Chapter 4. Organizing a Drawing with Layers
Prior to the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD), projects consisted of dozens of mylar and vellum drawings that were ultimately printed as bluelines, and then taken into the field or the shop where they were used in the construction of buildings or the fabrication of parts. Although drawings are still necessary in the construction and fabrication process, today the person who initials the “Drawn by” box can more efficiently organize the information formerly drawn on those dozens of sheets by using AutoCAD’s layers.
For those of us who have been in the business for a while, the pin-registered drafting ...
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