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hannah240•4mo ago

I picked Arch over Revit for a residential project last month

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susan488•4mo ago

Pro tip: that roof takeoff that looked like 3 hours took me 14 yesterday

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wren217•4mo ago

Drafting software subscription versus one-time buy... which one got you?

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jennifer358•4mo ago

Switched to a digital drafting table after 20 years of doing it by hand

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juliagonzalez•4mo ago

PSA: Switched from hand drafting to a cheap used tablet for my last site plan in Austin and cut my revision time by half

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harper_smith•4mo ago

Serious question, why does everyone insist on using 0.5mm lead for drafting?

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piper_thompson31•4mo ago

Warning: I spent 3 days dimensioning a steel frame on the wrong layer set in AutoCAD

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jason958•4mo ago

Warning: Spent 2 years drawing details on layer 0 before a senior drafter spotted it

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rowanc29•4mo ago

The whole 'trace the floor plan first' advice is holding people back

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emmasmith•4mo ago

Warning: spent $200 on a nicer drafting stool and it wrecked my old setup completely

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walker.michael•4mo ago

I finally broke down and bought a $200 digital caliper for woodworking

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singh.wren•4mo ago

Got chewed out by a senior drafter in Chicago for using too many layers on a single drawing

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jakeperry•4mo ago

Debate: Is it better to fix a drafting mistake on the fly or start over from scratch?

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derek_coleman•4mo ago

The Tuesday my CAD file corrupted 10 minutes from deadline

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black.jordan•4mo ago

Unpopular opinion: I think manual drafting still beats CAD for certain jobs

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