Re: Chief Architect for Framing Plans & Details

In a previous post Don says...
> Hey now, don't know what type of *houses* you're drawing these days but
my
> standard template has well over 100 layers in it, not for the faint of
> heart.
> The house I'm working on presently is all sticks and its 4 stories high,
> about 8,000 s.f. And yes, its being designed to *island* specs.....
> 
> 

Don:

When I get paid to draw my own stuff I also use lots of layers.  
Generally it's a whole easier to combine them into the ones I want to 
show at certain levels.

I don't use Autocad.  I'm perfectly happy with VisualCadd, a simple 2D 
software that very neatly loads all my old Generic Cadd files (*.GCD).  
Besides, I learned CAD with GCadd and got real used to the 2-letter 
(without an "enter") command structure.  

I can load and manipulate most DWG files. And because I use lots of 
layers with single color on any one layer, the DWG's I send back to the 
architect or drafter are usually in better shape than the one's I got in 
the first place.


-- 
Bob Morrison
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA