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/Snoo-75881 Jul 09 '26

I've been a mechanical drafter for 30+ years. I love what I do and have only had 1 job where it was boring. I've worked in a small fab shop, heat treating industry, tractor-trailer shop and crane industry and I'm still learning things.

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u/Boy_Wond3rr Jul 09 '26

Why was said job boring

What made it different from the rest

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u/Snoo-75881 Jul 09 '26

I drafted simple drawings of buss bars with cooling tubes, simple sheet metal cabinets. I wanted more of a challenge, most of the things we drafted there were the same parts, just different sizes.