Friday Reflection

[Anonymous]

It's Inventor related on point 6 ;-). If it gets deleted I'll understand...


You know you are an old Draughtsman when...

You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.

You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language exam.

You've erased sepias with chemicals.

You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.

You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of Inventor file.

You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.

You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North Pole.

You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.

You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape again.

You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.

You've etched your initials into your tools.

You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.

You've come home with black sleeves.

You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.

You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.

You've used "fixative" spray.

You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.

You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.

You could also smoke in the office

You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no one
complaining

There were a lot of 'cowboys' about but now it's all Indians

The Evening News printed the words "Piping Designers wanted" on a Wednesday

Agents didn't sound like spotty kids(some still are)

You'd change jobs for an extra 25p

You'd have a set of blunt razor blades but not for shaving

You'd have the 'taste' of an old white rubber on your tongue

They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after lunch

You'd actually do a time sheet on a Friday

You learnt to fold an A0 drawing to get the title on the front

You'd have to be nice to the print room staff

You had to find new ways of persuading the stationary bloke to give you a
pencil

The old Doris in the office looked like she was 'chewing a wasp'

There were NO old draughtsmen

You also were accurate from 100 paces with an elastic band.

Your personal phone calls were in front of the chief draughtsman.

You went to the pub most lunchtimes.

Friday afternoons were spent colouring in.

There was an office junior.

Everybody hated the same person.

The chief draughtsman wore overalls with ink stains on the pocket.

......and your timesheet bore no relevance to the hours you had worked !!
(nothing changes there;-)

[Anonymous]

Wow Andrew, thanks for pointing out how old I really am...........

Ya know they just cleaned out the old engineering office here and I watched
my old friend (the blue print machine) go in the dumpster.
I can still feel the aluminum scraping as I adjust my proportional
dividers......ahhhh memories.....

[R.Corriveau]

You've misaligned your fair share of rubber stamp and Peal and stick decal title blocks.

[Anonymous]

I prefer to think of myself as "seasoned". 😉


wrote in message news:5114627@discussion.autodesk.com...
It's Inventor related on point 6 ;-). If it gets deleted I'll understand...


You know you are an old Draughtsman when...

You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.

You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language exam.

You've erased sepias with chemicals.

You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.

You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of Inventor file.

You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.

You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North Pole.

You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.

You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape again.

You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.

You've etched your initials into your tools.

You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.

You've come home with black sleeves.

You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.

You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.

You've used "fixative" spray.

You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.

You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.

You could also smoke in the office

You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no one
complaining

There were a lot of 'cowboys' about but now it's all Indians

The Evening News printed the words "Piping Designers wanted" on a Wednesday

Agents didn't sound like spotty kids(some still are)

You'd change jobs for an extra 25p

You'd have a set of blunt razor blades but not for shaving

You'd have the 'taste' of an old white rubber on your tongue

They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after lunch

You'd actually do a time sheet on a Friday

You learnt to fold an A0 drawing to get the title on the front

You'd have to be nice to the print room staff

You had to find new ways of persuading the stationary bloke to give you a
pencil

The old Doris in the office looked like she was 'chewing a wasp'

There were NO old draughtsmen

You also were accurate from 100 paces with an elastic band.

Your personal phone calls were in front of the chief draughtsman.

You went to the pub most lunchtimes.

Friday afternoons were spent colouring in.

There was an office junior.

Everybody hated the same person.

The chief draughtsman wore overalls with ink stains on the pocket.

......and your timesheet bore no relevance to the hours you had worked !!
(nothing changes there;-)

[R.Corriveau]

Sweet or bitter? 🙂

Never mind I know the answer.

[Anonymous]

Very nice. It almost makes me miss:

Leroy, ruling pens and black mylar.

The purchasing dimwit that didn't know the difference between drafting
tape and masking tape.

The engineer that would walk over to your board and start sketching
changes for another project on your just finished drawing.

The other engineer that would set his coffee cup down on the stack of
drawings on your reference table.

The blue line machine that tried to eat your drawings as you made prints
to meet a deadline that passed an hour ago.

