I am currently a senior in high school, and I plan to have a career in becoming an architectural draftsman? What are the requirements of becoming one? In other words, are there certain skills that are needed?
I would say with all honesty anyone who wants to could be a draftsman..But very few who try are really good at…It is a skill and an art and if the flare for the design is not there then the final product is just not as good…I have worked with lots of people who do drawing ,,I do a lot of computer modeling and there have been only a couple in 40 years that were really Genius at that craft. You have to have clarity of thought to view the project and understand how its assembled and know whats needed.Your section through the wall needs to be important and be easy to look at as well as instructional for the builder .Of course the correctness of how its put together goes with out saying. A fine drafts-person can basically manage ,construct and supervise the entire project..The basic skills of building construction and insight and a keen eye for detail really helps..In the past few years CAD systems have taken over the drawing aspects of the designers page. However it still takes a good Designer to assemble the facts into a work of art…Learn a long life program like Autoc^d by Autode^k and grow with it..Find someone that will front you a copy or contact them for an educational set of keys…Everyone I know is capable of making drawings but only a few can create art …From the E
October 15th, 2010 at 12:15 am
I would say with all honesty anyone who wants to could be a draftsman..But very few who try are really good at…It is a skill and an art and if the flare for the design is not there then the final product is just not as good…I have worked with lots of people who do drawing ,,I do a lot of computer modeling and there have been only a couple in 40 years that were really Genius at that craft. You have to have clarity of thought to view the project and understand how its assembled and know whats needed.Your section through the wall needs to be important and be easy to look at as well as instructional for the builder .Of course the correctness of how its put together goes with out saying. A fine drafts-person can basically manage ,construct and supervise the entire project..The basic skills of building construction and insight and a keen eye for detail really helps..In the past few years CAD systems have taken over the drawing aspects of the designers page. However it still takes a good Designer to assemble the facts into a work of art…Learn a long life program like Autoc^d by Autode^k and grow with it..Find someone that will front you a copy or contact them for an educational set of keys…Everyone I know is capable of making drawings but only a few can create art …From the E
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