Topic: Things that make you say "ARRRGGGHH!!!"

[PDJ]

This should be fun.  What I'd like to hear are things that really make you cringe when you see another Autocad user doin it.  For an example, I know of one operator that will type her osnaps in at the command line.. Not just "end" for endpoint but the WHOLE word "Endpoint"..

Another one is blipmodes.. My GAWD that drives me insane..

OK, the rules are, you can only post two of them at a time and there has to be say 10 posts before your next one.  Don't want anyone monopolizing the thread..

Lets see whacha got!!

[Keith™]

What drives me completely and totally berzerko (besides you guys) ......

1) Not using osnaps at all ... the attitude is ..."that's close enough"

2) Using relational/directional offsets for entering points ... i.e. @12>>90 or however it is written instead of dragging the cursor to a polar point or offset direction and simply entering the length.

[David Bethel]

Hey, I've seen people that can type '_endpoint' before I can find  the 'e' key.......

The fastest ones use minimal mouse clicks, use shortcut  keyboard commands and are touch typist's.  To each there own and until you can best them, let 'em be.  Getting off of my stump now.     -David

[hendie]

someone increasing the length of a line by drawing a new line segment onto the end of the original instead of using grips.

someone typing "mm" after every dimension when it states clearly on the title block "All dimensions in millimetres unless otherwise stated"

[hudster]

1. People who do 1 hour on AutoCAD and then say they are a fully trained CAD operator and then ask me, how to draw a line, insert a block etc...

2. Having to tell the above mentioned people for the millionth time how paper space works, if you don't get it by the 100th time of asking you never will.

[ronjonp]

People that aren't conscious of what layer they are working on and then change the color of the object so it looks like it's on some layer.

People that explode hatch, dimensions, blocks....etc.

[whodo]

people who have been working with autocad for
more than 5 years and don't know how to wblock

same people who don't know what scale factor to
use to get a 1/4"=1'-0" drawing

[Kate M]

1. People who, when you show them a new (faster) way to do something, shrug and say, "Well, I'm used to doing it the old way."

[ELOQUINTET]

o my you've opened a can of worms here

people who feel the need to write typical on every dimension doesn't that defeat the purpose  

people who don't use logical names for drawings folders (know what i mean mdub   )

[t-bear]

People who won't take advantage of CADs customizability.  Don't see the advantages of lisp, VBA & third party productivity apps ....... SHEEESH!

[M-dub]

people who don't use logical names for drawings folders (know what i mean mdub   )

LOL

Does the word "Standard" mean anything to you?  Well, it probably does to YOU, but not too many others that you work with!

The Drawing With The Stuff On It.dwg  

[ELOQUINTET]

yeah you can find drawings with names such as bs and rubbish it's great

[M-dub]

Drawing numbers and Directory names with spaces make it really hard to use scripts.  We use either Underscores or Hyphens and it works just fine.  For files not covered under any standard, I use UpperAndLower case to do the same thing...

[MP]

People who don't know how to use AutoCAD but state AutoCAD experience on their resume so they can be employed, producing gems which smack of all the maladies listed above.

Grrr!

[t-bear]

Speakin of which, I need to hire a new draftie around the end of Oct to mid Nov.  Any ideas on how to test these wanna-be CADers?  3D and MS/PS are a must............ I have some ideas but am open to suggestions.