The department joker that put 9H lead (sharpened to a needle point) in
your HB leadholder.

That's enough ... I need a beer ... have a good weekend all.

Andrew Pawelski wrote:
> It's Inventor related on point 6 ;-). If it gets deleted I'll understand...
>
>
> You know you are an old Draughtsman when...
>
> You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.
>
> You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language exam.
>
> You've erased sepias with chemicals.
>
> You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.
>
> You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of Inventor file.
>
> You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.
>
> You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North Pole.
>
> You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.
>
> You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape again.
>
> You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.
>
> You've etched your initials into your tools.
>
> You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.
>
> You've come home with black sleeves.
>
> You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.
>
> You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.
>
> You've used "fixative" spray.
>
> You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.
>
> You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.
>
> You could also smoke in the office
>
> You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no one
> complaining
>
> There were a lot of 'cowboys' about but now it's all Indians
>
> The Evening News printed the words "Piping Designers wanted" on a Wednesday
>
> Agents didn't sound like spotty kids(some still are)
>
> You'd change jobs for an extra 25p
>
> You'd have a set of blunt razor blades but not for shaving
>
> You'd have the 'taste' of an old white rubber on your tongue
>
> They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after lunch
>
> You'd actually do a time sheet on a Friday
>
> You learnt to fold an A0 drawing to get the title on the front
>
> You'd have to be nice to the print room staff
>
> You had to find new ways of persuading the stationary bloke to give you a
> pencil
>
> The old Doris in the office looked like she was 'chewing a wasp'
>
> There were NO old draughtsmen
>
> You also were accurate from 100 paces with an elastic band.
>
> Your personal phone calls were in front of the chief draughtsman.
>
> You went to the pub most lunchtimes.
>
> Friday afternoons were spent colouring in.
>
> There was an office junior.
>
> Everybody hated the same person.
>
> The chief draughtsman wore overalls with ink stains on the pocket.
>
> ......and your timesheet bore no relevance to the hours you had worked !!
> (nothing changes there;-)

--
Hal Gwin
Mechanical Designer
Xenogen

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XP Pro SP2
Dell Precision 650
Dual 2.66 GHz Xeon
3 GB DDR
Quadro4 900 XGL
nVidia 6.14.10.7718 w/registry update
Dell UltraSharp 24" Widescreen LCD

[Anonymous]

Oh my josh, I am old, and here I thought "French Curves" were and exchange
student.

Blair

wrote in message news:5114677@discussion.autodesk.com...
Sweet or bitter? 🙂

Never mind I know the answer.

[Anonymous]

Hey, jost got my Beta 11 Team "t-shirt" and Beta disc.
wrote in message news:5114677@discussion.autodesk.com...
Sweet or bitter? 🙂

Never mind I know the answer.

[R.Corriveau]

Got mine yesterday. Wearing it today. 🙂

[Anonymous]

25p a week extra - my old dad got 25p for a week 600 ft under ground on the
coal face in 1969. NOW I get that an hour permanent sick

"John-IV8SP1" wrote in message
news:5114698@discussion.autodesk.com...
I prefer to think of myself as "seasoned". 😉


wrote in message news:5114627@discussion.autodesk.com...
It's Inventor related on point 6 ;-). If it gets deleted I'll understand...


You know you are an old Draughtsman when...

You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.

You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language exam.

You've erased sepias with chemicals.

You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.

You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of Inventor file.

You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.

You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North Pole.

You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.

You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape again.

You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.

You've etched your initials into your tools.

You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.

You've come home with black sleeves.

You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.

You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.

You've used "fixative" spray.

You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.

You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.

You could also smoke in the office

You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no one
complaining

There were a lot of 'cowboys' about but now it's all Indians

The Evening News printed the words "Piping Designers wanted" on a Wednesday

Agents didn't sound like spotty kids(some still are)

You'd change jobs for an extra 25p

You'd have a set of blunt razor blades but not for shaving

You'd have the 'taste' of an old white rubber on your tongue

They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after lunch

You'd actually do a time sheet on a Friday

You learnt to fold an A0 drawing to get the title on the front

You'd have to be nice to the print room staff

You had to find new ways of persuading the stationary bloke to give you a
pencil

The old Doris in the office looked like she was 'chewing a wasp'

There were NO old draughtsmen

You also were accurate from 100 paces with an elastic band.

