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Any old school drafting / designers in here?
Posted on 3/2/22 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 3/2/22 at 10:56 pm
When did you start? What are you using now? I started AutoCAD in 1990. Jeez
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Posted on 3/3/22 at 9:10 am to SenseiBuddy
Started on Intergraph Microstation and Autocad in 1995. Took a job in Engineering Design group. No one in our group had any idea about PC issues and or networking. I fixed all of our issues. IT guy offered me a job and a good raise. I have been doing IT work since 1998, never looked back.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 10:13 am to SenseiBuddy
Started Acad R12 (I think) in the late 90s. Used several different programs when I worked industrial because I picked up new programs faster than anyone else in the department. Some old stuff like Microstation and newer 3D stuff like SmartPlant. 13 years ago moved to commercial and learned and taught Revit to coworkers and been using it since.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 11:27 am to SenseiBuddy
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Any old school drafting / designers in here?
When did you start? What are you using now? I started AutoCAD in 1990. Jeez
I thought you meant real draftsmen that worked on hand drawn, pen& ink on mylar plans.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 11:50 am to Zappas Stache
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I thought you meant real draftsmen that worked on hand drawn, pen& ink on mylar plans.
I worked using a drafting table for about 5 years. I put my computer on it.
I was told to make some hand mark-ups by my boss once....just the once.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 12:00 pm to junkfunky
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I worked using a drafting table for about 5 years. I put my computer on it.
I was told to make some hand mark-ups by my boss once....just the once.
I use autocad now but I still do design presentation sketches by hand.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 2:00 pm to SenseiBuddy
Out of college, I worked at a chem plant from 1994 to 2000. When I got there, most of the drawings were on vellum.
At some point they starting shifting to AutoCAD. I'm not sure what version it was, but I do believe it was DOS based. None of the computers were networked, so you had to go grab the source disc (I can't remember what type it was, but it was much higher capacity than a floppy) when you wanted to work on a specific CAD drawing.
Also, a handful of us that used AutoCAD got 19" monitors. They were as deep as they were wide, and weighed about 50 pounds. I think they cost about $1500 each at the time.
At some point they starting shifting to AutoCAD. I'm not sure what version it was, but I do believe it was DOS based. None of the computers were networked, so you had to go grab the source disc (I can't remember what type it was, but it was much higher capacity than a floppy) when you wanted to work on a specific CAD drawing.
Also, a handful of us that used AutoCAD got 19" monitors. They were as deep as they were wide, and weighed about 50 pounds. I think they cost about $1500 each at the time.
Posted on 3/4/22 at 9:12 am to SenseiBuddy
1978: Pentel
Posted on 3/4/22 at 10:44 am to HotBoudin
I started using Autocad 2004 out of collage, but we switched over to Civil 3D about 6 years later
Posted on 3/4/22 at 9:53 pm to Zappas Stache
I did start on the board. Moved to Autocad in 1992. How I remember the love hate relationship with the scum x pad.
Posted on 3/4/22 at 9:54 pm to junkfunky
Revit is an architect dream.
Posted on 3/4/22 at 10:23 pm to SenseiBuddy
I’m a civil engineer and I do a little micro station , civil 3d, and staad. Started in drafting in class but never did it professionally. Did autocad as a designer for an oil rig company for awhile.
This post was edited on 3/4/22 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 3/4/22 at 10:32 pm to SenseiBuddy
What's amazing is my son is 15 and using AUTOCAD in his Robotics studies.
Posted on 3/5/22 at 9:14 pm to HubbaBubba
I taught my 11 year old AutoCAD years ago. Today he is 16 and uses it to design templates for his bait painting hobby. Crankbaits, top water and more. He’s pretty good too.
Posted on 3/5/22 at 11:42 pm to SenseiBuddy
Posted on 3/6/22 at 7:16 pm to SenseiBuddy
Whatever version of autocad was floating around circa 2004. Also used Revit a bit, think that’s around the time that came out
Posted on 3/8/22 at 1:17 pm to SenseiBuddy
I started manually drafting for an engineering firm in ~1996 during high school. I didn't know it at the time, but it was already old technology in the late 90s. The engineering firm's owner was ooooold school, hated computers, and was a tight wad. In fact, the "drafting" software he did first was AutoSketch... not even AutoCAD. AutoSketch was SLIGHTLY more advanced than MSPaint.
In some weird coincidence, my 2nd job, right out of high school, was because I passed an entry exam/interview that required manually drafting a plot plan. They too used mix of manual drafting and CAD.
Some things I miss:
- smelling like ammonia after hours of manning the blueline machine (not!)
- running a two-bar polar planimeter to find areas of complex shapes quicker than someone in AutoCAD
- using French curves to take something from boring to sexy
- using a Le Roi or "Leroy" lettering guide for stuff like maps when even the best hand written block lettering guy couldnt do it. (This was only for large lettering.)
I have not met anyone else under the age of 40 that has done this stuff. I'd like to think there will probably be some sort of nostalgic artistic renaissance that would revive manual drafting in some niche way to produce a work of art. The same way with calligraphy and stuff on Etsy.
In some weird coincidence, my 2nd job, right out of high school, was because I passed an entry exam/interview that required manually drafting a plot plan. They too used mix of manual drafting and CAD.
Some things I miss:
- smelling like ammonia after hours of manning the blueline machine (not!)
- running a two-bar polar planimeter to find areas of complex shapes quicker than someone in AutoCAD
- using French curves to take something from boring to sexy
- using a Le Roi or "Leroy" lettering guide for stuff like maps when even the best hand written block lettering guy couldnt do it. (This was only for large lettering.)
I have not met anyone else under the age of 40 that has done this stuff. I'd like to think there will probably be some sort of nostalgic artistic renaissance that would revive manual drafting in some niche way to produce a work of art. The same way with calligraphy and stuff on Etsy.
Posted on 3/8/22 at 1:59 pm to SenseiBuddy
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Revit is an architect dream.
...and engineer's. I rarely use Autocad anymore.
Sooooo much easier to work in Revit.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 3:10 pm to SenseiBuddy
Initially learned on the board, but never did any production work that way. I learned ACAD 12 in late 90's. Worked on AutoCAD and Microstation over the years always in the piping sector.
Currently do admin work on AVEVA software.
Currently do admin work on AVEVA software.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 3:44 pm to SenseiBuddy
i went to a local community college for drafting and design in 2009 and got my associates degree in it. had to learn the old way before learning autocad. i don't know how anybody did that efficiently back in the day and i don't know why anyone would continue to do it that way given all of the tech we have today.
i work in the steel industry, and i can't imagine calc'ing weights by hand when you have programs like Tekla Structures than can calc it for you on the fly and even generate a parts list that has qtys and weights shown.
eta: i can't speak on Revit. it might do the same as Tekla. but BIM is the "future".
i work in the steel industry, and i can't imagine calc'ing weights by hand when you have programs like Tekla Structures than can calc it for you on the fly and even generate a parts list that has qtys and weights shown.
eta: i can't speak on Revit. it might do the same as Tekla. but BIM is the "future".
This post was edited on 3/9/22 at 3:47 pm
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