Can we talk about drafters who still write all their notes in all caps?

I had to redo a whole plumbing riser diagram last week because my apprentice copied my hand notes in caps and it looked like we were using a different annotation standard. Does anyone else have a system for getting juniors to follow your note style without making them feel dumb?

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3 Comments

jake_owens1mo ago

Read somewhere that keeping a laminated style sheet clipped to their drawing board makes the switch way easier.

tarar271mo ago

Taped a quick reference card right to my desk and it helped me switch way faster.

jamie_smith1mo ago

Jake, that laminated sheet idea is smart. I actually remember when I first started switching programs, I had a little cheat sheet taped to the side of my monitor for weeks. But the funny thing is, I kept losing it under piles of papers. Eventually I just wrote the shortcuts in sharpie on a sticky note and stuck it right to the top of my keyboard. Kind of a hack job compared to lamination but it worked for me.