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My buddy Mike told me to always double-check the client's base file before starting a new drawing
I was working on a site plan for a project in Charlotte and just jumped right in off the client's PDF. Spent like 4 hours on it before I realized their scale was off by a factor of 10. Had to redo the whole thing. Anyone else get burned by not verifying the source first?
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smith.elliot3d agoTop Commenter
Honestly, starting from scratch sometimes gives you a cleaner result anyway.
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paige_robinson243d ago
Yeah, it's like trying to fix a messy draft. You can spend more time untangling it than just writing a new one.
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avery_flores3d ago
Starting from scratch gives you a cleaner result" is true for a lot of things, but not always. Sometimes you lose the good parts that were buried in the mess. You have to weigh the time it takes to fix something against what you'd lose by tossing it. A full rewrite can just make a different kind of mess if you're not careful. I've seen people waste more time chasing a clean start than if they'd just sorted out the original problem.
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