Originally Posted by spacegod

If you don't draw anymore, why do rapidograph pen manufacturers seem to be all over the internet?

Originally Posted by Shoe Lace

When you say every last detail is accounted for, including bolts and things of that nature then how big does the final printed version end up being or do the builders look at it on a computer at the site?

I never realized plans/blue prints went into that much detail. I guess you give the builders an exact paint by numbers schematic to building a house in such a way that anyone without knowledge of the trade could build it if they somehow knew how to operate the tools?

Originally Posted by 000000

Are you afraid of door snakes?

Originally Posted by Ashington

Do you resent the fact that you do all the leg work and the architect/engineer gets all the credit and makes 5x the moneyz?

Originally Posted by cres

It's a symbiotic relationship between the two, but as posted above, the draftsman is a dying breed. Anyone with elementary computer skills can use AutoCad or other programs without the time lag of an intermediary. Mostly because bespoke design is a thing of the past. Use your own design that is close, then alter to fit the new criteria.

Originally Posted by gusmahler

But there was an episode of the Brady Bunch where Mike (an architect) is brought in because there were structural problems with the house he designed.

Originally Posted by alpinestyle

Thank you for taking the time to do this. You have found someone that this could truly benefit.

I am a rigger in the entertainment industry. I produce my own "gig" drawing, and do my best to model in 3D. I am entirely self-taught.

I am very interested in presenting the most professional looking work product that I can, in line with ISO standards. Unfortunately, I can't find any reference to what this amounts too.

I look forward to a dialogue, and hope this is enough to get the ball rolling.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by MSchu18

Tell me you can autocad a more detailed and precise digitizing that this and I will call you a liar



here is the original design:

Originally Posted by natediggity

have you ever heard of or used QuickCad?

Originally Posted by ninetynine99

So you find it demeaning that, since you are only a draftsman, that you have to make and serve the coffee in the office?

Originally Posted by Sufferinsuccotash

A draftsperson use to only need 1 year of technical training which consisted mostly of manual drafting courses. Nowadays, drafting is of course computerized and is mostly performed by technologists requiring a minimum of 2 years study and possessing a much more diverse and technical skill level.

Technologists are often hired to work with Engineers and/or Architects of larger companies or Engineering firms working on larger projects which require stamped engineered drawings. However, if you walk into any small to mid-size company with an engineering department, you won't likely find an Engineer or Architect on the payroll. They simply can't afford one. Instead, it will be ran mostly by technologists including the head of the department, senior and junior level draftspersons, and senior and junior level estimators.

Even companies that design and build residential housing can rarely afford to hire an Engineer or Architect unless they are building very up-scale custom homes, and even then they will often just pay a firm to stamp the design drawings drawn by an architectural technologist.

Originally Posted by Syndr0m

Thoughts on Google SketchUp?

Originally Posted by Otty_Botty

What country is this? I have never heard of a technologist before...

Well our company is a consulting engineering company with about 60 engineers and 50 draftsmen. So your case is very different.

In Australia, draftsmen must do a 2 year full time course at TAFE (I dont know what this is equivalent to in America). Our company lets our apprentice draftsmen do either a civil course or a structural course at TAFE which is purely up to the apprentice. It teaches us how to design.

It teaches us about foundations, stormwater design, force systems. When you finish the certificate you recieve is a Diploma of Structural Engineering. This can be used to enter University to do a Bachelors degree.

I left school with an ATAR of 97 and did Engineering at University for 2 years and hated it. SO I dropped out and became a draftsmen. And I love it.