My old drafting teacher told me to always lock my layers. I ignored him for 2 years.

Finally had a massive screw up on a commercial project in Austin where I moved a whole gas line because I forgot to check which layer was active. Took me 4 hours to undo the damage. Anyone else learn this lesson the hard way?

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felix38521d ago

Did you at least save the original file before you started moving things?

coleman.christopher15d ago

At least you saved it" - my buddy @ryan_stone did something similar once. Dude spent an hour "organizing" his desktop into folders, then couldn't find the actual project file for a week. We had to dig through his recycle bin at 2 AM.

ryan_stone21d ago

Dropped the original in a folder I called "old junk" and then forgot where I put it... spent three hours digging through random backups trying to find it again. Reminds me of when I was rearranging my garage last summer and put all the Christmas decorations in a box labeled "summer stuff." Ended up buying duplicate lights because I couldn't find the first box until February.