Grumblings from CADD Cottage
a Collection of Articles by Noel Browning in PDF Format:

Command Line versus Icon Buttons
      in the Microsoft based Design Drafting Program Command Structure.
2  Read April, 2003
Why Learning a 2D Drafting Program is Important
… or how first one must learn the discipline of the craft by sketching & drafting 
     with pencil & pen, all the while learning to visualize in the 3D minds eye.
2  Read March, 2003
Mechanical versus A/E/C Working Drawings
... or how Traditional A/E/C Delineation differs from 
     Manufacturing Mechanical Drawing.
2  Read November, 2002
The Dozenal System of Measure
... "Feet an’ inches an’ lines work best for framin’ ‘cause it is awful 
     damned hard to get the decimal in the wrong place."
2  Read October, 2002
Computer Assisted Drafting Machines
... or, "I have now cleverly invented the first electric drafting machine,"
    swiftly typed Tom, digitally.
2  Read November, 1996
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