(Between the Lines): I read an online articles headline stating blueprints were dead. I would love that, but in reality I find that proclamation of blueprints being dead as a headline hard to believe at this time. This topic also started a flurry of tweets discussing if paper blueprints were really dead and discussing if hardware could survive some work environments.
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Here's an example, plain and simple: while up in the tension grid dropping down connections and tying them up, we brought up the paper drafting of what was on all the line sets. There is no way that I would bring up a tablet with that drafting on it, or a laptop with that drafting on it. Professions that require draftings (other than theatre) are often dangerous situations, and if not persay "dangerous" just not places you would want to bring a tablet or laptop. I agree with this author from personal experience, and just common sense. Paper may not be the main form of communication in drafting anymore, but as long as people need to go on tension grids and be in areas with welding and heavy duty magnets, paper draftings will exist.
I agree for the most part. Now I can't say that I've never taken my laptop to shop and used it to take dimensions from time to time, because I have... And I actually prefer having my laptop with during load-ins just incase, I actually find that this can sometimes be more reliable than just working from an install drawing. But like the author says we are far from a time when a digital display or device will replace a standard drawing in the shop. It's just impractical at least 75% of the time...
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