Author Archives: Timothy

Being able to own your own home is a great privilege. Many look forward to the prospect of it for many years, and then are only able to buy after saving for many years. Part of the cost of a new home, however, can be reduced if you learn how to draw your own floor… Read More »

Some think that because you’re drawing something on the drafting board, you have to deal with the postal service and wait a long time for your client to review, make corrections and get the drawing back to you for changes. This just isn’t the case with today’s technology. At most office supplies, they have large… Read More »

This is an out-take from an article written 100 years ago about Mechanical Drawing. Does anyone talk or write this way any more? Mechanical Drawing is an art form and craft the importance of which in the present day, it would be difficult to overestimate. It would be scarcely a great deal to claim that,… Read More »

Regardless of how bad the economy gets, there’s always a requirement for drafters. Drafters are the people who create technical construction drawings from information given to them by professionals like architects, engineers, designers, and surveyors. Drafters create drawings and plans on a drafting board or Computer Aided Drafting and Design program. These drawings are then… Read More »

What Is A Drawing Board? When someone needs to undertake a drawing, whether it is an engineer drafting plans for a project that they are wanting to put into action, or somebody drawing for a hobby, they want to achieve the best result possible. One way to ensure this is the use of a drawing… Read More »

What’s needed: A drafting board of course. Probably best to use one that will hold a twenty four inch wide by eighteen inch high sheet of paper. A Tee Square or Parallel Bar. This way you can draw the floor plan square. Accuracy is important. The Tee square is used on the left side of… Read More »

Why do people prefer to buy drafting supplies, drafting tables and other drawing and designing items online? Price does play the important role of a prompter. It is true that online prices for drafting supplies are definitely lower online compared to a physical store. More on that as we go along, but the two chief… Read More »

Over the years as a draftsman, I have mastered several Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs. AutoCAD, Generic CADD Level 3, Generic CADD 6, Generic CADD 3D, CadVance, TurboCad, and most recently, Chief Architect. Facts are though, I have been a drafter since the 1970’s and the one thing I keep coming back to is the… Read More »