I agree, but specifically in schools of architecture, and also in junior and high school. I was an avid artist, starting at five or six years old, and then I took a drafting class as a sophomore in high school. I was hooked! It met my anal retentive obsession with detail and accuracy, and to add to that, Mr. Mac, my teacher gave me some …
I agree, but specifically in schools of architecture, and also in junior and high school. I was an avid artist, starting at five or six years old, and then I took a drafting class as a sophomore in high school. I was hooked! It met my anal retentive obsession with detail and accuracy, and to add to that, Mr. Mac, my teacher gave me some sketches and asked me to but a set of drawings together. I completed them and he reviewed them, then pulled out his wallet and gave me fifteen bucks. I was confused and asked him what was up. He said: We're going to build this and you should be paid for your work. Pretty cool to be paid for doing something that was just fun, and the press box/concession stand that was built for our high school baseball field is still there some 46 years later, having survived hurricane Opal in 1995. So I've been in the biz since that day.
I will note that I've also been using Autocad for 38 years, and I'm trying to figure out if I can live without it when I retire, which is just around the corner. I use it for every home project I build, from cabinets to bird houses, but it's ridiculously expensive now. But it's the most intuitive, drawing software, and it's programming language is simple, so adding short keyboard commands that initiate simple or complex time-saving routines is a breeze. Not to mention, for good or bad it's the industry standard, so sharing files with consultants is simple. It's simply the best drawing board ever invented, and it's saved my back and eyesight, to boot.
REVIT, Autodesk's BIM (Building Information Modeling) software is a whole different animal. I trained in it, but have never had to use it professionally because the types of projects I'm involved with aren't so large or complex that it would justify its use. It's simply PITA (Pain In The Ass) for less complex projects and actually is more time-consuming than just drawing them the "old" fashioned way.
Bottom line is that I'm afraid the issue with poorly informed draftsmen and architecture school graduates isn't going to go away.
I agree, but specifically in schools of architecture, and also in junior and high school. I was an avid artist, starting at five or six years old, and then I took a drafting class as a sophomore in high school. I was hooked! It met my anal retentive obsession with detail and accuracy, and to add to that, Mr. Mac, my teacher gave me some sketches and asked me to but a set of drawings together. I completed them and he reviewed them, then pulled out his wallet and gave me fifteen bucks. I was confused and asked him what was up. He said: We're going to build this and you should be paid for your work. Pretty cool to be paid for doing something that was just fun, and the press box/concession stand that was built for our high school baseball field is still there some 46 years later, having survived hurricane Opal in 1995. So I've been in the biz since that day.
I will note that I've also been using Autocad for 38 years, and I'm trying to figure out if I can live without it when I retire, which is just around the corner. I use it for every home project I build, from cabinets to bird houses, but it's ridiculously expensive now. But it's the most intuitive, drawing software, and it's programming language is simple, so adding short keyboard commands that initiate simple or complex time-saving routines is a breeze. Not to mention, for good or bad it's the industry standard, so sharing files with consultants is simple. It's simply the best drawing board ever invented, and it's saved my back and eyesight, to boot.
REVIT, Autodesk's BIM (Building Information Modeling) software is a whole different animal. I trained in it, but have never had to use it professionally because the types of projects I'm involved with aren't so large or complex that it would justify its use. It's simply PITA (Pain In The Ass) for less complex projects and actually is more time-consuming than just drawing them the "old" fashioned way.
Bottom line is that I'm afraid the issue with poorly informed draftsmen and architecture school graduates isn't going to go away.