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"I had no problems downloading the ISO, however when using the link at the top of the suggested google search for 'ISO to USB' the utility (ISO to USB @http://www.softsea.com/download.php?i...) did not recognize the ISO (error ‘cannot read info from iso file’ when trying to select iso) so I used the utility which I have used in the past, called LiLi. I downloaded it from http://www.linuxliveusb.com/downloads.... After clearing up some disk space issues on my computer, I was able to burn the ISO without issue. | "I had no problems downloading the ISO, however when using the link at the top of the suggested google search for 'ISO to USB' the utility (ISO to USB @http://www.softsea.com/download.php?i...) did not recognize the ISO (error ‘cannot read info from iso file’ when trying to select iso) so I used the utility which I have used in the past, called LiLi. I downloaded it from http://www.linuxliveusb.com/downloads.... After clearing up some disk space issues on my computer, I was able to burn the ISO without issue. | ||
I | I spent ~15 hours reading through the FreeCAD manual and trying the examples that seemed relevant to the test or interesting to me, as well as reviewing the OSE tutorials and messing with miscellaneous things inside FreeCAD. I gave up on the manual when I got to the Python section at the end. | ||
As for the actual test, I finished steps 3-8 in ~13 minutes, but I must deduct 20 points because the construction in this video is my second attempt. I am not sure what happened, but vokoscreen created a corrupted file that kdenlive could not read. I have been unable to figure out why this happened. Another 10 points should probably be deducted for sloppy workflow causing me to have to continually reorient parts due to not being consistent about | As for the actual test, I finished steps 3-8 in ~13 minutes, but I must first deduct 20 points because the construction in this video is my second attempt. I am not sure what happened, but vokoscreen created a corrupted file that kdenlive could not read. I have been unable to figure out why this happened. Another 10 points should probably be deducted for sloppy workflow causing me to have to continually reorient parts due to not being consistent about selection order when using circular constraints. Another 10 points off for going over 30 seconds, but I maxed out the speed effect and couldn't find much more time of me just sitting there on screen (probably because I had practice from the first run through) to snip out. This leaves me with a total of 60/100. I should add that kdenlive was similar enough to Final Cut and Audition that I just kind of picked it up. | ||
As for the videos, the brevity is nice but I can see how the quick pace could be confusing, especially because it seems to jump from topic to topic and covers a few things that are not part of the test, like meshes. This is obviously necessary, but it took me two watches to realize that they are not FreeCAD test tutorials but general FreeCAD tutorials. I think that fast paced tutorials like these are great for people who are proficient at learning software from observing videos but could be complemented by longer form videos that lay out specific learning objectives with accompanying specific tasks. " | |||
--[[User:DixonNahrwold|DixonNahrwold]] ([[User talk:DixonNahrwold|talk]]) 06:19, 19 May 2017 (CEST) | --[[User:DixonNahrwold|DixonNahrwold]] ([[User talk:DixonNahrwold|talk]]) 06:19, 19 May 2017 (CEST) | ||
Revision as of 04:36, 19 May 2017
Finished FreeCAD Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OuAw3Ms8_U
"I had no problems downloading the ISO, however when using the link at the top of the suggested google search for 'ISO to USB' the utility (ISO to USB @http://www.softsea.com/download.php?i...) did not recognize the ISO (error ‘cannot read info from iso file’ when trying to select iso) so I used the utility which I have used in the past, called LiLi. I downloaded it from http://www.linuxliveusb.com/downloads.... After clearing up some disk space issues on my computer, I was able to burn the ISO without issue.
I spent ~15 hours reading through the FreeCAD manual and trying the examples that seemed relevant to the test or interesting to me, as well as reviewing the OSE tutorials and messing with miscellaneous things inside FreeCAD. I gave up on the manual when I got to the Python section at the end.
As for the actual test, I finished steps 3-8 in ~13 minutes, but I must first deduct 20 points because the construction in this video is my second attempt. I am not sure what happened, but vokoscreen created a corrupted file that kdenlive could not read. I have been unable to figure out why this happened. Another 10 points should probably be deducted for sloppy workflow causing me to have to continually reorient parts due to not being consistent about selection order when using circular constraints. Another 10 points off for going over 30 seconds, but I maxed out the speed effect and couldn't find much more time of me just sitting there on screen (probably because I had practice from the first run through) to snip out. This leaves me with a total of 60/100. I should add that kdenlive was similar enough to Final Cut and Audition that I just kind of picked it up.
As for the videos, the brevity is nice but I can see how the quick pace could be confusing, especially because it seems to jump from topic to topic and covers a few things that are not part of the test, like meshes. This is obviously necessary, but it took me two watches to realize that they are not FreeCAD test tutorials but general FreeCAD tutorials. I think that fast paced tutorials like these are great for people who are proficient at learning software from observing videos but could be complemented by longer form videos that lay out specific learning objectives with accompanying specific tasks. "
--DixonNahrwold (talk) 06:19, 19 May 2017 (CEST)