What would my career title be if I brought decayed houses back to life?

Q. im in school for cad. i have a knack for restoring things & remodeling.
i dont have any construction experience, however I am a hands on type of person.

A. I guess a house flipper i mean unless theres a more sephisticated word or something

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What is the most popular Architectural CAD Package used by Architects?

Q. I have been an Engineering Designer for 30 years, and have used Catia for the last 18 years. Now though I am looking for a change of career.

A. When I was in school, the Collega of Architecture used AutoCAD. Their thought was that with knowledge of AutoCAD, you gain the basic familiarity with CAD software and learning other CAD software once you learn AutoCAD is easy.

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What major can I select that will allow me to get a career in drawing that will be financially beneficial?

Q. I am in my 2nd year of College and will have to declare a major soon. I honestly don't know what I want to do. I really dislike Math, and consider English boring. Since I was a kid I have always wanted to do something that involves drawing, and I still want to have a career involving drawing but I just don't what. If I just get a diploma in art, then what can I do with it?


I consider myself to be skilled in drawing, but I can't find a career would be finiancially beneficial. I would like to do something with drawing related to videogames or sports. What major should I choose that would lead me to a career where knowing how to draw is necessary? I don't want to be an architect by the way, and the whole computer aspect of graphic design is kinda offputting, but if I could use graphic design with video games or sports I would consider it. Basically, I want a major that will let me get a career in drawing that will be financially beneficial.
I have taken a couple of classes in High School and am currently in an Intro to Drawing class in college.
I specialize in traditional drawing.

A. What kind of drawing? You don't mention if you've taken any art courses.

Architectural and engineering drawings are now all pretty much CAD. This is not so much drawing as using computer software.

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How do you find the angle in a triangle within an octagon?

Q. I'm confused by this. They want me to find one of angles of a triangle which has all three of its vertices at different vertices in the octagon. None of them go outside the octagon. How should I figure this out?

A. I cannot offer a specific answer, because there are many ways to inscribe a triangle in an octagon. For that matter, there are many octagons.

Are we discussing a regular octagon? If so, then it can be inscribed in a circle, and each side is a chord subtending a central angle of 45°. Suppose that each vertex of the triangle is also a vertex of the octagon. Then any angle of the triangle is also inscribed in the circle. The measure of the inscribed angle is half the corresponding central angle. If an angle intercepts one side of the octagon, then it is 22.5°. Multiply 22.5° by the number of octagon sides intercepted by the angle.

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A tangent-tangent angle intercepts two arcs that measure 164 and 196. What is the measure of the tangent-tange?

Q. A tangent-tangent angle intercepts two arcs that measure 164 and 196. What is the measure of the tangent-tange?

Type in the correct Units, too.

A. The arcs are apparently in degrees (since they add to 360).

There's a geometric theorem that says that the measure of the angle you're asking about is equal to half the absolute value of the difference between the intercepted arcs. So

mâ Î¸ = ½ |196° - 164°| = 16°

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How would you Calculate an Arc Length Intercepted by a Rectanlge?

Q. If an arc of a circle were intercepted by a rectangle, lets say, 5 feet wide, how would you calculate the arc measure. Explain.

A. You have not given enough informayion. What is the radius? or the length of the rectangle?

Let's say the radius = r
This means that half of the diagonal of the rectangle = r.
Now, you can find the arc length of a circle using arc = rθ where θ=angle in radians.

Also, a chord length can be found using the formula chord = 2r sin(θ/2)
so given 2rsin(θ/2) = 5 and arc = rθ

Put the 2 together and you can work it out.

θ = arcsin(5/(2r))
so
arc length = r * arcsin (5 / (2r))
(5 was your rectangle width)

if rectangle width = w
arc length = r * arcsin (w / (2r))

Note:
If you don't have the radius, but you have the other dimention of the rectangle (lets call it b for breadth)
Then
w² + b² = (2r)²
2r = â(w² + b²)

so

arc length = â(w² + b²)/2 * arcsin (w /â(w² + b²) )

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Do I have to be good in art to pursue interior designing as a career?

Q. I suck at drawing, painting, sculpture, print-making, sketching or anything to do with art. But I'm very interested in interior designing. I like to makeover rooms in my head and think about what an ideal house would look like. Will my handicap in art keep me from being successful in the interior designing field?
And also, what all qualifications do you need to get into interior designing? Can you recommend some college and high school courses I can take?
I've just finished my sophomore year in high school, and I've started thinking about my future. I'm a straight-A student, but I'm not really interested in medicine, engineering, IT or other "scholarly" stuff like that. My talent in the art room is limited, but I'm very creative. (I'm also good at creative writing such as short stories and poems etc.) So, yeah, I'm creative; I can think out of the box. And I'm very interested in interior designing.
Well, those are the facts. I would love some good advice on this subject.

