My first boss said to always draw the centerline first, and I finally get why

When I started drafting in 2007, my boss at that small firm in Omaha had this rule: the first line on any floor plan had to be the centerline of the main wall. I thought it was just some old school habit, a waste of time when I could just start drawing walls. For years after I left that job, I ignored it and built plans from the outside in. Then I got a huge remodel project last month, a 1920s house with nothing square. I spent hours fixing dimensions that wouldn't close because my starting point was off. In a fit of frustration, I cleared the screen and drew that single centerline down the middle of the existing structure. Everything else, the new walls, the openings, just fell into place from that one line. It locked the whole chaotic layout into something I could actually work from. Has anyone else had a simple piece of advice they brushed off for years before it finally clicked?

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kelly3387d ago

So you only listen to advice after it costs you hours of pain?

sean1197d ago

Ever read that thing about how some people just have to learn the hard way?