Stopped using paper blueprints cold turkey after a muddy job site ruined my last set

I used to swear by physical prints. Had a whole system with colored pencils and highlighters. Then last September I was marking up a foundation layout on a job in Raleigh and a rain shower turned my main sheet into mush. Switched to a ruggedized tablet that night and now I can zoom, mark up, and share changes in real time with the crew. Has anyone else had a hard time getting older subs to look at a screen instead of a paper roll?

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susan818h ago

Old timers dig their heels in on paper.

iris_schmidt7h ago

Feel your pain on that one, the rain ruined my whole set too.

erickelly1h ago

Ha, yeah but I gotta say I don't totally see eye to eye with you on that @susan81. Some of us old timers just prefer a physical copy that doesn't vanish when your phone dies, nothin wrong with that. Paper can get wet and ruined too, but at least you can still flip through it when it dries out.