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Unpopular opinion: The old manual drafting table I used in my first job in 2019 taught me more about scale than any CAD software ever has.
Last week, a new hire asked me why I still keep a dusty T-square in my cubicle, and it made me think about how the physical act of drawing lines by hand three years ago forced me to really understand proportions in a way that clicking 'zoom' on a screen just doesn't, so what do you think, is hands-on manual drafting experience still valuable or just outdated nostalgia?
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jones.nancy12d ago
Honestly that sounds like pure nostalgia talking. CAD software lets you work at real scale from the start and undo mistakes instantly, which is way more efficient. Spending hours on a manual table just to fix one line seems like a waste of time now. The new hire is right to question it, because that old way slows everything down for no real gain.
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seth_harris3612d ago
My old mentor used to say drafting by hand taught you to think three steps ahead, which CAD can't force you to learn.
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