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That senior drafter's layer naming tip saved me 6 hours last week
Old guy named Frank at my shop told me to name every single layer with a prefix matching the drawing set number and never use default names. I thought he was just being picky until I had to merge three civil files on a project in Austin last Thursday. His system let me sort and filter everything in ten minutes instead of hunting through layers all day. Anybody else got a rule from a veteran that seemed dumb at first but turned out gold?
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barbarah1928d ago
You're telling me someone actually explained the reasoning behind that naming convention?
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blair_webb28d ago
Old timer at my first shop in Dallas had a rule about never hitting print without checking the plot scale first in the preview window. I thought he was being dramatic until I sent a full set of plans to the county that came out 20% too small. Now I preview every single sheet before I hit print. You got any plotting horror stories?
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