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The Perilous Pocket Door
I have attached a picture of a pocket door in a current project. Can you spot what's wrong with it? If you look at it closely, you will see that there is a frame that is painted in gray and the center is in white. That's what the designer picked, it isn't the wrong part. The two vertical gray sections of the door are called stiles. The horizontal parts are called the rails. The stiles are not the same. They should be. You can see that the left is bigger than the right. This is a mistake. A mistake that could be avoided with a clear set of drawings. They should be equal width. These are real world details that we discuss in my community, Drafting Workshop. If you do drawings, plans, blueprints, shop drawings, etc. this is the place for you. Come by and take a look.
The Perilous Pocket Door
1 like โ€ข 21d
I suspect that if you took the door out of the pocket, you would find it the styles are identical. The Challenger courses that you need to design. This being aware that part of the door is always going to be inside the pocket, so the style on the right side needs to be made slightly bigger so that when theyโ€™re painted, they look identical.
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@Steve Atencio so itโ€™s just poor detailing. Detailing is really important and a lot of us forget that high-quality detail details are what the client will see in the end.
Stop the Bots.
I think we all are trying to figure out how to stop bots and spammers from getting into our communities. The video below shows one method I'm using to reduce bots. ๐Ÿ‘‡
Stop the Bots.
3 likes โ€ข Nov 8
Is this one of the issues with the free joining model?
3 likes โ€ข Nov 8
@Jake Hill I was just about to ask about this, can the bot answer the questions?
Did you attend the Meet and Greet today?
It just occurred to me that we are missing out on a great opportunity. There have been several times when I want to refer someone to someone who was in the PERSONALS, but I don't remember their name or their group name, I just remember what they did or who they served. Sometimes, I have time to scroll down the long list of members names to try to find them again, but often I don't. So I was thinking that after each PERSONALS meet and greet, we should put a comment under the recording with the name of our group (and a link) and who we serve. What do you think? I'll go first as an example, but feel free to add yours as well. POST UNDER THE RECORDING. NOT HERE. ๐Ÿ˜‰
Did you attend the Meet and Greet today?
1 like โ€ข Oct 29
it was a bit early for me
Drafting sometimes equals decoding
So sometimes I have to draw what are called "structural plans" which talk about the structural members and foundation are going to be needed to build a house, or really any structure. These can include steel, wood, and concrete among other materials that are needed to create the structural integrity of the building. I'm designing and drawing a house for my brother. I have attached what I received from the structural engineer as notes and I have to turn these into legible and understandable drawings for the builder to understand. Does anyone want to give me a hand in figuring these out? ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ—๏ธ๐Ÿ˜๏ธ Drafting Workshop is my community to check out.
Drafting sometimes equals decoding
2 likes โ€ข Oct 18
Where I live we quite often do our structural drawings because we have a building code that allows us to calculate things like floor joists, headers (lentils), rafters etc. Every once in awhile I have to draw the engineering details as well.
Please Introduce Yourself
One of the most important things I've learned since becoming an online entrepreneur is that the most important thing you can do to grow your business is to build relationships. Many of us (myself included) have rushed to promote our groups and services that we care so deeply about. And it only makes sense - we are excited about what we are doing! Today, I'd like to invite you to take a step back and introduce yourself to the group by answering the following questions: 1. Who are you personally? 2. Who are you professionally? 3. What is something you love doing outside of work? 4. What is something surprising about you? As you open up and make more connections, you will find that not only are people more interested in what you do, but they will also be more interested in helping you make connections with other people they know! ๐Ÿ˜‰ After you introduce yourself, please scroll through the other introductions and add a comment to someone you have something in common with or would like to know more about. ๐Ÿ˜Š Please add your introduction in the comments below! โฌ‡๏ธ
Please Introduce Yourself
3 likes โ€ข Sep 1
@Shannon Boyer I'm in Napier, I should be on the Map! I taught at Eastern Institute of Technology and now Iโ€™m marking assessments for the Open Polytechnic of NZ. I do like living in NZ. The motor bike rides take us on as many back roads as we can find.
1 like โ€ข Oct 4
@Doris Schuppe what an amazing trip. Every summer we go for a week long trip. Last year it was the top of the South Island.
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