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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
I'd disagree with this. Maybe at first the crazy stuff happens, especially when you're getting to know the in's and out's of a software package. However, the great thing about CAD packages these days is being able to derive your drawings from your parametric model and have those drawings update whenever a model is changed. If you were hand drawing this and the design changed , there would be a significant amount of time editing or creating a new drawing.
I agree that drafting by hand absolutely helps to understand proper drafting techniques and standards. That being said, it's almost 2010 - time to go digital people.
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Experience doesn't really have much to do with "crazy" stuff happening we have a mentor who has 7-8 yeard of experience with inventor and 10 or more years with autoCAD, and he still has unexplainable stuff happen. Its just a given when you have a computer program attempting to replicate your input.
But I do agree about the editing bit. I know what its like to be awake for 48 hours straight, up all night working on drawings, only to go to class and have the professor whip out his sharpie marker and completely change your drawing...Its a real downer. But as far as editing...I don't know how much hand drafting you've done, but its usually not that difficult or time consuming to fix with an eraser and eraser shield. I also think that the consequence of having to change the drawing forces you to pay more attention to your design decisions while your drafting, I know it has for me. Thus making you an all around better draftsman. Hey, we got by for literally thousands or yeard with simple hand drafting just fine. It can't be that bad.