Technology erases need for architectural hand-drawing

Over the past 25 years, technology – most notably in the form of computer-aided design and drafting – has dramatically changed the way architects work.

Where once paper and pencil drawings brought architects’ ideas to life, today computers and software are employed by many in the field from start to finish.

Designs may go from sketch to blueprint all on computer, transferred between architect and client via files over the Internet. Completed drawings are archived on computer as well.

AutoCAD software has been around since the early 1980s, said Amy Ski of CommTech, a Frederick-based business that sells AutoCAD products and provides training…