Can we talk about the time I redid a set of plans from 1998?

I was helping a friend update the blueprints for his old workshop, and the originals were done on a drafting table with ink. It took me about 40 hours just to get everything into CAD. The before and after was crazy. The old drawings had these beautiful, perfect line weights done by hand, but one tiny smudge could ruin a whole sheet. Now, with layers and blocks, I can change a detail in five seconds. It makes you appreciate the skill, but man, I don't miss the ammonia from the old diazo machine. Anyone else had to convert a really old set of hand-drawn plans?

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elliot_patel2mo ago

So did you find any hidden mistakes in the old drawings?

kellys782mo ago

Yeah, hidden mistakes are everywhere if you look. I mean, ray_miller84 is right, it's basically a daily thing.

ray_miller842mo ago

Sounds like a normal Tuesday to me.