[Leica] NYTimes.com: The Do-It-Yourself Economy

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> It is, of course, all a matter of perspective.
> 
> "Part of this is because the current technology does deliver "decent"
> results with far less skill and effort.
> Drawing a fine line of a specific width with a rapidograph pen
> required skill..."
> 
> As an architect who was trained using ruling pens, the rapidographs
> provide inferior quality to ruling pens and require, comparatively, no
> skill.  For those unfamiliar, ruling pens consist of two bladed points,
> adjustable to any width within their limits, which actually incise the
> paper as they deliver the ink, resulting in a perfect line.  One drop of
> ink is loaded into the pen at a time.  Mastering them to draw a line is
> difficult, and preparing inked building plans with them is quite the
> endeavor.
> 
> Drawing a fine line with a ruling pen requires skill, the rapidograph
> requires (relatively) no skill but provides "decent" results.
> 
> Now, of course, we architects draw next to nothing except quick hand
> sketches.   All else is on the computer.  Potentially perfect lines with
> ease (but people still mess up).
> 
> Matt


And now you have to learn CAD am I right?
T Squares are analog.
CAD is digital.

You use virtual ink now.


Mark William Rabiner