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That tip about rotating your reference points saved me 4 hours today
A senior drafter named Mike at my shop in Portland told me last year to always rotate my reference points when dimensioning complex assemblies. I figured it was just his pet peeve, but today I had a 40-page drawing with tons of overlapping callouts and it made everything so much cleaner. No crossouts, no confusion. Have any of you ever had advice like that that you wished you'd listened to sooner?
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kim_davis2d ago
holy crap 4 hours?! that's insane!
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kim_mason552d agoTop Commenter
Four hours is nothing when you're convinced the next five minutes is the magic moment. I once re-organized my entire garage just to avoid admitting I'd wasted a whole Saturday on something pointless. By hour three, you start bargaining with yourself like "just let me find one decent piece and I'll quit". Sure enough, you find something sort of okay at hour 3:45 and suddenly it was all worth it. My back still hasn't forgiven me for that one.
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paulnguyen2d ago
Wait, did you try flipping through stuff super fast at the start just to see what caught your eye? I found that doing a quick scan first saves me from getting stuck in a single bin for too long. It's rough on the back but pacing yourself really helps avoid that burnout feeling.
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