> If you're talking to architects and they're talking about Autocad, and lines...they may be of the old guard. [...] any engineering drafting in 2024 using autocad is ridiculous.
At least in my country, there are a lot of small-project architects.
You're converting a loft into a bedroom? Building an extension to your house? You'll need to do the calculations to make sure the beam holding up the roof is strong enough, and some paperwork so the inspector can see the calculations have been performed, and enough plans that the builders know what to build. Basic requirements that AutoCAD can take care of just fine.
And of course these small-project architects are the only architects 99% of people will ever work with - far fewer people will ever work with an architect on a 100+ person building.
At least in my country, there are a lot of small-project architects.
You're converting a loft into a bedroom? Building an extension to your house? You'll need to do the calculations to make sure the beam holding up the roof is strong enough, and some paperwork so the inspector can see the calculations have been performed, and enough plans that the builders know what to build. Basic requirements that AutoCAD can take care of just fine.
And of course these small-project architects are the only architects 99% of people will ever work with - far fewer people will ever work with an architect on a 100+ person building.