From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Joe Gwinn"  wrote in message   
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   On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:31:12 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"   
    wrote:   
      
   >I'm taking a 3D CAD class in night school. I'm fine with orthographic and   
   >isometric drafting and mental visualization but the menu logic is   
   >difficult,   
   >like learning new thought patterns of a foreign language.   
      
   I had this problem at first as well.   
      
   3D CAD is organized in how-to-make process order, using the primitives   
   available.  Example:  Start with a block of material.  Subtract a   
   cylinder of material, to yield a cylindrical hole in the block.  And   
   so on.   
      
   Joe   
      
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   Possibly the issue is that my right brain processes the graphic images and   
   my left brain the menu tree, and I have always had difficulty fully using   
   both at once or quickly swapping. I can become so involved in solving a   
   difficult problem that if interrupted I can't immediately talk. My postings   
   here are practice to overcome that, but when I write coherently I can't   
   visualize at my best. Fortunately on IQ tests the verbal and spatial   
   sections are separate and I can take a moment to switch, but when   
   brainstorming engineering problems I have to immediately explain my ideas.   
      
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