KK what markup program are you using 1

[rowingengineer]

KK, you marks on JPEGs are great, are you converting the to pdf's and marking up or is there a program that handles this now?

http://www.nceng.com.au/

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."

 

[JoelTXCive]

That looks like Blue Beam to me. You can open JPEGs in Blue Beam and mark them up.

 

[KootK]

KK, you marks on JPEGs are great, are you converting the to pdf's and marking up or is there a program that handles this now?

There's a special place in nondenominational hell for you if you're just pulling my chain.

My one complaint: your posted sketches look like you're blindfolded, writing upside-down, using a turd stick. We can take a collection here on eng-tips and get you a better drawing program.

1) Duly noted.

2) With regard to a drawing program, what would you recommend? I use Bluebeam for this stuff currently. I also have AutoCAD and Revit but don't find either of those option to be speedy enough. Like most, I'm threading this pro-bono stuff in amongst the assignments that pay the bills.

3) I've been operating under the assumption that the main thing about forums sketches is that they be made to exist in the first place, regardless of their quality. So, as long as I'm able to get my point across, my second prerogative is expediency. There was a time where I was known for the quality of my hand sketches here on Eng-Tips. Some miss that and I miss it too. For speed though, Bluebeam really speeds things up for me which allows me to do more at a lower cost. Being able to take OP sketches, screen them down, draw over them, and upload them here in a minute or two is a game changer for me.

4) If you'd kindly start that collection, I'd be totally game for a Tekla license.

 

[rowingengineer]

No chain pulling, just noticed that the sketch over the past year are fairly good. I have bluebeam but haven't used it for JPEGs didn't know it could do that.

http://www.nceng.com.au/

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."

 

[IRstuff]

KootK 2021-12-31

Do you also have a time machine we don't know about?

TTFN (ta ta for now)
I can do absolutely anything. I'm an expert!

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[rowingengineer]

It would explain why he is so quick to the draw.

 

[dauwerda]

KootK, I saw that thread calling out your sketches and almost jumped in to defend you, but I figured you could handle it on your own. Frankly, I have no issue with your sketches, they are generally clear and to the point and portray exactly what they need to. I really didn't even understand what "He Who Shall Not be Named" was referring to.

Yes, the time machine would explain a lot, I don't know how else I will be getting through much of the reading material KootK has suggested over the years.

 

[Celt83]

If you have a surface or other pen enabled device Autodesk's Sketchbook Pro is a nice quick way to sketch out some things, usually will take a screen clip with the windows snipping tool and copy that into Sketchbook. Link
If you invest some time into creating some custom brushes for repeating items like steel deck, masonry, etc. you can bang out some nice concept details.

BlueBeam works great if you don't have a pen device or also need to maintain some semblance of "to scale"

Drawboard is a nice cheap alternative to BlueBeam with a few quarks.

My Personal Open Source Structural Applications:

https://github.com/buddyd16/Structural-Engineering

Open Source Structural GitHub Group:

https://github.com/open-struct-engineer

 

[sandman21]

Pen tablet screen with BB. Hopefully BB increases the features and usability of the pen.

 

[KootK]

KootK, I saw that thread calling out your sketches and almost jumped in to defend you, but I figured you could handle it on your own.

Thanks for the support... and the restraint. I took the comments as being substantially in jest as I'm fairly certain they were meant to be. The comments were prefaced by some kind remarks about my contributions here in general.

I have bluebeam but haven't used it for JPEGs didn't know it could do that.

Oh yeah, you'll love it. I'm sure that you'll sort it out on your own but, if you'd like to discuss detailed process, just let me know. I bought a pretty expensive and high speed document scanner a few years back, largely to improve my workday performance at Eng-Tips. It's been a great investment but, still, I can usually blue beam up something adequate faster than it takes for the scanner to reconnect to the WiFi Network and do it's little warm up dance.

Like I said above, I've been intentionally leaning into "just enough" sketch production recently. A good example is my wood truss layouts which I do a lot of because I have some specialist experience in that area (and they're just fun). Rather than sketch the common trusses, I just let vert/horiz hatching represent those. Yes, it offends my sensibilities that my framing looks like it's at 6" oc. That said, it confuses no one and allows me to deliver a product of a quality that I'd never have time to generate otherwise. With something like the example below, I figure that I can probably generate about $150 of senior / specialist engineer value for the OP with less than a 15 min outlay on my end. I think that's awesome.