In the particular world of 3 dimensional modeling, are Shop Drawings still used? Absolutely! There isn’t really an alternate way to efficiently transfer information on the design/detail end for the shop floor. Some Fabrication Shops are utilizing far more ‘robotic’ functionality, but they are few in number. You will find machines out there that may of course cut, drill, weld and prepare pretty much anything , but very little is effective at assembling. As long as this continues there will also be a need for a Shop Drawing detailer/designer. Shop Drawing and detailing has changed a lot over the past 20 years. Back in the day an ‘art’ form using drawing tables, electric pencil sharpeners and shavings brushes. Now its a computer mouse as well as a monitor and higher powered software such as Auto CAD, Tekla Structures, SDS2, Auto Desk Revit, Auto Desk Inventor and every other Auto Desk product.
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