After years of completing all project plans with pencil and paper I have leaped into digital drafting. The next heater project, to begin in early February, has been entirely designed using the program "Sketch Up". One advantage is that the client can open and view the files once they have downloaded the free viewer. Revisions can be called for and completed with ease, allowing for a good digital exchange of ideas until the final draft is completed. Using Sketch Up it becomes much easier to draw the proposed heater into the existing home environment, allowing a greater recognition of the spacial relationships in living areas. The downside is that the drawings are colder, and the intention of the mason as an artist is lost. This can be compensated for with hand drawn images of key areas or concepts.
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