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A nice memory from my childhood (early 1980's) was doing a school trip to some sort of design shop where they were CAD and getting to take home a crisply plotte
by stuart78 9y ago
A nice memory from my childhood (early 1980's) was doing a school trip to some sort of design shop where they were CAD and getting to take home a crisply plotted rendering of the US Space Shuttle. In my memory, it was pencil not pen, but I'm not sure if that holds up.
The 'perfection' of the drawing blew my mind and, as the author points out, does have a unique character. Definitely one of the early memories that got me excited about what computers can help us do.
- sehugg 9y agoWas it AutoCAD? https://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/1601785146 https://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/1601785146
- stuart78 9y agoI don't really remember the software, but it probably was.
- vvanders 9y agoSame memory, but from the local computer swap events in SoCal. I remember the space shuttle and couple others in multi-color pens something like 30" x 40", had more than a few hanging up in the garage.
- Kadin 9y agoThe Space Shuttle drawing is so common that I have to believe it must have been a sample image distributed with some software suite or plotter. It comes up everywhere! Especially in old plotter ads. Sadly I haven't managed to find a clean EPS or SVG version of it, though.