Advantages manual drawing techniques

If you are on site it is far easier to use a manual drawing as you are able to get a better perspective and scale. Easy to modify a manual drawing. You do not need as much technical ability. You always have a hard copy. Disadvantages; Takes a long time to post or fax the drawing to the client. Need a large, light area to set out and work on the drawing. One of the Benefits of CAD is to Draw to Scale. The advantages of CAD include: the ability to producing very accurate designs; drawings can be created in 2D or 3D and rotated; other computer programmes can be linked to the design software. With manual drafting, you must determine the scale of a view before you start drawing. Advantages: Manual method. Computer aided method. Low purchase cost of equipment. All drawing tools are electronic. When constructing a full size set-out you can see straight away any shapes, sizes and angles. Absolute accuracy can be maintained. The computer keeps a record of all dimensions in the drawing.

One of the benefits of CAD drafting is that it does not need to be filed to store in a folder like manual Drafting. CAD can be easily saved on a drafting computer server and can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection. The chance of losing the documents is more in a manual draft. If you are on site it is far easier to use a manual drawing as you are able to get a better perspective and scale. Easy to modify a manual drawing. You do not need as much technical ability. You always have a hard copy. Disadvantages; Takes a long time to post or fax the drawing to the client. Need a large, light area to set out and work on the drawing. Advantages: Manual method. Computer aided method. Low purchase cost of equipment. All drawing tools are electronic. When constructing a full size set-out you can see straight away any shapes, sizes and angles. Absolute accuracy can be maintained. The computer keeps a record of all dimensions in the drawing.

The benefit of this research will be that it can reshape the working drawings course according to the preferred drawing method for educators and students. Andia. Advantages. Manual method, Computer aided method. Low purchase cost of equipment. All drawing tools are electronic. Before the advent of CAD, the only source for draftsmen was pencil and paper for drawing sketches. The traditional method of manual drafting.