Ditched my drafting board for a 24 inch monitor, wish I did it sooner

I spent 3 years hunched over a traditional drafting table in my garage in Denver, and my neck was killing me every week. Last month my old monitor finally died, so I grabbed a cheap 24 inch one on sale for $110 and set up my CAD software on it. The difference is huge, I can zoom out and see the whole floor plan at once instead of panning around a tiny screen. Plus I can have the specs PDF open on one side and the drawing on the other, no more alt-tabbing 50 times a day. My shoulder pain is basically gone after 4 weeks, which I didn't expect. Has anyone else made the switch to digital only and had trouble going back to paper prints for redlines? I still get clients who ask for physical copies and it feels slow now.

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the_robin1mo ago

Your neck pain is back the second you zoom in for detail work.