Rant: My boss had me redraw a whole set of shop drawings by hand last Tuesday

We had a big project for a metal shop in Phoenix, and the CAD file got corrupted right before the deadline. I spent eight hours redoing about twenty sheets from scratch on the board because the backup was old. My hand was cramping so bad by the end, but you know what? It made me remember how to think about line weight and clarity in a way I hadn't in years. I was so focused on hitting 'undo' that I forgot how fixing a mistake with an eraser makes you plan the next line better. It was a terrible day, but it actually helped my digital drafting this week. Has anyone else had to go back to the board recently and found it weirdly helpful?

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the_spencer9d ago

Man, that's brutal. My old man was a drafter, used to tell me stories about pulling all-nighters on the board for stuff like that.

tylerj229d agoMost Upvoted

Oh man, @the_spencer, that hits home. My uncle did the same thing before everything went digital. He'd talk about the coffee, the sore neck, and erasing so hard you'd tear the paper. Can't even imagine.

uma_taylor479d ago

Tearing the paper" seems a bit much. @the_spencer, was your dad's work really that hard to fix?