Showerthought: I was putting my dimensions in the wrong place for years

I was checking a set of prints from a junior drafter last week and saw they put all their basic dimensions right on the main view, not on a separate detail. It looked so much cleaner. I've always put them on an iso view because that's how I was taught, but it makes the main drawing cluttered. My boss even said, 'Why is this so busy?' when he looked at my last project. It finally clicked that I was making things harder to read. Has anyone else had to unlearn a basic habit like that?

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angela1913d ago

My old drafting professor was obsessed with keeping the main view sparse. I read an industry article last year that said cluttered base views are the top cause of misreading dimensions. It took seeing a clean drawing to realize my training was creating extra work.

nathanbailey3d ago

Ever run into a situation where the "right way" you learned is actually the worst way for the shop floor? Like, did your old method ever cause a real mix-up, like someone cutting material wrong because a key dimension was buried in a messy view?