there was another quote that I wanted to comment on from Brian, you mentioned "What works on paper or even the computer does not always work in the real world (fabrication)", this is true and applies to all Design Disciplines, but things are changing and expanding, I merley wanted to point out...
Brian(waskillywabbit), please don't take my words as bias, they come from doing drawings manually, and yes I have done basic vessle design in autocad way back when, my backgroud is heavy process/bio pharm, and petro chem. I have done detail design in Autocad and used Compaid to get my isometrics...
Hello, I have been working with 3D models for approx. 15 years, the reply from waskillywabbit just makes my blood boil, please allow me to give you some information, 3D does not give you 3D drawings to send to a fabricator, 3D models give you a 3D full scale parametric view within a software...