joseph_green13•9d agoMost Upvoted

Pro tip: An old guy at the Denver blueprint shop told me my line weights were a mess

He pointed out my hidden lines were way too dark, basically the same as my object lines. I switched to a 0.3mm for object and a 0.1mm for hidden, and my drawings got way clearer overnight. Anyone else have a simple rule that cleaned up their work?

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ray6138d agoTop Commenter

Honestly, my early drawings looked like a toddler attacked them with a sharpie. I used the same pencil for everything, so my dimensions and center lines were thick black trenches. It was a mess until a teacher made me trace over my own lines with three different pens to feel the difference.

carr.luna8d ago

Yeah, line weight is everything. I used to just grab whatever pen was closest, and my sections were a total nightmare to read. Now I keep it stupid simple: thick for cut lines, medium for visible edges, thin for everything else like dimensions and hatching. Sticking to that three-tier rule forces you to think about what you're actually showing.

riverb138d ago

My old boss used to make us draw the same part with just line weight changes, no labels. You could still tell a bolt from a hole just by looking.