The craftsman is merely advising the architect that the straight walls
and right angles would make it much cheaper to build and easier for
every following work, to lay the floors and fit the doors, windows,
and furniture.
The curved chaotic style may appeal to the architect, and may save on
time when drawing the plans because no care is needed and mistakes are
undiscovered or disguised as features, but once the project ends up
behind schedule and over budget the craftsman will just say I told you
so.
What if all the roads were laid out by autorouters? You'd still get
there after all. Why consider geographical features, traffic load,
traveling time, land use, any more than trace width and length or
ground currents?
ST
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:41 PM, roycepipkins <royce.pipkins@...> wrote:
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> Imagine an architect came up to your wall-building craftsman, observed his plumb lines and precise right angles and proceeded to tell the craftsman that there was no good reason to make such a common wall. Imagine the architect told the craftsman that anything worth building should have graceful curves, soaring arches and should endeavor to lift the human spirit.
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> I think your craftsman might be quite surprised at the architect's low opinion of craftsman's precise work.
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> I'm not surprised at the craftsman's opinion of quality nor am I surprised at the architect's differing opinion of the same. But I do wonder why the architect did not choose to simply inspire the craftsman with the architect's own work instead of creating a negative image of himself and his work by espousing, unasked for, a negative opinion of the craftsman's work.
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> Anyway, I do not make 4 layer boards at home. I merely wish to. The technique has been described to me on these boards and I'm eager to give it a whirl as part of my next project.
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> Regards,
> Royce
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