Why is this overlooked in commercial drafting?
One thing I don't understand about drafting:
Why don't more people intentionally practice?
Most of us get better by doing the job.
- You work through projects.
- You get corrections.
- You learn new systems as they come up.
But you're also trying to hit a deadline.
I've found it helps to carve out time where the only goal is to get better at something.
- No project.
- No deadline.
- No pressure if you mess it up.
When I wanted to get better at sheet metal fabrication, I spent time making practice parts and messing with bend deductions and K-factors.
I could try something, get it wrong, figure out why, and try again.
That kind of practice is different from learning while you're buried in a live project.
I think more drafters would improve faster if they treated practice like part of the job instead of something that only happens on the job.
Curious if other drafting teams actually build time in for this.