TIL my layer naming system was a total mess for 2 years

I was showing a new hire how to pull up a site plan in AutoCAD and he just stared at the screen for a minute. He finally asked, 'Why is the property line on a layer called X-ANNO-TEXT?' That's when it hit me - my system made zero sense to anyone but me. I had been using random codes I made up back in 2020. It took us an extra 20 minutes just to find the sewer lines. How do you guys set up your layers so they're actually clear?

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angela_miller756mo ago

Sometimes a messy system works fine if you know it.

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verar216mo ago

Totally get what you mean, angela_miller75! My spice cabinet is a total disaster zone, jars shoved in every which way. My partner says it's chaos, but I can always find the cumin in two seconds flat because I know my own mess. It might look broken to someone else, but the system works perfectly for the person who built it.

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the_hugo6mo ago

Two seconds to find the cumin in a total mess... that's actually kind of amazing. My brain just doesn't work that way at all. If my stuff isn't in a straight line I start to panic a little. I guess some people really do have a map in their head for the chaos.

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