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I enjoy a good smart-a$$ comment and appreciate your search... here, have a corndog... :corndog:

You are correct, the tracking is driving me crazy too...

Thanks Fred!

What are the sizes of the contracts? What type of client? Client, contractor, builder.... There are standard contracts, but they usually have language specific to licensed contractor requirements and terms spelled out by builders and general contractors.

We charge a min of 400% on top of business cards and print orders unless they are larger orders, then we discount. Since we really are a design firm first, we are higher than a sign shop. We might charge by the package for business cards, stationary and flyers for around 1000, to general...

I can't find these fonts...

What's Ringo going to do? Ringo Starr Art – Official Website

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I'm working on a project with 1400 locations and we thought about Auto-Cad and helping with the estimate process for shops bidding off our drawings. The issue we had is not everyone builds the sign the same and shops have their own way of estimating. The time saved would not match the...

I started with CorelDraw... I guess if the argument was turned round, a CorelDraw user would say that was a "workaround" I don't have to do that because each layer is assigned a scale... and I keep my dynamic dimensioning... The cost has more than payed for itself since I stated using it in...

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I use a 30" 2560 x 1600, I'm saving for 2 27" 5k monitors since my 30" is finally showing it's age...

I'm pretty sure Gemini sells to sign shops who are totally unqualified to design, price, and install... as long as they have a resale number... My whole living is being a consultant to consultants (mostly sign shops) Some of the work I've seen from fresh newbies, franchise owners (and some...

Are those glass or acrylic lenses? Do you need the old looking patina? I really doubt you'll get much of a discount from a wholesaler - usually I get "they will never pay for that so why should we bid on it" or "we can't replicate that" This company comes to mind... Services

Not an exploded view but a section view might do....

So I get a paper drawing or better yet, an Auto-Cad file, scan it, or then scale that up to full size or to 1:10 scale, design, then scale it to a proportion that will fit my printed paper size and an architectural scale or depending on the country, metric scale that I can submit to the city or...

I was taught before computers so I actually draw by hand first as well, I use large grid paper to keep to a scale, snap a pic and throw it into Illustrator... I also use a light pad and draw over the building or plans to get proportions correct if I'm designing an original or custom sign design.

Another reason to have a plug-in like CadTools is that you are pulling dimensions and providing call-outs. Without it, you would be doing it by hand...

That may work for basic signs - print in particular - but large architectural signs would not fit in the page and mounting details would be too small, also, when sending into municipalities for permits or getting engineering, they usually require standard architectural scales. Also. I generally...

Illustrator can not set grids to a scale without a plug-in... There is a plug in that allows you to design in scale though called CadTools (www.hotdoor.com) They also have a grid/ruler option to scale. Cadtools is a chunk of change but in my opinion far more superior than CorelDraws scale...