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2009-06-24 04:36 PM
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2009-08-26 09:04 AM
David wrote:Beg to differ here. (I know what you say is Adobe's official standpoint, and might be true for standard drawings, but..)
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2009-10-14 05:07 AM
2009-10-14 04:19 PM
tambi wrote:I can relate fully to this dilemma. I started drafting in the late 60's in high school, so line quality and "snapping out things" was the only consideration. Once I started with AC (4.5) you didn't have the tools we now have so I always made elevations dead to tweak the line values. I had a lot of pride in the quality based on those precepts. But, that's just ego hanging on to the past
This is a great discussion. The small office I work for has always turned all elevations and sections in drawings .... My boss has a real thing for lineweights so I need to get them to work the way he likes in order to introduce more 3D into the office.
2009-10-15 07:43 AM
Rick wrote:I was halfway through a lunch at a conference that had nothing to do with either architecture or computers when I realized the guy sitting next to me, Dan Drake, was one of the original founders of Autodesk.
I had a lot of pride in the quality based on those precepts.
2009-10-20 06:58 PM
Rick wrote:Rick, what are you doing to make elevation views read better? I still don't use live elevations, because I find that lineweight is the best tool for conveying depth / plane changes.
I now like what I turn out much better than what I use to, but they are different. You can generate drawings better reading (in my opinion) in much less time.
2009-10-21 06:33 AM
2009-10-26 07:27 PM
jbArch wrote:Sorry for the delay, out of town.
Rick, what are you doing to make elevation views read better? I still don't use live elevations, because I find that lineweight is the best tool for conveying depth / plane changes.
cheers,
JB
2009-10-26 07:36 PM