Howard Ray Lawrence <hrl@xxxxxxx> received a reply from wayde tardif
concerning the Subject on Wed, Apr 28, 1999, 1.16 PM, as follows:
For me, it suggests that there might be a staff of AutoCAD workers
that
are NOT architect-educated to do the drafting tasks of the designer
architects.
Howard - this is the way we always handled it.
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It was not so before computer usage. Before, it was "by hand" ---and
eye.
Their were CAD people in the basement (not a dungeon), who were
responsible for all of the electronic
manipulation of the design.
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It is helpful as long as significant communication can occur.
We used CAD work as a too for design development (stretching grids,
re-orienting building direction, etc.), but still did
most of the work by hand.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Doing most work by hand, not digital work, is important to the process
of design: The (feel of) media will influence the results.
Now computer applications are used solely for design development and
visualization studies, 3D modeling, and montaging.
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Of course! Herein lies the problem with this kind of modelling. For
example, 3d modelling in 2-space is design development by not seeing or
feeling the 3-space! Such modelling is excellent for concluding 2-space
modelling. Perhaps, in time, 3-space modelling with CAD-CAM will afford
more significant models.
.H.
concerning the Subject on Wed, Apr 28, 1999, 1.16 PM, as follows:
For me, it suggests that there might be a staff of AutoCAD workers
that
are NOT architect-educated to do the drafting tasks of the designer
architects.
Howard - this is the way we always handled it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It was not so before computer usage. Before, it was "by hand" ---and
eye.
Their were CAD people in the basement (not a dungeon), who were
responsible for all of the electronic
manipulation of the design.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It is helpful as long as significant communication can occur.
We used CAD work as a too for design development (stretching grids,
re-orienting building direction, etc.), but still did
most of the work by hand.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Doing most work by hand, not digital work, is important to the process
of design: The (feel of) media will influence the results.
Now computer applications are used solely for design development and
visualization studies, 3D modeling, and montaging.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Of course! Herein lies the problem with this kind of modelling. For
example, 3d modelling in 2-space is design development by not seeing or
feeling the 3-space! Such modelling is excellent for concluding 2-space
modelling. Perhaps, in time, 3-space modelling with CAD-CAM will afford
more significant models.
.H.