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]

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

This was the only one that didn't ring true for me (ok, and all of the ones
having to do with British currency and luncheon habits).

[Anonymous]

I'm kinda with Sean here although I did work the board for about 5 years.
My media was primarily mylar and plastic lead. I actually miss it from time
to time. I worked alone and it was a peaceful and fulfilling experience. I
still have most of my work. I was and still am very proud of my "art".
"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
news:5115990@discussion.autodesk.com...
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;-)

[Anonymous]

Electric Eraser & Ink & Lettering guide = drafting/forgery class in college

wrote in message news:5115681@discussion.autodesk.com...
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]

Taught on the board, got to use AutoCAD 13 near the end.

First job was using AutoCAD LT95


"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
news:5115990@discussion.autodesk.com...
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