PSA: I used to freehand all my title blocks on Mylar, but I switched to a custom template in AutoCAD about six months ago.

A project manager in Charlotte pointed out a minor inconsistency, and I realized the template saves me an hour per sheet. Has anyone else found a specific drafting step that took way longer than it should have?

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laurag7919d ago

The Mylar part got me... we phased that out at my firm in Raleigh around 2005. We were still using some pre-printed title block borders on vellum for a few years after that, but never Mylar for that. Mylar was mostly for the final inked master, not for hand drawing the title block each time. Maybe your office had a different workflow, but that sounds incredibly tedious. The AutoCAD template switch was definitely the right move.

the_alice19d ago

Man, reading about Mylar and vellum just makes my head hurt... seems like a whole lot of fuss over paper. Was all that extra work really needed for a border? Feels like people get way too deep into the "right" way old offices did things. Just glad we don't have to deal with that stuff now.

jenkins.reese18d ago

Ever think the real time sink was just accepting those old steps as normal? @laurag79 is right that workflows varied, but the bigger win is questioning any repeat task. That's how you find the hidden hour per sheet.