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I keep seeing people say hand drafting is dead, but I'm not buying it
Last month I was at a project meeting in Denver and one of the younger drafters said hand sketching is a waste of time now that we have tablets. I been drafting for 15 years and I still sketch out every tricky connection on paper before I touch CAD. Three years ago I had a steel beam layout that the software kept messing up. I grabbed a pencil and graph paper, figured the whole thing out in 20 minutes. My boss saw it and told me that sketch saved us 4 hours of rework. The software is great but it can't replace the feeling of working something out with your hand. Anyone else still keep a sketchbook on their desk?
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noahw533mo ago
My buddy saved a whole facade detail that way, just pencil and grid paper.
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