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    pipe0069
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    CAD versus Hand drafting

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    03-18-2003 02:58 PM
    anyone that is willing to help me. could you tell me your opinions on CAD vs. Hand drafting. What are your likes and dislikes about each and which do you prefer?

    reply to this as master_pipe@hotmail.com if you don'tmind but I will check back here later just in case.

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    Distinguished Contributor BobKellerman
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    03-18-2003 07:05 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    Steve: First, I think the whole point of the groups is that everyone can read and learn, so I discourage strongly any direct replies. Hand drafting is a wonderful art (craft?)- but for me, being able to revise and redesign in Autocad is great, starting in 3D with ADT is ideal. I like addtional hand work on presentation drawings. If you already know what the design is and you are going to mount the drawing on the wall, grab the pens and ink! Bob PS: please come back in and join the discussion.
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    Distinguished Contributor keithc03
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    03-18-2003 08:31 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    Steve, I was brought up on hand drafting and think that a finished hand drawing is a piece of "art" work ,But the functionality that CAD drafting has makes it invaluable
    I was told by an older drafter that CAD was OK but was no longer a discipline like hand drafting ..well the discipline is still there it has just been redefined (layers /linetypes /textstyles etc )
    I'm all for CAD , drawing boards are a thing of the past I'm afraid ..but hey thats progress for ya

    Keith
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    *Jessup, Allen

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    03-18-2003 09:32 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    If you are not doing any heavy design that would
    utilize the many features of CAD and if you are producing plans/designs/maps
    whatever, that are one offs and never need revisions then had drafting is
    better. However I know of few who can fit these categories. I remember erasing
    shields, erasable sepias, plans so smudged after multiple revisions they had to
    be abandoned and totally redrafted. I believe that for most real world
    applications CAD is a better choice.

     

    Allen

     


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    anyone
    that is willing to help me. could you tell me your opinions on CAD vs. Hand
    drafting. What are your likes and dislikes about each and which do you prefer?

    reply to this as master_pipe@hotmail.com if you don'tmind but I will check
    back here later just in case.

    Steve Payne

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    *robertson, kent

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    03-18-2003 10:18 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    it is possible to make a CAD drawings look like a
    piece of art. I've been doing CAD for 15 years and just cant do hand drafting
    anymore. when I try it looks like he!!
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    *Friedrich, Peter

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    03-18-2003 10:35 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    Too bad! My skills have waned, too... but as I
    create Lisp to do tasks, I try to wrap a bit of Hand-drawn elements into
    them.

    (saw a wish-list item once... Lisp to create
    simulated coffee stains on prints)

     

    The advantage to CAD that I see (after 15 yrs) is a
    rapid revision cycle... the initial drawing takes as long as by hand.  Most
    users expect the initial drawing to be FAST... not so!  But changes can be
    made and alternates preserved as you go.

     

    And the 'talent' is in sorting skills... sort these
    layers from those, these blocks, those styles... refine them and it's pretty
    easy to do really complex work.

     
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    *Saadallah, Dean

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    03-18-2003 11:31 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    Search this NG, topic came up a while back with tons of responses.

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    Distinguished Contributor old-cadaver
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    03-18-2003 11:40 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    Hand drafting is better ONLY if speed, accuracy, and cost are not a factor. In our industry, the only pretty thing is profit.
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    *Dieges, Russell

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    03-18-2003 11:48 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    I've been using my PDA so much, that when I hand
    write anything, it looks like graffiti!

     

     


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    it is possible to make a CAD drawings look like a
    piece of art. I've been doing CAD for 15 years and just cant do hand drafting
    anymore. when I try it looks like he!!
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    *Schmidt, John

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    03-18-2003 11:51 PM in reply to: pipe0069
    One big thing is that with CAD you're usually using
    accurate measurements, i.e. either osnaps or typing in distances, vs. measuring
    to what may or may not be the correct line on a scale. And dimensions then
    accurately reflect that.

     

    Too many more to mention...

     

    John


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    Steve Payne

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