A. Hi, I think as long as you have an eye, thats what matters. I never went to school for design, but I had great training under a designer. I can't sketch or do CAD, but I can do a room on graph paper. You will need to be decent at math and be able to measure properly. You will need to understand fabrics and other materials and their uses and drawbacks. Passion and talent in design is more important than being a typical artist. Your rooms are your art, and as long as you can pull them together to make you and the client happy, that's all that matters. .
p.s. most designers I've met are crazy (I am the exception) and very difficult to work for. If you can learn from someone with great talent, hang in there as long as you can and soak up all of their knowledge. I would start looking at local designers whose work you admire and start talking to them now. When you are ready they might be happy to mentor you. Good Luck

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Are there any computer schools / universities in the Philippines or in the US that offers SAP courses?

Q. Are there any computer schools / universities in the Philippines or in the US that offers SAP courses or certifications? If so, what are the names of the schools? I'm a fresh graduate w/ a degree in computer engineering and I want to pursue my career in SAP. Thanks

A. Where can you find a SAP training in the US
Source: http://www50.sap.com/useducation/locations/

SAP Training Locations

SAP offers state-of-the-art training center locations throughout the US and Canada. Our training facilities provide the best in SAP Project Team Training by combining new instructional approaches with the most qualified instructors and the latest in multimedia.
SAP America Headquarters Training Center is located in Newtown Square, PA.

Training Locations - U.S.A.


* Atlanta
o Training Location Schedule KDC Atlanta, GA (new)

* Chicago
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek Oakbrook (Chicago), IL
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek affiliate, MicroTrain, Lombard (Chicago), IL

* Dallas
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o Training Location Schedule MicroTek affiliate, Texas Training & Conference Center, Dallas, TX

* Philadelphia
o Training Location Schedule SAP Newtown Square (Philadelphia), PA
o Training Location Schedule SAP Exton, PA
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek Exton - affiliate, Springhouse Computer School, Exton (Phila.), PA

* San Francisco
o Training Location Schedule KDC San Francisco, CA
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek San Francisco, CA

* Washington, DC
o Training Location Schedule SAP (PSE) Washington, DC
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek Washington, DC
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek Dulles

* Other U.S. City
o Training Location Schedule SAP Houston, TX
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek Minneapolis affiliate - Euler Training Center, Minneapolis, MN
o Training Location Schedule MicroTek St. Louis, MO
o Training Location Schedule The METS Center at Northern Kentucky University,KY
o Training Location Schedule NKU Advanced Learning Tech Center, KY
o Training Location Schedule SAP Scottsdale, AZ
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o Training Location Schedule MicroTek affiliate, CALC/Canterbury Parsippany, NJ
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o Training Location Schedule MicroTek affiliate, Skill Ramp, Sacramento, CA

Training Locations - Canada

* Training Location Schedule SAP Vancouver
* Training Location Schedule Nexient Vancouver
* Training Location Schedule Calgary Training Centre
* Training Location Schedule SAP Montreal and Atlantic Canada, QC
* Training Location Schedule SAP Ottawa, ON
* Training Location Schedule SAP Toronto, ON
* Training Location Schedule CDI Corporate Education Services, Calgary, AB
* Training Location Schedule CDI Corporate Education Services, Vancouver, BC

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What does it take to become a videogame designer?

Q. I'm doing a research paper for school and i would like to know what it takes to become a videogame designer and how you make the games.

A. Most of what i know is about the actual charactor and setting design.My brouther and a friend of mine are both going to school for graphic design My brouther is doing his classes on line and has already sold items he's made to Everquest. My freind is going to a regular Colledge.EA sports is footing part of the bill. My brouther uses atleast 2 programs that i know of one called Poser and the other Ryno. also i suggest checking out the "making of" of some of the CG cartoons(if you don't have a dvd player some time you can find clips on the internet)...the prosess is simular. computer graphics is anouther great class. some times CAD(Compuer Aided Design) helps as well
most of the skills you need are Computers,math, art and some science (the "making of's" on the movies would explain why science)having the artistic talent i would say is the most important.
they plot out the game, where things go (kind of like a map)if its designed around a movie they get picure and voice recordings of the actors. they make scetches of the charactors and backgrounds. use clay models and scan them. the animators design everything and put it together. and then they do test runs of the games and .fix any bugs they find. and Yes they have people whos jobs are to sit around playing video games ,but they're trained to spot the bugs and ways to fix them..mean while theres people working on advertizing the games and perfecting sound effects...
If you go to some game compny sites like EA or Atari(playstaion,nintendo,etc.) they usually have a contact us link you could probably ask them and get more details just say:hello my name is... im doing a report on.... and i was wondering if you could answer a few questions then ask away some willl answer some won't so if you decide to do it write to a bunch( who knows you could make a connection for a scolarship)
emails from an actuall game companys would be a great addition for a report (teachers love extra stuff like that)if you have to do a presentation any pictures you'd be able to find on their site or that they could send you would be a boost to expesoly if they'll send you step by step pics of the prosess.I'll try to get my brother to come on here and fill you in a little as well....
I hope i have helped

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What software do Interior Desingers use?

