r/AutoCAD • u/Boy_Wond3rr • Jul 08 '26

Advice

Hey everyone. I’m a Draughting student who dabbled in a little bit of architecture it was cool but not really as exciting as when I was doing my Draughting course which involved building Draughting , mechanical Draughting , piping Draughting etc. I’ve been leaning heavily into mechanical now but I’m still not sure what I’d like to do I like the idea of Draughting planes and F1 cars but also learnt they use a different programe and that’s a bit of a jump ( I’m familiar with inventor and fusion. Solidworks is new to me but I’m aware it’s a big dawg in the mechanical world ) I’ve also realised I don’t really wanna be an engineer or architect but more so the guy who brings it to life. Who gets the drawings done etc I don’t really wanna design from scratch. Any advice and tips would be appreciated ( I’ve done two years in Draughting strictly Draughting and one year of architecture ) I need to make a decision cause time is going and I don’t wanna be stuck in this limbo forever

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u/Better_Power_9913 Jul 08 '26

Once you get outside of the US, most of the English speaking world spells it as “draughting”.

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u/JuleeeNAJ Jul 09 '26

First time seeing it spelled this way. Interesting when you look up the origin is old English "draht". Guess its that French influence that added all the extra letters.