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Hot take: My drafting sped up after I quit redrawing common parts
Honestly, I used to sketch every bolt and flange from scratch on each new job. Tbh, it felt like the right way to keep things accurate. Ngl, I began saving those parts as reusable blocks in my CAD library last spring. Now, I just insert them and adjust the specs. It shaves off hours every project. Honestly, my error rate dropped because I'm not rushing through repetitive work.
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wade_wood7mo ago
Ever think it was lazy? Changed my mind fast.
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knight.dylan7mo ago
Yeah, I went through the same thing with standard details (like, I was redrawing the same notes every time). Making a library of those was a total game changer for my speed. It really does free up brain space for the actual hard parts of a project.
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knight.dylan7mo ago
Wait, you were actually drawing every single bolt again each time? That's wild to me. The time that must have wasted is crazy. I had a similar mental block about reusing old title blocks for way too long. It seems so obvious now, but back then it just felt like cutting corners.
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