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Do you use Eng Paper 2
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The end-all was the green engineering pads; precise and easily recognizable as something only an engineer would use. I bought a few pads after graduating, but haven't used or seen anyone use them any more.
Seems to be moot in the days of Mathcad or SMath, since the grid was really for your own use, and to "show" anyone who saw your work that you were a serious engineer.
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Seems to be moot in the days of Mathcad or SMath, since the grid was really for your own use, and to "show" anyone who saw your work that you were a serious engineer.
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JedClampett
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I would use a print shop, not print them on a copier. Copier paper is made cheap, and the heat of running through the printer makes it more brittle.
If we're talking about vintage calculation pads, I have both ends of the spectrum.
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[li]First company I worked at used to use the backs of markup drawings, cut into 8 1/2 x 11 pieces, plus a little rubber stamp on them with the project number, page number, title. They didn't do it by the time I started, but sometimes I would be looking through some historic calculations and see this. Cheap![/li]
[li]Where I work now, used to use vellum paper with an 1/8-inch grid. Vellum paper is very expensive, but super high quality. Of course, they don't anymore.[/li]
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If we're talking about vintage calculation pads, I have both ends of the spectrum.
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[li]First company I worked at used to use the backs of markup drawings, cut into 8 1/2 x 11 pieces, plus a little rubber stamp on them with the project number, page number, title. They didn't do it by the time I started, but sometimes I would be looking through some historic calculations and see this. Cheap![/li]
[li]Where I work now, used to use vellum paper with an 1/8-inch grid. Vellum paper is very expensive, but super high quality. Of course, they don't anymore.[/li]
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For reference, I asked a print shop to price options to print custom hole-punched calculation sheets, on 8 1/2 x 11, with half bound into pads and half loose. (I'm in a small city eastern U.S.)
2000 sheets in color: 475 USD (that's 20 pads and 1000 loose sheets)
2000 sheets grayscale: $225
1000 sheets grayscale $125
I had pads made years ago, when I had an employee, and I like having a pad for sketching at a site, but it doesn't seem worth it to me now.
2000 sheets in color: 475 USD (that's 20 pads and 1000 loose sheets)
2000 sheets grayscale: $225
1000 sheets grayscale $125
I had pads made years ago, when I had an employee, and I like having a pad for sketching at a site, but it doesn't seem worth it to me now.
StrucPatholgst
Structural
For note taking and sketching I use - exclusively - an iPad Pro 12.9, with the Notability app. Notability has engineering paper as a template, in three colors: sepia yellow, light green, and white.
I can do a quick sketch, then either screen capture a close up or print the whole page as a pdf, and then either drop the captured sketch into a report or print the whole page from the iPad, either way in under a minute if I'm at my desk. I also have a bunch of standardized sketches and hand calculations saved, and a Brother travel thermal printer, so I can work something up right in the field, print it, sign it, and seal it.
I also have AutoCad on my iPad.
I can do a quick sketch, then either screen capture a close up or print the whole page as a pdf, and then either drop the captured sketch into a report or print the whole page from the iPad, either way in under a minute if I'm at my desk. I also have a bunch of standardized sketches and hand calculations saved, and a Brother travel thermal printer, so I can work something up right in the field, print it, sign it, and seal it.
I also have AutoCad on my iPad.
very interesting thread.
I have not used company calculation pads for over two decades now, as the trend in my industry (energy) has been towards digital calculations or documents that can be stored, signed and transmitted electronically.
I carry around an A4 lined or squared notepad for capturing general thoughts or doodles, but any official calculations would be on Mathcad, excel or other software which would have the company logo, project number etc and author in the header. These would then be printed to PDF and electronically signed.
This way you have the controlled (signed) calculation but also a master copy that can be modified for use on other jobs.
I have not used company calculation pads for over two decades now, as the trend in my industry (energy) has been towards digital calculations or documents that can be stored, signed and transmitted electronically.
I carry around an A4 lined or squared notepad for capturing general thoughts or doodles, but any official calculations would be on Mathcad, excel or other software which would have the company logo, project number etc and author in the header. These would then be printed to PDF and electronically signed.
This way you have the controlled (signed) calculation but also a master copy that can be modified for use on other jobs.
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