Should CAD drawings be printed in colour?

In the early days of CAD most companies had pen plotters and the pens for the plotters where generally black. There were other colours available for the plotter but just like hand drawings the use of multiple colours wasn’t really a sensible option. Back in the...

What line thickness for CAD drawings?

So on my first day at work as a trainee draughtsman I’m shown my drawing board and seat. Behind the seat is a desk where upon lays some drawing implements. There’s a T-square, protractor, a few technical pencils, a rubber, erasing shield, ruler, compass, some circle...

Paper space or model space in AutoCAD

Back in 1993 the company I worked for invested in their first workstations with AutoCAD R12 installed, this was MSDOS based as opposed to Windows. The company designed ground support test equipment for aircraft and was keen to explore all the advantages that CAD had...