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The real question is what do YOU want to do? Your dad is up there looking down and I'm sure he's proud of everything you've accomplished. I'm not sure what you define as "walk and do the graduation", but don't neglect it either, life is filled with opportunities and sometimes you have to ...

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That's a nice setup mate, would need a bit more lighting for me though, it's a bit dark. The gamer in me like the bling. LOL! But yeah, I do have overhead lights. Right now it's in the living room. I do have a spare bedroom, but it's a studio for my wife who does arts and crafts. I plan probably in...

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End of school. Last week I took 2 days PTO and took 2 finals and death marched 32 hours no sleep the final drafting project. Just me, several pots of coffee and vape juice (an unfortunate habit. I started smoking in the 1990s because I worked restaurants back then. Only smokers got breaks. So, if I ...

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Since I got my designer job, I'd love to show off my upgraded WFH battestation. The two monitors and laptop were provided to me by the company. Company deals with a lot of confidential technical information, so it's on lockdown. It's not as powerful as my personal laptop, but still is not a slouch. ...

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When you have 60 pages of minor revisions (mostly just a weld symbol here and there and a changed dimension)... Before I became a designer, when I made maps for my DnD games, I used to tell my players how I hated doors. In the cartography software I used and VTT and line of sight deals, this require...

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I have survived my first two weeks at my first real drafting job. I am currently enjoying Thanksgiving off and will return Monday. I STILL have the finals for Drafting Disciplines II and Plant 3D/BIM but am going to death march those to get them done. PAID holidays at that. Previous industries I wor...

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Since it's coming up in the US, ran into this oldie that you don't hear a lot even on oldies streams/radios. It's from a side project of Duran Duran called Arcadia. They played the hell out of it in 1985 on pop radio when I was a kid but before the YT algorithm brought it up, I had not heard this in...

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Today I am listening to a angry wasp living in my graphics card. I can safely say the bearings are shot in the fan and it is driving me round the bend grumph . New graphics card can't come soon enough. I ended up dropping my college CAD laptop about a week or two ago. Fortunately it was okay, but i...

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I think the biggest pull towards design within the building sector is that there is only so much that can be outsourced to cheaper economies. Engineering has been devastated by outsourcing to low cost economies. Agreed. Everyone wants cheap, but not everything can be done without eyes on the ground...

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Congrats @ctsturdiv. If was starting a career today I would probably lean toward the architectural/civil side instead of the mechanical like I did as there is so much more outsourcing. Architectural/civil seems more secure for a career these days. I feel you, but to be honest, I am just happy it's ...

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I just accepted a position with a mechanical drafting firm as a junior draftsman. I was so worried and had been stressing on this, maybe to an unhealthy level as coming out of school, I would have some debt along with health issues of my elderly dad.That, and when I started the school I had worked i...

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I think you're having the wrong approach for searching a job in this domain. These jobs are often not listed for multiple reasons. For instance the company I work for searched for 3 years for an industrial engineer but never actually posted the job for people to see that we were looking for one. He...

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"CAD Operator" "Detailer" "BIM" is very specific: "Building Information Modeling" My feed from indeed: "CAD Drafter" "Solidworks Drafter" "Product Designer" "Mechanical Designer" "Mechanical CAD Designer" &quo...

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There are different "nurse" in different departments with different qualification. Same with "driver". Same with "doctor". You're starting in a new industry and you already know how it works () Well, sometimes you have to ask the dumb questions. And, like most forum bo...

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Yep, it’s def frustrating when the drug testing feels more invasive than necessary, especially when you’ve been responsible and have your priorities straight. I’ve been in a similar spot before. I had to use synthetic urine for a job test once, and I found some helpful tips on ccwrc.org that made t...

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Agency get pay from you or employer. Just look through local job sites (indeed, linkedin, government job site etc) online and company websites (go through Google Map in you area). Don't be too specific with the search. You'll find the keywords and narrow down later. Yeah, that is really the annoyin...

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Not sure what your question is. "People like this" means what? Do you mean recruiters? I don't think there's one central agency you go to for drafters. There are a million agencies. And once you find out who they are, they won't let you forget. A lot of them are from India. You'll find th...

