Serious question, does anyone still hand draft first on big projects?

I was at a job site in Austin last year and the lead architect made us do the first pass of a custom stair detail by hand. He said it forces you to think about the connections in a way the computer doesn't. I argued it just added 3 hours to the schedule. What's the better approach for complex details, starting on paper or going straight to CAD?

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paul2861d ago

What exactly did you learn from the hand draft that you wouldn't have caught in CAD?

reeseperez1d ago

He spotted a weird load path his software would have smoothed right over.