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Showerthought: My buddy in structural engineering says we should all learn basic coding now
He argued that Python for automating simple CAD tasks is becoming as basic as knowing Excel, but I think the core drafting skills are what really matter. Who's right here, and what's one script you actually use?
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anna_price691d ago
My cousin's a drafter and he got totally stuck last month. He had to rename like two hundred layer files in AutoCAD, a total grind. Wrote a quick Python script after watching a YouTube tutorial, it did the job in seconds. So yeah, the core skills are key, but that little bit of coding just saved him a whole afternoon of boring work. It's less about being a programmer and more about not doing the same dumb task over and over.
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abbyf791d ago
My buddy Mark in graphic design had to resize 500 product images last week. He found a free online tool that did it in batches after he set it up once. That tiny bit of tech know-how just cuts out the worst parts of any desk job.
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anna_price691d ago
But is it really that big of a deal?
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