Warning: My scale setting error nearly shipped a bad draft

I was drafting a foundation plan and somehow set the digital scale incorrectly. The whole thing was off by a large margin, and I almost submitted it to the contractor. In a moment of panic, I remembered to compare it against a printed template from a similar past job. That quick check showed the mistake, and I was able to correct everything before the deadline. It felt like a close call, but having that old template around really saved the day.

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barbara914d ago

Yikes, that must have been a real scare! @betty315 is onto something with physical copies making errors jump out. I've messed up scales before and now I print a test page first. What's your go-to move to stop slips like that?

betty3154d ago

That "printed template" you had is key. A physical copy you can lay over the drawing is WAY harder to ignore than just opening another file on your screen.

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