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max_ross•1mo ago

Rant: The hotel ballroom CAD job that made me question layer naming forever

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victor220•1mo ago

Mentor laughed at my CAD layering habit, then I saw his 14 layer mess

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anderson.david•1mo ago

Old job files from 2004 taught me more than any tutorial

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jana_fox50•1mo ago

That cheaper CAD subscription caught me with a data lockout after 90 days

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henderson.vera•1mo ago

PSA: cheap laser levels can ruin a whole layout

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thomas215•1mo ago

Swapped my light table for a tablet screen, took me 6 months to fully trust it

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grant918•1mo ago

Warning: BIM coordination check at the Denver site flagged something odd

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grayc27•1mo ago

Site survey with a busted total station changed my whole field setup

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murphy.linda•1mo ago

My revised shop drawings finally match my field measurements

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simonh74•1mo ago

Paper plots to PDF in 12 years, the workflow flip flopped

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the_parker•1mo ago

That older surveyor who caught my baseline error on a Friday afternoon

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gavin_hill27•1mo ago

Hit 5,000 drawings in my CAD library and it scared me a little

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lewis.troy•1mo ago

Foreman swore by the 1/8" rule for steel, cost us a full rework in Phoenix

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the_nina•1mo ago

Rafter tails all rotted out, ended up being my own screwup from 3 summers ago

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mila_flores8•1mo ago

Overheard a contractor say my flange details were overkill, then 2 days later I saw his roof leak

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