RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CAD VS Drafting Table Re: Names

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@egroups.com
>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

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