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Swapped from hand drafting to AutoCAD back in 2008
I used to do all my drafting by hand with a parallel bar and those plastic triangles. Took me 3 days to do a simple floor plan for a house in Portland. Then a buddy showed me how he could do the same thing in 4 hours with AutoCAD 2007. I was stubborn at first but after one job where the homeowner wanted 6 revisions, I bought a used copy and never looked back. Has anyone else made the switch later in their career and regretted not doing it sooner?
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phoenixk643d ago
Gotta disagree a bit here. That paint mixing example is about convenience, but hand drafting taught me to really think through every line before putting it down, which is a skill that still helps me catch problems early in CAD. The old method wasn't just about being stubborn, it forced you to slow down and understand the whole project before committing.
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theajohnson3d ago
That whole horse to Ferrari analogy is right, but it made me realize how many parts of our lives we keep doing the hard way just because "that's how we've always done it." Recently watched my neighbor spend an entire afternoon painstakingly mixing paint colors by hand when the hardware store down the street has a machine that does it perfectly in 2 minutes. We all have that stubborn streak where we think the old method is somehow more authentic, but usually it's just more painful.
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