Designer draftsman
Introduction
The draftsman (technical draftsman or cadista, in some countries in reference to the acronym CAD) is the professional designer in charge of preparing technical plans[1] used in architectural or engineering work.[2].
The draftsman's job is to create plans that show visual guidelines on how to build a product or structure. These plans include technical details and specify dimensions, materials and procedures. Draftsmen represent graphic information previously prepared by engineers, surveyors, architects or scientists through drawings, sketches, specifications and calculations.[3].
Overview
Although the use of technical drawing in professions such as engineering or architecture is as old as these areas and is a natural consequence of their specialization, the preparation of technical plans was assumed by the architects or engineers themselves, or by apprentices of these professions, but it did not constitute a profession in itself. Technical delineation arises as an application of Euclidean geometry, which in its beginnings and until before the appearance of computer-aided design, BIM methodology or
Specialties
The main specialties of the draftsman are:.
The draftsman in Spain
Contenido
Los primeros estudios de Delineación, se establecieron en tiempos de Felipe II, con la creación en 1583 de la Academia de Matemáticas y Delineación (antecedente de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales) y Juan de Herrera se convierte en su primer director al haber sido delineante en 1562[4] y conocedor del funcionamiento de diferentes máquinas.
A partir de la segunda década del siglo Leonor Ferrer Girabau, primera mujer delineante en España, abrió su propia escuela con el nombre de Academia de delineación para señoritas en Barcelona.