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As last semester is underway, I am looking towards my job hunt. In other industries I have worked in be it convention banquets/bartending, nursing assistant work, even plants or warehouse work, you had these staffing agencies. You went in, took whatever test, showed any paperwork, and if they had so...

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New trailer model we developped, made to carry chickens to the slaughterhouse. The roof is operated by hydraulics, it lifts to give clearance when loading/unloading. Resized_20240829_145351.jpeg Resized_20240829_152849.jpeg Looks like a cool solution to getting people in there. Funny enough, I did ...

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There are different variants, in this case it is a chassis that slides on nylon and is "dragged" by the truck. So he reverses with breaks locked to have the chassis slide front so that the trailer can dump, and puts it in drive with breaks locked to have the fifth wheel slide-out and be a...

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Project me and 2 collegues worked on, I worked on the rear trailer, one guy did the dumping trailer and the other did the development for special stuff such as the side-doors and the tarp system. Since it is a B-Train, the axles of the front trailer require to slide up front so that the trailer can...

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Back from vacation, just in time for the stock market to crash Thankfully, it seems to be stabilizing. I am no financial expert, but part of me believes it has something to do with all these huge tech companies getting all these profits and doing stock buybacks while laying off significant amounts ...

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Summer Semester is done. Last Final was Friday. I know most people here are in the field, but I recommend anyone going back NOT to take heavy math classes during the summer. I DID pass, but it was not pretty at all. Fortunately, my presentations and applications were good enough to carry me but I fe...

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. . . you might want to watch this video of a test we did a couple weeks ago. Please note that this is a Thrie-beam rail, which is made of the same material as a standard W-beam rail, except it has one more rib, so it's about 8" wider. A standard W-beam will redirect a passenger car or a 1/2 t...

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Imagine. Your brain is mush. From obtuse parabolas, numbers, formulas and lines. It feels like someone is reaching in your mind and rearranging the very way you think. One more semester after summer till the field. With more lines and shapes and formulas. But you push through as others fall to the w...

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Now, if the people that make GIMP could be hit upside the head with a UI design handbook repeatedly, maybe at least Photoshop could be gotten rid of. I have had to use GIMP occasionally back when I was texturing stuff for DnD maps. I have damn near an Associates degree in CAD at this point and even ...

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Yes, people will lose job. But they can find something else to do. They can learn to do new stuff. Then if AI and robot can do everything, then people don't need to work and just enjoy life. The problem is just because work ends, rent does not. Also, the jobs that replace them are very low paying j...

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I am slightly concerned if our industry starts this stuff. Part of me thinks we are somewhat safe-ish since a lot of the graphics design stuff is all templates at entry level. Also, I don't think a big company is going to be okay with something like the mechanical drawing of an engine, floor plan of...

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I sometimes feel like they try to milk things too much. It's kind of like Ancient Aliens. Yes, it's interesting to a degree. Yes, 80 percent of it is bullcrap but 20 percent of it may have a sliver to it. No, it does need dozens and dozens of episodes. I mean, I am sure if you dig anywhere you will ...

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I'm thinking of adding on to my garage, and in order to sort things out I modeled my house. (I've been working on bits and pieces as needed, but this is the first time I finished the full exterior.) There is absolutely no excuse for my little 1700 sq-ft house to have 27 roof lines. image.png And I'...

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Ready for Summer semester here. Taking the English and Algebra I put off to graduate on time. As long as I avoid calamities and catastrophes, should graduate in Fall with an AA in Drafting and Design with Honors. Still decent chance of Dean's List Honors if I do really, really well. Still need to fi...

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We were looking to add a 2nd seat to be shared by a few interns / jr engineers. Including $4k for the network license manager, the cost was $15k. For a single seat of SW Standard. image.png That's insane. There are people in lower level jobs in low cost of living areas that don't make that much in ...

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Printer already do that. That's the reason I only use Brother printers. It just works and toner lasts forever. Last one I had lasted 6 years. This one is on it's second. Had to buy it because DRFT 1001 needed a lot of stuff printed out where he would simulate sketches coming from an engineer I had ...