Q. Like when they are drawing a room and designing its interior... what software is used for that?

A. InteriCad...we use that at the office. Then to enhance the rendering part, we use photoshop.

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I'm 15, and hope to get a job as an Architect after college, are my blueprints any good?

Q. Hi, I am 15, and in the 9th grade. I hope to go to college after high school, to become an Architect in Residential Home Design. When I was young, I taught myself how to design blueprints on the computer using Architect Design Software. Next year in 10th grade I selected an AutoCad course. These blueprints are not of any specific house. I was bored in class, and pulled out a piece of paper and started sketching the Blueprints, right from my head. When I got home I designed it on my designing software. Anyways, I was hoping to get your input on a design I just finished about an hour ago. Any comments/suggestions will be great.

3D Rendered image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/91121041@N03/8572830325/

Ground Floor Blueprints: http://www.flickr.com/photos/91121041@N03/8573921054/in/photostream/

Second Floor Blueprints: http://www.flickr.com/photos/91121041@N03/8572829825/in/photostream/

A. The only part I would question as a carpenter would be that walk in closet on the first floor. Man you'd have to build a much harder roof (Broken hip, valley and a little hipped roof) just to add that closet.

Which would not be cost effective when that room is pretty big anyways and has no real purpose other than a lounge room or study. You could probably get away with adding a book case or something which is the same width as the closet along the left wall or along the wall of that small bed room.

If you would have designed a bed room with a double doors opening onto a balcony, I could understand the extra effort to build such a roof, but not for a closet. On that plan if you really wanted to add that feature into the roof, that roof projection should been in the larger bed room so as to make the floor space bigger in the smaller bed room, IMO

Apart from that I would give you 9.2 out of 10.

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What is the best home design software?

Q. I run a home improvement business and am looking to purchase a software that will design mostly bathrooms and screen-rooms/sun-rooms. Looking for software that looks the most realistic for the customer and fairly simple to use. Thank you

A. you need a 3D simulators i think
you can use 3Dmax or Blender which blender is free and good

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How can you calculate the length of day in hours given the noon sun angle?

Q. For example, i know that the latitude is 30 degrees N. and the noon sun angle is 60 degrees on March 21; however i do not know how to calculate the length of day in hours given this information.

A. Consider the sun's position as a great circle in the sky. You know that a full circle take 24 hours. Given the maximum angle, how much of the circle's circumference is exposed above the horizon? This is a problem involving a chord of the circle. Can you now picture enough to solve the problem? You're given the elevation from the midpoint of the chord to the farthest point of the nearer arc; what angle does that arc subtend from the center of the circle?

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A convex octagon is inscribed in a circle and has four consecutive sides of length 3 and four consecutive?

Q. A convex octagon is inscribed in a circle and has four consecutive sides of length 3 and four consecutive sides of length 2. Find its area in the form r+s*sqrt(t), where r,s, and t are integers.

A. Suppose that 2a is the measure of the arc whose chord is length 2, and 2b is the measure of the arc whose chord is length 3. Suppose r is the radius of the circle. We have
.. r*sin(a) = 2/2
.. r*sin(b) = 3/2
We also know that 2a+2b = 90°, so a+b = 45°. (It makes no difference whether the sides of the same measure are consecutive. They can be rearranged so they alternate with sides of the other measure.)

We can use these equations to calculate the cotangent of the angle a.
.. sin(45°-a)/sin(a) = 3/2 = (cos(a)/â2 - sin(a)/â2)/sin(a) = cot(a)/â2 - 1/â2
.. cot(a) = (3+â2)/â2
From above, we know that
.. r = csc(a) = â(1+cot(a)^2) = â(13/2 + 3â2)

Any of a variety of methods can be used to find the area given r. One I tried was Heron's formula for the area of a triangle given its side lengths. This gives
.. (octagon area) = 4â(r^2-1) + 3â(4r^2-9)
Substituting the above value of r into this equation, we get
.. (octagon area) = 4â(11/2 + 3â2) + 3â(17 + 12â2)

I used a math tool (see source list) to simplify this to
.. (octagon area) = 13 + 12â2

So, {r, s, t} = {13, 12, 2}.

