Watched a kid use a tablet for drafting the other day and felt ancient

I was at a job site last month helping a buddy with his home addition and his nephew showed up with a tablet to sketch out the foundation. Pulled out some stylus and was drawing lines right on the screen, no paper at all. Made me think back to 2003 when I was still using a drafting board and pencils at my first shop. Have any of you old school guys tried going fully digital or do you still keep a roll of vellum around?

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murphy.aaron22d ago

My buddy Pat said his old school structural engineer guy tried a tablet for a week. Gave it back and bought three boxes of graph paper instead. Some people just can't let go of the feel of a real pencil.

daniel14021d ago

Ha, I get it. Some tools just feel right in your hand, and no amount of technology can replace that.

tara64221d ago

Honestly, totally feel this, some things just work no matter how much the world changes around them.