Talk:Technical drawing

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Suggest renaming page to maybe, Drafting Equipment

• I propose renaming the page technical drawing. This is in line with Category:Technical drawing, is widely understood (and similar to terms in other languages), does not have other meanings which must be disambiguated and is spelled identically in both British and US English. Warofdreams 17:42, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I support this change provided there is a good overview distinguishing the many kinds of technical drawing. Begs 04:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Proposed move 2 Improvement drive 3 Merge Engineering drawing 4 words from a 2d-3d draftsman for the last 12 years 5 "Pair of compasses"?

[edit] Proposed move

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Drafting → Technical drawing

This is in line with Category:Technical drawing, is widely understood (and similar to terms in other languages), does not have other meanings which must be disambiguated and is spelled identically in both British and U.S. English. No objections to this on the talk page. Warofdreams 16:52, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Weak Support (with a partial counterproposal) — The "similar to terms in other languages" is irrelevant. This is, after all, the English Wikipedia. However, at issue: I'd counterpropose that Drafting (disambiguation) should be moved to Drafting, as military conscription and sports drafts are just as prominent in usage as the work of architects and engineers. And on the reference on that disambiguation page, I'd link Technical drawing at the end of the sentence rather than Drafting at the beginning of it. —ExplorerCDT 01:11, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I agree fully with moving Drafting (disambiguation) to Drafting if this page move is approved. Warofdreams 11:41, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Support. Wikipedia:Naming_conventions (common_names) --Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:43, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Moved - violet/riga (t) 22:54, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I've removed an assertion as to how much CAD operators earn - I've not seen any evidence for the figure which is presumably for the U.S. only. Warofdreams 13:12, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Improvement drive

Graphics is currently nominated to be improved by WP:IDRIVE. Vote for it if you want to contribute.--Fenice 20:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Engineering drawing

These two articles seem to be discussing the same subject, only one discusses the tools and skills and the other discusses the drawing conventions.

I suggest that Technical drawing would make a better title for the merged page than Engineering drawing, because both articles apply not only to engineering, but to architecture and industrial design as well. NeonMerlin 17:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Strongly disagree

It is a common misconception that technical drawing, drafting, and CAD are necessarily related fields. The skill-set of each of these fields are radically different from one another, as is evidenced by the multitude of professional paths to them. Technical drawing relates to a process, CAD relates to a technology, and drafting relates to a profession that might or might not use either of those skills. Also, there are many types of drafters, and engineering is only one of them. Architectural and Survey drafters might have no overlap with the engineering field, so merging them into a single description would not reflect the situation. Survey and Civil drafters do not, as a rule, create 'technical drawings'.

However, there is one thing that should be perfectly clear. The profession of drafting is now as distinct and separate a profession as it has ever been, and when one seeks to hire a person to fill the role, one does not ask for someone with an expertise in 'technical drawing', one asks for a 'drafter', to fulfill a 'drafting role'.

I believe it would be incorrect to do away with such a distinction, as it would not clarify the reality of the description.

- asperks

[edit] words from a 2d-3d draftsman for the last 12 years

drafting is drafting, either on a board or a monitor. its the process of taking a engineers mental chaos, and turning it into a mathematical representation, that another human, with the proper skills can replicate, in a given material.

its the ability to take an idea, to a functional document, that can express that same idea, in a creative manner.

[edit] "Pair of compasses"?

Someone moved "compass (drafting)" to "compasses (drafting)", asserting that what I've otherwise always heard called a "compass" should be called a "pair of compasses", a novel term as far as I can tell.

What experiences do others have of these two terms? Michael Hardy 23:07, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

it's really useful

gago!!!!!!!!!!