Red Beard Ops 🤣🤣 🇬🇧🤜⚡️🤛🇺🇸

@toolman1826 4 жыл бұрын

what version of nano cad are you using , there are a few options.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

I've been using 5.0

@amosjc 4 жыл бұрын

nice video I have some problems about dimension. When I click on a line or circle, it's always displayed "0". How did you click when you are dimension. TKS

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Lin, not sure if I understand your question. When I select the dimension-ing tool I just left click on the points I want to dimension between.

@amosjc 4 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps that what I do, but it's only displayed "0". and I can't select the second point.

@dukehorndrake5525 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen in another video that the surface isn't black but white, how can you change it to be White?

@RedBeardOps 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Duke, I'm not sure... sorry about that

@camerongeorge4246 2 жыл бұрын

With all the designs people sent in, would it be possible to make a public collection of them? Maybe on google drive. So everyone can use them?

@RedBeardOps Жыл бұрын

I put most of mine on Patreon

@DuaneT64 4 жыл бұрын

Had issues with the DL ..............did you have to use a link sent to your email and did you get a warning about DLing this file?

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Duane T64 if I remember right I did need to use the link in the email. It was a bit ago. Are you getting a warning from windows?

@DuaneT64 4 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps no it was in the lower left corner of the nanocad page i got it DL'ed going to try loading and checking it out tomorrow.....i bet you will have so many views on this video lol i know i will watch it several times following you instruction........ Thanks much Brother

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Duane T64 hahaha, thank you sir!!

@eilervazquez223 3 жыл бұрын

se puede descarga el tuturial

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias

@shailjayadav8659 3 жыл бұрын

What was the scaling used???

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Shailja, I think it was due to my printer. It works with 1:1 selected now.

@shailjayadav8659 3 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps Ok Got it..Thanks

@code8860 3 жыл бұрын

A red beard draws a knife in nanoCAD. Now I'm gonna search for a black beard drawing a house in QCAD.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@richardtorres1293 4 жыл бұрын

Not perfect but as close to autocad as you can get for free. I use acad at office and nanocad when working at home commands and interface and nearly identical. Great program.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! I agree. Very handy for me.

@Nick-gg4ik 3 жыл бұрын

i use cad on the daily

@ralphkessler8772 3 жыл бұрын

Go ahead contact me and show me how much easier nano is. And nano will not open all out side flies

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

To each his own. It's been working great for me. Cheers

@DormantIdeasNIQ 3 жыл бұрын

that's just 2D

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Sure is!

@DormantIdeasNIQ 3 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps... one rare person who answers all posts! Your video is simple straight to the point and valuable to many. No babble, no condescending approach... just pure... done. T.y. I have browsed all I could to see if nanoCAD has 3D functionality, and for the life of me, I do not see anything to point me in that direction readily, easily. One of their demo on their web site shows a 3D picnic table but under the plot command. Confusing!? [ UPDATE: 1 of 2, - picnic table - www.nanocad.com/page/VT11 ] UPDATE: 2 of 2, - I have found the 1 source that explain it ALL with prices! No need for added research, complete... yeah, a rare gem! - nanoCAD Plus and nanoCAD Pro - No Limits No More. Watch the webinar! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hs1_q5iS27Cydps.html I need something that can do simple mechanics in 3D, like axles, gears, belts, pulleys, ... with simple 3D printing functionality. I design simple wood toys, to play in the dirt. I can't afford Solidworks or even Sketchup which used to be my software. SKETCHUP: now priced out of reach. ...or they force you to a shared web BS version. ...and I am not fond of people who claim to offer a free product when it is NOT! Phck Trimble! They lured me into upgrading to a version which no longer is free, so I lost my free version 17 and all my work is not accessible any longer! bastards! They could have warned so that I could at least have kept a tool to use my existing work! FreeCAD: is the only other software I found that is truly free at a decent level of functionality, but it is crap, it crashes constantly and is nastily awkward, cumbersome to use, if not completely horrible. All the others I have been lured into, claim to be free yet become very expensive fast! pack of lies... nanoCAD: seems to be legit, it shows to be the best approach to resolve the world issue on CAD availability to the small people. It is not free, but affordable. I have downloaded nanoCAD 5 trying to see if I can create some simple object and click a button to see it in 3D(frame and solid). Gonna have to spend time in their forum to see what level of activation gets me the 3D mechanical. They do have the 2D nanoCAD MECHANICA... and it looks damn good! What bothers me is that it seems this would be made obvious without having to burn the time to try something to find out it does not meet the requirement. I am tired of trying software after software that wastes my time.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

@@DormantIdeasNIQ Thank you greatly for your post! I'm sure this one could help someone out in the future for sure.

@ralphkessler8772 3 жыл бұрын

So you are WRONG about nanocad. Compared to draft sight nano is very hard to use. I am trying but draftsight for $100 a years is far and away much more user friendly. SORRY

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

To each his own. It's been working great for me. Cheers

@Maisemore 3 жыл бұрын

Too many bad practices

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry David!

@Maisemore 3 жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps If you're going to fillet, do it properly. It's very bad practice to pop a circle there and trim it without joining the points together. And if joining two curves together one going the other way, you need a geometric construct to get it perfect.

@RedBeardOps 3 жыл бұрын

@@Maisemore Good tips, cheers David