PSA: Put your hatch pattern scale at the right size before printing

Spent 3 hours last night redoing a whole floor plan. Client called me out during a meeting. Said the brick pattern looked like LEGO studs. Zoomed in on my screen and yep. Scale was set to 1 instead of 48. Been doing that for like 5 years without noticing. Anyone else have a moment where a client spotted your dumb mistake first?

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lee68917d ago

I mean I kinda get why you'd be annoyed but honestly I think the client should've checked too. They're the ones paying for it and they see it before it goes to print. I've had clients blame me for a column being off when I just laid out what they gave me. Last month a guy complained the hatching looked "wrong" but when I pulled up the reference he sent it was exactly the same. Sometimes we make mistakes but clients are quick to point fingers when they could've caught it themselves with a quick zoom. Ever had a client take zero responsibility for bad info they gave you?

the_sean17d ago

Yeah but you're the professional, if you can't spot obvious issues then what are they even paying you for.

alice_allen516d ago

Agree to disagree (respectfully). Even if someone is a professional, nobody catches everything 100% of the time and @lee689 made a good point - clients can and should double check their own stuff before blaming the designer.