Your personal phone calls were in front of the chief draughtsman.

You went to the pub most lunchtimes.

Friday afternoons were spent colouring in.

There was an office junior.

Everybody hated the same person.

The chief draughtsman wore overalls with ink stains on the pocket.

......and your timesheet bore no relevance to the hours you had worked !!
(nothing changes there;-)

[Ronnie_m]

Oh the days on the board...

Hidden lines? (what are they!)
Draughtsmen licence 😉 (one of my favourites)
Wishing you had a scale button half way through a layout (We only used A0 sheets not the rolls of wallpaper commonly found across the pond)
Manually calculating every hole position (then checking it!

Autocad
How do I get a line to start from the end of the other one...zoom in close enough. (this really happened with one guy)
This looks good different colours & layers lets show as much detail as we can (hidden lines etc..)
Can't see what the drawings meant to be now lets not!!
Linetype scale!!!
Paperspace!!
First time the shop floor have seen a computer and ask can you simulate a vibratory feed bowl on screen to see what way the parts will come out (Autocad 10) ...Go away please I only draw lines & circles..

Inventor
Can you simulate that feed bowl yet with all your fancy computer stuff..No I still only draw lines and circles...
But I can show you some cool photos 😉


Ronnie

[Anonymous]

I realy do feel old now - thanks for reminding me.
I still have a brush stuck in my pencil holder - I looks nice, I reminds
me... and it is good for dusting the keyboard 🙂

have a nice week end all of you



wrote in message news:5114627@discussion.autodesk.com...
It's Inventor related on point 6 ;-). If it gets deleted I'll understand...


You know you are an old Draughtsman when...

You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.

You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language exam.

You've erased sepias with chemicals.

You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.

You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of Inventor file.

You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.

You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North Pole.

You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.

You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape again.

You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.

You've etched your initials into your tools.

You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.

You've come home with black sleeves.

You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.

You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.

You've used "fixative" spray.

You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.

You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.

You could also smoke in the office

You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no one
complaining

There were a lot of 'cowboys' about but now it's all Indians

The Evening News printed the words "Piping Designers wanted" on a Wednesday

Agents didn't sound like spotty kids(some still are)

You'd change jobs for an extra 25p

You'd have a set of blunt razor blades but not for shaving

You'd have the 'taste' of an old white rubber on your tongue

They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after lunch

You'd actually do a time sheet on a Friday

You learnt to fold an A0 drawing to get the title on the front

You'd have to be nice to the print room staff

You had to find new ways of persuading the stationary bloke to give you a
pencil

The old Doris in the office looked like she was 'chewing a wasp'

There were NO old draughtsmen

You also were accurate from 100 paces with an elastic band.

Your personal phone calls were in front of the chief draughtsman.

You went to the pub most lunchtimes.

Friday afternoons were spent colouring in.

There was an office junior.

Everybody hated the same person.

The chief draughtsman wore overalls with ink stains on the pocket.

......and your timesheet bore no relevance to the hours you had worked !!
(nothing changes there;-)

[Anonymous]

Turned my desk brush into a bench crush in the garage.....
Gave the drawing board to by BIL to use for his ad agency...
Stuck the Vemco drafting machine in the rafters, eventually gave it to a
friend who prefers manual drawing...
.......... oh well.....

Bill Bogan Product Designer - Inventor Autodesk, Inc.

[Anonymous]

What I miss most is the space. I had a room that was mine to use, filled
with tables to lay prints on, file cabinets bigger than the tables,
bookshelves with catalogs of every type of manufactured component to use in
my designs. How many people remember the bookshelf with big green books
loving refereed to as TomCat? (I remember flipping through the paces looking
for something that would solve my design problem. But I digress.)



Now I have a desk with a computer. One wall that is big enough for a D
size. Every thing else is virtual.



Mark

[Anonymous]

Perhaps Inventor 11 Pro Dynamic Simulation module.



