This is a topic that fascinates me. When I was at school we did a class on drafting/line drawing; and when I was at college, I got introduced into engineering drawings and CAD.
Now, this is going to sound particularly sad but I have long thought about taking the drawings and converting them into a digital format; much as what has been described, as a personal project. It isn’t the thought of saving drawings, but the process of drawing it out on the computer that interests me. However, the end result would benefit more than just myself.
The thing that stops me is not just the lack of time but what direction to take. Do you recreate the drawing as-is in a digital format, or do you recreate the whole aircraft as CAD-model and then derive new drawings. The first way would be somewhat easier, but the latter would through up a lot more discrepancies; and what to do with the discrepancies – stay true to the drawing (how do you know there isn’t an update drawing out there), adjust within tolerances, or go for what is looks best (and then you don’t preserve what was originally on the drawing.)
The other stumbling block is sharing the end work. It would be a trivial matter to allow access to drawings through a website. But, how best to protect myself from any legal concerns.
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