GregP
Major
Thanks for the info and kind words.
I am using an application called Canvas. It started out as a Macintosh application by Deneba Software and was ported to the PC at some time. Later, Deneba was acquired by ACDSee who now market and maintain it. It isn't too expensive and had a lot of good features that even some of the more expensive ones lack.
It has some very powerful tools and can import and export to a large variety of formats.
One of the line thicknesses you can select is "hairline" which just barely shows up. So I usually put flush rivets in hairlines. You can see them but they don't intrude into the drawing, unless if is shrunk to a small size. I the drawing is enalrged for 11 x 14 or 11 x 17 use, then the hairlines are there but unobtrusive.
Another useful feature is layers. You can create a separate layer for the rivets and display them or not by changing their line thickness to "no line."
I sort of flop back and forth on depiction of propellers in 3-view drawings. Many people perfer them to depict a stationary prop, with a 3-blade then having one side shortened to reflect the propeller position. I do that on occasion but usually prefer to show the propeller arc so the viewer gets an idea of the size of the prop arc.
I am using an application called Canvas. It started out as a Macintosh application by Deneba Software and was ported to the PC at some time. Later, Deneba was acquired by ACDSee who now market and maintain it. It isn't too expensive and had a lot of good features that even some of the more expensive ones lack.
It has some very powerful tools and can import and export to a large variety of formats.
One of the line thicknesses you can select is "hairline" which just barely shows up. So I usually put flush rivets in hairlines. You can see them but they don't intrude into the drawing, unless if is shrunk to a small size. I the drawing is enalrged for 11 x 14 or 11 x 17 use, then the hairlines are there but unobtrusive.
Another useful feature is layers. You can create a separate layer for the rivets and display them or not by changing their line thickness to "no line."
I sort of flop back and forth on depiction of propellers in 3-view drawings. Many people perfer them to depict a stationary prop, with a 3-blade then having one side shortened to reflect the propeller position. I do that on occasion but usually prefer to show the propeller arc so the viewer gets an idea of the size of the prop arc.
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