RE: Ortho''s / keys Drawings

From: <Richard>
Date: Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:26:00 EST

Hi Chris,
No argument with your comment. But I also can't help but wonder what prompts it. Is it laziness? Or as Paul suggests, poor support? I applied for a job during the doldrums of the early nineties and was turned away because I didn't know CAD. The interviewer commented "Why would I hire a guy for $35 and hour, when I can get a guy out of tech for $10 who can operate the software." I thought this industry was turning around, that the worth of a designer was becoming valued as not only a technical expert but a planner and organiser. If Paul's right, then I'm sorely wrong. There must still be many a company that thinks nothing of spending thousands on software and spends squat on experienced people.

Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, and opening old wounds of this forum, but I'd like to see where this one goes.

Richard B

-----Original Message-----
From: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Wright
Sent: December 12, 2007 9:51 PM
To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] Ortho's / keys Drawings

On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Richard Beale wrote:

> Believe it or not I'm serious. You're not the only one who has asked a
> question that should easily be answered by a little digging on your
> own.
> And you wouldn't be the first chastened for being too basic.

the question is way below basic. He's asking how to make drawings with a CAD system. As we've said a hundred times over the past year-- the list isn't trade school; there's a certain minimum level of understanding required before you're able to make use of the discussion here or contribute to it.

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.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania

1864)
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