CompuServe Messages

Terry, Both you and Wayne are keying on manufacturing environments, which do exist, but I'll wager I can slake the thirst of larger markets without saying word one to my students about 3D. I'm considering using two or three of the drawings that I start out their 2D training with as 3D assignments later in the semester. They're easy, yet they illustrate the basic 3D commands. I am teaching in a 2-yr institution but I don't want to limit myself artificially. I have my FIRST engineering student who has decided to take my class along with his regular engineering classes at the local 4-yr college. I meet enough engineers that can't draw three views of a sphere to make me wonder how they can do their jobs. As part of my class instruction I tend to expound on the fact that production drafting is a grind. I attempt to get my students to realize that another two years can make the difference between their paycheck being their reward for hard work or their work being the reward for their perseverence. I like the position I'm in as far as the raw material I'm getting, I feel I can do my best work at this level. Dennis