Ronniem wrote:

Inventor

Can you simulate that feed bowl yet with all your fancy computer stuff..No I still only draw lines and circles...

But I can show you some cool photos ;)





Ronnie

  

[bill.costello]

God - am I that old, brings back memories of the good old days, we had to learn to sharpen our pencils properly before we were allowed to do anything on the drawing board. Then two weeks printing practice till we got it just right.

You sound like you worked at Rolls Royce, but maybe all of the old drawing offices were the same.

LOL

Bill

[Anonymous]

Remember drafting dust? Came in a can or a bag to keep from smudging the drawing? What a mess!

Mike

[Anonymous]

Electric eraser-anyone ever accidentally burn thru the drawing?
Also when tracing don't forget to erase the backside of the drawing (for transferred lines)

Mike

[Anonymous]

How many remember the exact moment they completely abandoned the drawing board?

Although I took to CAD like a fish to water the one and only computer available was a hassle to get on as it was used for everything. It had no hard drive and the CAD program came on two floppies. The first was inserted to start the program and the second to run. If I remember correctly it would sometimes ask you to take out one disk and insert another with certain commands. At that point I was in learning mode, but still doing most work on the board.

One day I was working on the drawing board doing some tooling dependant on a whole bunch of tangent points. After doing a bunch of calculations of those tangents that I knew the computer would snap to automatically I put down my pencil and went and fought over the computer. Finally got tired of fighting for seat time and a couple of weeks later went and bought my own computer. Man was it fast, 386-16MHz with a 20Meg hard drive, added a math co-processor and 4Meg of RAM that cost me a bundle.

[Anonymous]

I am probably the tail end of the LAST generation to use boards. Even
though AutoCAD was out at the time (of course) I was taught both board
drafting and AutoCAD in college. My first job I used a board for about a
month. Then we all got PCs and AutoCAD and there was great rejoicing.

--
Sean Dotson, PE
RND Automation & Engineering
www.RNDautomation.com
www.mcadforums.com



wrote in message news:5114627@discussion.autodesk.com...
It's Inventor related on point 6 ;-). If it gets deleted I'll understand...


You know you are an old Draughtsman when...

You know how to control line weights by rolling your pencil.

You know that a French curve isn't a grade change on a language exam.

You've erased sepias with chemicals.

You've had a roll of toilet paper on your drafting board.

You remember when templates were plastic and not a type of Inventor file.

You know what sandpaper on a stick is for.

You know that a compass draws circles and not used to find the North Pole.

You remember the head rush from the smell of ammonia.

You own a roll of masking tape so dried out, it will never be tape again.

You've done cut and paste with scissors and sticky back.

You've etched your initials into your tools.

You have had a brush tied to your drafting board.

You've come home with black sleeves.

You've made hooks out of paper clips to attach to your lamp.

You know an eraser shield isn't a Norton program.

You've used "fixative" spray.

You've had a middle-finger callous harder than bone.

You have a permanent spine curvature from bending over your table.

You could also smoke in the office

You could put the 'page 3' calendar up in a prime location with no one
complaining

There were a lot of 'cowboys' about but now it's all Indians

The Evening News printed the words "Piping Designers wanted" on a Wednesday

Agents didn't sound like spotty kids(some still are)

You'd change jobs for an extra 25p

You'd have a set of blunt razor blades but not for shaving

You'd have the 'taste' of an old white rubber on your tongue

They'd be more than one way to sneak back into the office after lunch

You'd actually do a time sheet on a Friday

You learnt to fold an A0 drawing to get the title on the front

You'd have to be nice to the print room staff

You had to find new ways of persuading the stationary bloke to give you a
pencil

The old Doris in the office looked like she was 'chewing a wasp'

There were NO old draughtsmen

You also were accurate from 100 paces with an elastic band.

Your personal phone calls were in front of the chief draughtsman.

You went to the pub most lunchtimes.

Friday afternoons were spent colouring in.

There was an office junior.

Everybody hated the same person.

The chief draughtsman wore overalls with ink stains on the pocket.

......and your timesheet bore no relevance to the hours you had worked !!
(nothing changes there;-)