When do CAD Habits become Bad Habits?
New Users learn the best and worst from others. What are you passing
on?
People seem to pick up the bad habits and not the good habits.
Some get the good habits and define the bad ones that they do not want
to mimic. Which ones are you passing on to others - the good or
the bad?
What defines a bad habit? Is is just something that you like
doing that others cannot see the productivity in? Is it the old
way of doing things that is not wrong, just "older" than some of the new
methods? Is a bad habit wrong if it gets the job done? When
do bad habits move from just annoying to being productivity killers?
I have learned a few things along the road of CAD and have jettisoned
some bad habits as well as picked up good ones. My bad habits, as
defined by you, may differ from my definitions. Using outdated
dialog boxes or avoiding the ribbon - bad habit or dangerous?
Using the command line in place of the a screen menu - bad habit or
productivity drain.
I have specific ways of getting my job done in CAD. I learned
them from others, or tutorials or books or screen casts or wherever.
I have settled into doing things a specific way and it may differ from
your work patterns. I think I am being efficient and you may think
I am missing the point. Either way, we both get the job done and
the product meets the CAD Standard. So we are all good - correct?
My way or your way does not matter as long as we produce the output
needed.
If it we on a construction site, I could say that using a screwdriver
as a chisel is not acceptable. Using a hammer to drive in a screw
might force the screw head to be level with the wood surface, but it
might not hold for long. But who is to say that some CAD Habits
are bad and some are good.
Let me take a stab at it...
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