I am the type of guy who spends a lot of time finding a shortcut so that I can spend less time doing tedious work. Don’t get me wrong, there are times when you are under a time-crunch and have to put on headphones and blast through some tedious stuff. That is life! But I think it’s the mind-numbing tedious work that breeds innovation.

I want to let you know that I am not a programmer. Yes, I can dig through a LISP and modify it for my needs, but I really don’t have all the time in the world to learn how to program complex LISP routines. Maybe someday I’ll learn. But for now, I use the resources available in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Map 3D, Microsoft Notepad, Microsoft Excel, and on the Internet to make drafting easier and more efficient. This includes writing macros, modifying LISP routines freely available on the Internet, manipulating data with Map 3D, creating scripts with Microsoft Notepad and Microsoft Excel, and sometimes using all these resources together to get the job done quickly.

If this kind of stuff sounds complicated to you, let me reassure you - it’s not. It’s just a matter of thinking outside the box and I want to show you what “outside the box” looks like. Come along with me - I’ll show you.