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Shoutout to my old drafting teacher who made us do everything by hand
I used to hate it, but after a year of just using CAD, I went back to sketching on paper first and my designs got way more fluid. Anyone else find that starting analog helps you think differently?
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harper6932mo ago
Totally agree about starting analog. It forces you to slow down and actually think through the problem.
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chen.adam2mo ago
My notebook costs more than my laptop...
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The guy I apprenticed under made me draw the same bracket three times on vellum before he let me touch a computer. Turns out that muscle memory of drafting by hand helped me spot interference issues before they ever got to the CAM software. My first week on a CNC lathe I caught a toolpath problem that would've scrapped a $200 part just because I could visualize the clearance differently.
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