#DesignSchool

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 09/08/2015 at 19:19 • Filed to: None

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Drafting sucks

CaptDale - is secretly British > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/08/2015 at 19:22

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But drafting can be so nice!!!

Nibby > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/08/2015 at 19:24

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dat ramune

enjoying your marbles, eh?

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/08/2015 at 19:25

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You don’t use a computer?

Opposite Locksmith > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/08/2015 at 19:36

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Speak for yourself!

pjhusa > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/08/2015 at 19:40

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But Ramuné is awesome

pjhusa > Nibby 09/08/2015 at 19:40

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ahahaha

Only people who drink t will get this

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/08/2015 at 21:24

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Most “drafting” teachers I know make their students start old school to make them appreciate the “art” side of things before they sit down at a computer and never look back.

for Michigan > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/08/2015 at 22:33

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But that looks like so much fun...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/09/2015 at 00:31

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Personally I’d rather do it old school than on a computer. I find it to be therapeutic. But I totally get where you’re coming from and it’s why I didn’t go down that career path. Can’t stay put and concentrate long eno... *drops phone and runs to chase squirrel*

orcim > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 09/09/2015 at 01:52

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You might consider, exactly, what you are being taught. Is it “drafting”? I see a floor plan there, are they making you do the foundation and roof too based on micro-clues to where support has to be? Visualization skills? Precision hand movement? Training your eyes to see imperfections?

Or (my guess) are they are just teaching perseverance, the one and only thing that makes a true difference in life? I mean, really, they *know* that with some AutoCad macros you could whip that out in 5 mins flat. They *know* that computers are better at this stuff - and you can bet there’s a plotter in the corner of that room (or close by.) But if you slog it through this, everything opens on the other side, right?

Consider it a right of passage. And I guarantee, assuming they are sending you through isometric and (possibly) perspective drawing, that in about 10 years when you’re trying to explain something to someone and pull out a piece of paper and do a quick rough 3D drawing, you’re gonna remember that silly ass class and thank it. Not now, though. Now - it’s slog time.