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Tried drafting a whole site plan by hand versus letting the software do the math
I had this job for a new house plot out near the edge of town, maybe six months back. The client wanted a quick site plan and I thought, you know what, I'll just do it the old way with my drafting board and a scale. Big mistake. I spent a whole day just on the lot lines and setbacks, sweating over every angle and measurement. Then I opened up the CAD software and let it handle the same thing. It took about twenty minutes, and the angles were perfect. The difference was not having to double-check my own math every five minutes. I felt pretty silly staring at the two prints side by side. Has anyone else gone back to manual drafting for something and instantly regretted it?
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max8086mo ago
Tried sketching a concept for a garden layout on graph paper last week. Wanted to get a feel for the shapes before going digital. Ended up with a mess of eraser marks and my scale ruler slipping all over the place. Pulled up the basic drawing app on my tablet and had a clean version done in like ten minutes. I mean the hand drawing had soul or whatever, but it was also just wrong.
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abby8366mo ago
Can't believe @max808 even tried a scale ruler on paper.
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ivangrant5mo ago
Honestly, do you think maybe the paper itself is part of the problem? Tbh cheap printer paper is way too slick for pencils and rulers. I tried drafting something on nicer, thicker sketchbook paper once and it was a totally different feel, the tools didn't slide around as much. Ngl though, it still feels like a fight compared to just tapping undo on a tablet. That undo button ruins you for ever going back to erasers.
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