Monday, October 31, 2011

AUTOCAD: DAY 1 - XY Co-ordinate System

I downloaded a copy of student AUTOCAD for MAC in autodesk.com. I think it will give you 3 year access of the software not so sure though, but my main goal is to study AUTOCAD even if it will only allow me for a month period.

After installing and activating the software , I started browsing the web for soem tutorials. In a matter if just few minutes got my self reading these tutorials and decided which one I would use as a benchmark of my study.

LESSON 1:
  • This one is fairly easy you just create a new drawing activate the line tool.
  • At first you need to have a starting point which in the tutorial I started at x:0 to y:0.
  • After you have fix point you can drag you mouse to your right hand side and after that it will ask for the width then press enter it depends on you of course the width that you want, this is the time for experiment.
  • Then you drag you mouse again going straight up and at same time supplying the exact length and don't forget to press enter after that.
  • You can do a rectangle, square or any shape you like involving straight lines. Lastly if you finish you can press the space bar and enter "C" to close the shape and press enter again to deselect you shape.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Pyramids made to be connected?

I had random thoughts today, I was thinking how accurate the Mayan calendar could be, how the calendar started and what are the Mayan ways to measure things such as in astronomy and weather. I have read many articles about Mayan Civilization and I know some of them are hoax and some of them are not, but what real got me to thinking is how to determine the real information.

I now know that the Mayans has it's own pyramid the Pyramid of Kulkan at Chichen Itza so i search google maps for its location and fount out that it is located in Mexico and Mexico lies near the equator. Suddenly, I thought what about I find the pyramid of Egypt's location as well. Then I notice that both pyramids are almost aligned with each other. Next I tried to calculate their distance using my thumb pointing to Mexico and index finger on Egypt then I horizontally scrolled the world map so that my thumb would now point to Egypt and see where my index finger would point. Now my index finger is pointing in a place below Japan, out of curiosity I again scrolled the map so that my thumb would point below Japan and that I will see where my index finger would point next. To my surprise my index finger pointed back to Mexico, again I search the internet to find if there is any pyramid in Asia. Dear readers I found an article about the underwater pyramid near Japan, I read the the whole article, then afterwards I read the comments for that article. I saw one specific comment that interest me and it says "The lost continent of Mu is nothing new. Keep an open mind."

It gets better and better every time, now I was more curious than ever, I then search Mu. Mu is the name of a hypothetical continent that allegedly existed in one of Earth's oceans, but disappeared at the dawn of human history .The concept and the name were proposed by 19th century traveler and writer Augustus Le Plongeon, who claimed that several ancient civilizations, such as those of Egypt and Mesoamerica, were created by refugees from Mu — which he located in the Atlantic Ocean. This concept was popularized and expanded by James Churchward, who asserted that Mu was once located in the Pacific.-wikipedia.

So if my calculations are correct there are supposed to be three pyramids lying near the equator with almost same distance relative to each other. Could this mean something? You all guys should know that Egyptians and Mayans have almost same way of architecture designs and beliefs, and both are believe to be descendants of Atlantis. So if I incorporate Mu with Atlantis this puzzle things up.