A surveyor's comment about my hatching stopped me cold

I was at a county review meeting last month in Eugene, and this old surveyor, maybe 70 years old, looked over my shoulder at my drawing on the table. He pointed at my concrete hatching and said, 'You know, that pattern looks like you're trying to hide something, not show it.' I laughed it off at first, but then I kept thinking about it. He meant my hatch spacing was too tight, so the actual boundary lines got lost visually. After he walked away, I pulled up my last three sets of plans on my laptop and saw he was right. Every time I got nervous about a tricky easement, I'd cram the hatching closer instead of using proper line weights and notes. I've since loosened up my hatch density to 1/8 inch spacing and rely more on clear labels. Has anyone else had a random comment that made you redo your whole drafting style?

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john_johnson754d ago

Wondering what finally got you to loosen up, was it just the surveyor's words bouncing around your head for a few days, or did a specific plan blow up on you first? Like did a reviewer actually bounce a set back because they couldn't follow a boundary through the tight hatch? I ask because I've had those moments where I nod along to advice and then forget it by Monday, and it's usually a real screwup that makes it stick. So what was the thing that pushed you from thinking about it to actually changing your template?

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