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Looks like we'll be ending our SolidWorks subscription this year after 10 years of subscription. Hoping it puts some pressure on them and that others will have the same reflex. The prices are ridiculous and so are the justifications for the increases. Here's the nice mail they sent me this afternoo...

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It appears from going on these internship hunts, a lot of people are using either Microstation or Open Roads in the area. Now don't get me wrong. A lot of people still use AutoCAD civil and AutoCAD itself. But you work Microstation, you can get okay work as all the state maps are done in it. Problem...

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Daughter was cranking out this song after the last 3rd semester final. I plan on not even LOOKING at AutoCAD for at least 2 weeks. Then this summer, I will begin looking at portfolios, straightening up linked in, knocking out 2 classes. Then Disciplines II, BIM and graduate in December! I am over th...

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Evil is around us all the time. Burning or hiding it won't make it go away. Knowledge is power. "The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress. Though the song of yesterday fades into the challenge of tomorrow, God still watches and judges us. Evil lurks in the datalinks a...

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I feel bad, now. I have not picked up an actual non school or work related book in years. Mostly due to lack of free time especially with all this workload. I think the last books I read was I went off on a Robert Green kick for minute. I read both The 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction A lot...

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Well, interview was on the 4th. Seems I was mistaken in my initial research and they do a lot of Civil. They also wanted me in person, not on MS Teams. Got in there early, and they were taken aback by my age for a minute. They expected someone in their 20s because I put no call center stuff on my re...

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Have an interview over MS Teams for a local architect firm with the vice president of the firm. She had gotten a resume from my instructor. Though I am not holding my breath. In previous industries, I have been ghosted and things not work out. Not sure how they do drafters. Or if they see a 50 year ...

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I've been on W11 for a while, and never noticed that. Thanks for pointing that out, that is a huge timesaver. I was forced to upgrade to W11 last spring. Pain in the @$$ and freaked me out. Also inconvenienced me since the wiring in my neighborhood is not the best (the wires here are cut and recut ...

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Good morning everyone and a happy new year to all of you! I hope you all had a great christmas time! Back to work this morning for me, those 2 weeks off were a blessing, now back to the big things! Went WAY too fast. Yes, back to the big things indeed! Going into 3rd semester. A few classes for Sum...

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Was browsing around the Solidworks Certification Tester website... Apparently they cant even keep the font consistent (Or did they intentionally make the font smaller, hoping that people could not see it? :)) image.png Interesting you are going that route. I have heard rumblings in various places a...

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SPerman Some of that stuff is still somewhat useful. For the Principles of Drafting class during spring, we had to do some old school stuff. I also used ruler, compass, and protractor to measure stuff for my final project in there. My instructor was telling me sometime around the 90s, people starte...

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Thinking back I cannot say that I can find a correlation between the demeanor/cordialness of a professor and their ability to teach. I have learned a lot from a couple that were just jerks, I've been in classes with the friendly, buddy type professor and those credits were a waste of time and money...

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Pipe is used everywhere. Every building has miles of pipes. Pipes under and around the building. HVAC is another "pipe". As much as I would be happy never to see a nozzle or slip on flange again after being traumatized last semester, I may very well select piping as one of them. Thinking ...

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Rough semester. Anyone who say "trade school is for flunkies" if I was not a pacifist, I would be tempted to slap. The courses this semester were HARD. BUT.. I ended up passing. C in speech only because I accidentally missed an assignment because of having to leave town for a sick elder an...

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Wanted to say, I figured out my solution. It was a font size issue then Tcircle. I feel like an idiot. What I did for my final drawings is make all the symbols before annotating and just copy/move as needed to show nozzels. Also solved an unrelated problem with text not lining up in blocks for thing...

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Building up the motivation to draw this complicated vessel and type out the P+ID final. They gave us weeks to do them on purpose. Complicated as hell with lots of ticky details. Don't want a repeat of last project when I turned in rushed work. But... procrastination is hard not to do. Probably start...

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