10th January 2007, 05:51 PM
I've had two 'solid gold' ideas, (which amazingly have met nothing but scepticism and even derision when I've described them to my colleagues):
1. The section frame.
Like a planning frame, but made of some light plastic divided into measured squares that can be hung off levelled nails. This would speed up section drawing at whatever level of detail you were recording at.
2. The measuring line.
This would be a thin plastic wire (of some flexible but non stretchable compound) marked out in centimetres like a measuring tape.
No need for a string line and a measuring tape for sections - just hang your line level of the measuring line, and off you go!
I'm wasted in this job, I really am.
1. The section frame.
Like a planning frame, but made of some light plastic divided into measured squares that can be hung off levelled nails. This would speed up section drawing at whatever level of detail you were recording at.
2. The measuring line.
This would be a thin plastic wire (of some flexible but non stretchable compound) marked out in centimetres like a measuring tape.
No need for a string line and a measuring tape for sections - just hang your line level of the measuring line, and off you go!
I'm wasted in this job, I really am.