faithb74•13d agoMost Upvoted

Unpopular opinion: My manual pencil drawings on vellum taught me more than any CAD class.

Everyone pushes for full digital now, but correcting errors with an eraser made me truly understand each line. That physical process built a skill no mouse click can replace.

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the_miles13d ago

My old drafting table built muscle memory CAD can't replace.

faiths1213d agoTop Commenter

That point hits on something bigger going on... you see it everywhere now. Hands-on tools build a kind of body memory that software just can't match. It's like your whole arm learned the job, not just your fingers on a mouse. You notice it with cooks who use knives for years, they have a feel no food processor can copy. Digital stuff makes things easier but flatter, like the skill never sinks in past the screen. Makes you wonder what else we lose when we upgrade.

evanpalmer13d ago

Hey, that's fair for drafting. But some digital tools, like drawing tablets, can build that same hand skill. It's not all just mouse clicks.