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That one time a lead drafter told me my lineweights were all wrong on a commercial project
I was working on a set of MEP drawings for a mid-rise apartment job in Nashville a few months ago. A senior drafter I respected walked over and said 'your HVAC lines look like they're drawn with a Sharpie.' At first I was annoyed but then I looked closer and realized all my supply ducts and structural columns were basically the same thickness. I ended up creating a custom lineweight plot style with 6 distinct layers. Has anyone else found a solid preset that actually prints clean on those plan sets?
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skylershah5mo ago
Did you end up sticking with 6 layers or trim it down? I've seen guys go overboard and end up with 15 layers that nobody else can work with.
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jordangibson5mo ago
Have you ever tried to pick up where someone with a 15-layer drawing left off? It's a nightmare. I learned my lesson the hard way years ago. I started doing a lot of layer merging early on, just combining things that were done. I think keeping it to around 6 or 7 layers is the sweet spot for me. Anymore than that and you're just making extra work for yourself and anyone else. It's like building a house with too many rooms you never use.
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