Hey All,
Feel like this is my time to chime in as I had to do a little research on
this exact topic once and found out the following things as best I remember
along with my perspective:
1. Given equal skills, on a one off drawing; it will be a one to one ratio
as to how long it takes to make the drawing.
2. Given MY "skills"; Cad wins every time because:
a. I can't draw a straight line with a rule and a pencil
b. Cad makes my circles round.
c. The drawing is CLEAN when I plot it and there are no smuges or holes
from erasures
d. A lot of what I do needs "construction" lines to make the finished
product (see c.)
3. If I have a multi story building to do and the floors are fairly
"typical" but have only minor differences, I can copy a lot faster than
draw and then do the minor modifications.
4. I can't letter for a damn:-(]
Art
At 10:12 PM 5/4/00 +0800, you wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Smith [mailto:imserv@...]
Sent: Thursday, 4 May 2000 9:10 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names
I don't care how smart you are, there is no getting around the fact that
this is more efficiently done by cranking handles.
(rest of message CNC vs Manual Machining snipt for brevity)
Seeing as this mailing list concerns CAD as well, I would like to ask the
list the following:
Assuming equal proficiency with a drawing board and a CAD system, is there
any type of drawing that is suited to the manual process, as opposed to the
CAD process?
Personally, I find manual drawing a chore, so I opt for the easy way out
whenever possible.
A. G. Eckstein
axtein@...
