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the_david•3mo ago

Old timer drafter told me paper drawings were better and I laughed at first

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lisa_jones21•3mo ago

Old timer at my shop told me to stop using digital calipers for rough cuts

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ben436•3mo ago

Civil 3D surface labels driving me nuts - are they worth the hassle or a waste of time?

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the_zara•3mo ago

Switched from digital to scale drawings on a big site job this week

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sean_murray•3mo ago

Blueprints vs digital files - saw both at a job site and it got me thinking

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the_seth•3mo ago

Had to redo a whole set of plans because I missed a 0.5mm tolerance on a bolt hole

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wesleyjohnson•3mo ago

That one guy who told me to 'just eyeball' the layout still haunts me

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the_dylan•3mo ago

A senior drafter told me to stop using the 'offset' tool for everything

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ivan_hayes29•3mo ago

Vent: Senior drafter told me my line weights were all wrong

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alex_coleman•3mo ago

That moment my laser level died halfway through laying out a foundation in Portland last August

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the_ryan•3mo ago

Had a day last Tuesday where every drawing I did seemed to fight me

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black.margaret•3mo ago

Spent $80 on a digital level and it was a total waste

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the_henry•3mo ago

An engineer at a job site in Denver told me my prints were too cluttered

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ben436•3mo ago

Stop using the default layer colors on every drawing

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parker_bell•3mo ago

Spent $600 on a digital level and it paid for itself on one job

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