Coordination between Engineer and Draughtsman 10

[L4Legit]

Hi All,

I would like to ask how actually you coordinate between yourself and your draughtsman? How do you organize the project between you two? And how strict are you with the deadlines etc?

Thanks.

 

[berkshire]

Sticks and triangles ,
You just broached a whole other subject, You added one additional thing? Why didn't you tell me!!!! I can no longer properly layout my sheet!!! Revision control, that deserves a post all on its own.
B.E.


You are judged not by what you know, but by what you can do.

 

[sticksandtriangles]

Berkshire,

Typically revisions are not a big deal for me in terms of formatting unless the project has already gone out for bid. Before then, it can be a free for all haha.

 

[berkshire]

Ok I want to clarify, Is the draughtsman complaining because you revised the drawing and surprised him, or are you complaining because there was a revision you did not know about ?
Either way if they generate change orders on stuff already out for bid , or actually under construction it is not good.
B.E.

You are judged not by what you know, but by what you can do.

 

[Backcheckrage]

Structural Engineer here. Small firm, we have an engineer in their 50's, 40's, 30's, 20's. The older bunch uses a modeller/draughter and I can see how long they take and the communication errors happening between them. Myself and the young gun do the AutoCAD or the Revit ourselves and we crank projects out in half the time. And on top of that, we control the project and the modeller can't hold the production hostage. And on top of that, we can make promises on product delivery a lot more confidently.

In short, communication and control is the issue when it comes to the drafter/engineer relationship. Both better be good in order to be efficient! Otherwise, get to learning the CAD machine!

 

[JohnRBaker]

CAD changed a lot of office workflows and processes, and in my humble (and biased) opinion, mostly for the good, albeit at the expense of many purely drafting headcount.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
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