Abstract

This paper aims to judge educators' and students’ preferences for either CAD (CAD) or ancient hand drafting in operating drawings work (assignments, term comes and exams. Background: operating drawings area unit thought of a complicated level of technical drawings for the design discipline. Material and Methods: A pilot study with 3 focus teams was conducted within the design department of a governmental male university in from the previous literature review and pilot study, a form was designed. This form was given to twenty one educators and fifty nine students. Results: Educators' and students' results were virtually an equivalent, showing a preference for mistreatment the CAD methodology compared to the hand drafting methodology in achieving the operating drawing characteristics of accuracy, neatness, pen assignment changes, material presentation, simple modification, saving the drawing for later review, and overall quality. CAD is additionally most well-liked thanks to saving communication time and its value potency. However, the respondents confirmed the negative impact of CAD copy commands from previous comes on the understanding of operating drawings and their preference to use the hand drafting drawing methodology for drawing notes on web site visits.sThe operating drawings work ought to mix the CAD & hand drafting ways to utilize the benefits of each so as to enhance the course learning outcome.