I’m a software developer and an engineer. Over the years, I’ve taught many people how to use AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, and Civil 3D. Right now, I’m building an app that teaches AutoCAD—from inside AutoCAD itself. It highlights which buttons to click, guides the student through the process, and checks their work directly within the software. -If you’re just starting to learn AutoCAD, how interesting does this sound to you? -Do you think it offers enough value to justify a $25 price tag, compared to free tutorials on YouTube? -And what do you see as a major flaw or concern with this approach?
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I think you need to think of who will buy it. Individuals will likely keep with free options since they probably won’t even be running a legal copy.
Companies may be interested, but you’re going to need to come up with a more remote deployable option.
0 out of 10. Some geriatric isn’t screaming about my geometric tollerences being off by a micron. /S
To be honest though, I remember learning far more when self-teaching and exploring than ever learning anything in lessons. Beyond the absolute basics of what each tool does and where to use it. I think it would be much more important to put an emphasis on that than an interface to tell somebody to click here and them not understand why they need to use that tool.
Make sure to spend some quality time on extrude and chamfer.
The fact that AutoCAD needs tutorials like this is a bit of a UX smell for AutoCAD itself…
But regardless, to echo someone else, I would suggest aiming at corporations. On a personal level, I would just use YouTube videos for free, and quite frankly would invest my time in learning something open source like Blender rather than something closed like AutoCAD or Fusion.
