Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing

[Korash]

Speaking as some one who spent most of his Architectural Drafting course on the drawing board, with only 2 courses on computer drafting, then as of his first job after finishing never used one for gainful employment; there is definitely a sense of "the whole picture" on the drawing board that is missing from computer work. I do not mean the level of detail, just the sense that you are seeing the entire project when you are looking at the board.

I know that you can always zoom out and see the whole thing on the screen, but I feel that it really is not the same. Maybe I am just from an older generation....but I miss the "ability" to look at a piece of paper from different angles in order to get a "different point of view" on a problem....(I know, it makes no sense but....)

***EDIT***
and I miss my dad's drafting tools.....I had a set that he had used since just after WWII....(different compasses and stuff for ink and lead) that was lost at some point...

[Vellum]

LOL I still use all this stuff :-) Hence the name Vellum!! then again its the only way I can make things work, all this new fangled computer stuff zeezzzz