Hit 500 hours in AutoCAD and it finally clicked for me

Tbh I never used to track my drafting time until last month when I started logging every project. I usually hate doing that stuff but my boss asked me to for billing reasons. When I hit 500 hours last Tuesday I was shocked. That number made me realize how much I had actually improved without noticing. My layers are way more organized and I stopped using the same template for everything. I started using dynamic blocks about 100 hours ago and that single change saved me probably 20 hours of repetitive work. Has anyone else found a specific moment or hour count where things just started making more sense for you?

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betty_wells1mo ago

How many hours in did you start using dynamic blocks?

phoenixw111mo ago

lol "day one" like it was easy. betty i didn't touch them til like hour 200 and only because my drawing literally broke and i had to fix it fast. honestly i just avoided them for months thinking they were some kinda voodoo magic. turns out i was overthinking it. theyre not that bad once you mess up a few times and realize you can just undo it anyway.

marywilson1mo ago

Honestly I started using them day one and never looked back, they're not that hard.