On 5/28/2019 6:17 PM, news18 wrote:
On Tue, 28 May 2019 11:42:36 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote:


I was once considered a very good draftsman, including descriptive
geometry, and ended up teaching a few advanced drafting courses. But CAD
has devalued that skill.

Totally. None of the kids, nieces or nephews, including one "engineer"
had any interest in taking over any of our manual drafting kits. It will
become landfill.

Well as an EE I can say that I greatly prefer doing schematics using a
CAD system and doing board layouts online instead of with black tape on
mylar. Export the layout to a board house and receive boards within 3
days if done domestically, and within 2 weeks, and much cheaper, if sent
to Shenzhen.

With Windows Ink and an active stylus, it's even better.

But I still have my drafting kit. No one wants it. Or a slide rule.