WHen I went to college circa 1986, the first class you went to wsa drafiting. WHY? it wa a "weeder" course. It weeded out hhe folks whoul couldn't think 3D in terms of 2D.
A classic drawing quiz involvdes a picture - in the picture are tow boxes next to each other. INsie each box is another box.
The only statement is this" "from the tow given views, project the thrid fiew?.
I"ve yet to see a kid who had solely a cad background answer the question properly. Many a hand dreafter did aw well. It was one of those trick questions that only an old school drafting person would know and charish.
Besides, if I had to go thru mech drafting, why shouldn't everybody??? We first learn to do math on paper, then we learn to use calculators. Pencil drawigns are for whent the power is out and the computer won't run.
I can sitll draw at my drawing table while the hard drive sits dead tue to a crash or poer outage. Not as fast, not as fancy but still as beneficial at conveying design intent.
BTW, the way you printed was used as a judgement of your basic skills. Sloppy printing got you the bott as fast as a sloppy drawing.
A hand drawn drawing says a lot more than some people think - at least when you now HOW to properly evaluate a hand dnoe drawing.  |