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I hand draw lines in CAD for design. What crazily outdated stuff do you do for work that seems hilarious ? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 days ago by bridgeenjoyer to c/[email protected]

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I've always thought this method was hilarious, but it's a very specific type of work that requires it. There's not much automation to be done since it's different every time. I also had a previous job where some days you'd have to count product in boxes all day long, and hand write the numbers (this was about 3 years ago).

What outdated things at your work do you find amusing?

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[–] Trigger2_2000 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

In university I took CAD and was chastised for drawing and dimensioning items at the same time. To me, it makes more sense to draw a circle and tell the CAD system that it's 10 mm in one fail swoop than to do it the way I was told to (draw it by "hand" approximately 10 mm then come back later and actually size it to 10 mm).

I asked why their way was better and got the answer I expected (just do it that way) :-( ).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, same. I never used much CAD outside of that drafting class, but I got into 3D modeling for a bit starting with Sketchup and it was super nice to just go 'alright create a plane starting here, but make it 10'x6"' or whatever, then use push/pull to extrude it 3', etc, so I'm also used to specifying dimensions as I draw.

[–] Trigger2_2000 1 points 14 hours ago

Just saw a friend that is currently at Uni and asked them how they do it now (draw and dimension all at the same time). Small victories.