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How to calculate a section of a circle?

Q. I have two variable lines crossing each other at a point. I need to draw a section of a circle of known diameter so that it rounds the intersection. I can't figure out the math and trigonometry needed. Could you help? No, it is not a homework, I am 63 years old :-) and I try to trace with Flash ActionScript the route of a ship turning at a given turn rate on a predefined route. I need to calculate the start and end points where the circle is tangent to the two lines. Thanks in advance.

A. I don't think I've understood properly what you are trying to ask. I guess you want to calculate the length of the arc of a circle of known radius(say R) between the points where these two lines(passing through your fixed point, i.e., P) touch it. If that is so, then you just need to calculate the angle that these lines make at the point P, say that angle is found to be $. Since tangents make an angle of 90 degrees with the line joining centre to the point of contact, and the sum of angles of a quadrilateral(here we will consider the quadrilateral having vertices the two points of contact of these tangent lines, the centre of the circle, and the point P) is 360 degrees, the angle subtended by that arc(whose length we are calculating) on the centre of the circle is (180 - $) degrees. Since circumference of the whole circle is 2.pi.R, the length of this arc will be 2.pi.R.(180 - $)/360

But I have a feeling that I misunderstood your question. If that is the case please edit, and clarify.

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How can I set up my ebay account to notify me when a certain item is listed?

Q. I'm looking for a particular type of software called VectorWorks, which is for CAD. There is no listing currently on ebay but I would like to be notified when someone does list it in the future.

A. First, sign in to your account. You don't need to be signed in to do a search, but you do need to be signed in to get alerts.

Next, do a search for the item you want. If there are currently some items matching that description, then click "Save this search". When you do that, a popup will give you the option to receive email alerts when new items are listed.

If there are no items matching that description, you can still save your search. However, eBay may try to auto-correct your search terms if they think you misspelled something. If you see an auto-correction, there will be a link that says "Return to original search". Then you can save your search as above.

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What do I google to find the market share for my business?

Q. We make biomechanical foot orthoses via proprietary CAD/CAM technology. I need to determine what our market share should/could be. I am stumped as to what to google. Any advice/help really appreciated.

A. You just have a look here.... and select one which can help you

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=world+wide+business+search&spell=1

For India i can give you a best site....

http://www.JustDial.com

This will really help you in your business...

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Where can I find a list of foreclosures without paying some website?

Q. I am looking to find lists of bank owned foreclosures in California, but I do not want to pay some website $50 to do a search for me. I know B of A has a search, but there are only a couple of listings. Does anyone know how I can get a list of foreclosures in California without having to pay anything?

Thanks in advance!

A. Call a title company in your area that does foreclosures or HUD deals they can get information before the houses go into foreclosure most of the time on the house that are going up for bid first. Here is a site that you can look at also
http://www.foreclosure.com/state/ca.html Find the property that you want and then you can find the rest of the information on tax site for that county, go to google and type the county name then CAD this will give a wealth of information on the property.

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What does it mean when a small area of a mole that I've at for at least 3 turns slightly darker?

Q. I used to have a mole that was somewhat shaped like a heart. But now that spot is being filled so now the mole looks more like a circle/oval. Is a possible for a part of a mole to go from lightish to dark(matching the rest of the mole) in a month with out it being a problem?
Actually, looking at it again. It looks either the same, or even slightly smaller.

A. Run, do not walk, to your doctor. This is likely to be a sign of some form of skin cancer. I'm not a doctor qualified to give medical advice but I am about to undergo my 4th operation for skin cancer. Do not delay even one more day is my advace as a layman.

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How do you make a manga guy without circles or anything like that?

Q. I want to draw a guy without circles or anything like that when you start with it. I know how to draw girls without circles, ovals, etc. and erasing them all like that. i want to do the same thing to the guys as well. How do i do that? Can you guys help? Thanks!

A. just try getting their pose with gesture drawings and draw on the clothes

gesture: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9_d9kdjhhhx1BDIcR-Aq_fiE9jlS2xNK57O_SshzRSI9vMddClFxE5Opb9uaOnAh4wuCUhOcy1lzi03vShxpN-bv7lbdVa8tsGAy3My4yRwxzXrrKd9LVA9a4R1L1GUe6zWWihEYcywc/s1600/gesture024cr.jpg

good luck!

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What Indian religion has followers wear a ring?

Q. There's a kid in my class, he's from India. He's always wore this ring. It's band is copper colored, the stone is a brown circle/oval shaped. When someone asked why he wears it he said it was for his religion.

A. ringism

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