Robert T. Coolidge, AIA Architect

Plan sheet with mixed large scale details. Each layer has its own scale.

I've used the Mac since 1985. After trying to produce work with numerous CAD programs I finally came to PowerDraw in 1989 (version 2 at the time) and found "This is it. This is how a CAD program should work." By 1990, I stopped hand drafting completely in favor of PowerDraw. Working with the program was a completely natural transition from hand drafting, yet it was a better way to work. I particularly liked the fast and accurate way of producing snaps and solving geometry problems. I could think out problems in the program and get the calculations I used to turn to a calculator for.

In the ensuing years, PowerDraw has become PowerCADD and gotten better, particularly with the addition of WildTools. I've also become a trainer and trained numerous people in both mechanical and architectural applications. Only once have I spent more than one day training someone. Sometimes less than a day has been sufficient to get started.

Rob Coolidge

Rob Coolidge

Robert Coolidge is an architect in Guilford, CT. Rob received a B.S. in physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1979, studied for a summer at Rhode Island School of Design before getting an M.Arch from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982. He started his own practice in 1990 in Guilford, CT. Telephone: (203) 483-1334, email: info@robertcoolidge.com website: www.robertcoolidge.com

Drawings by Rob Coolidge

Residential     Isometric & Perspectives    Perspective Modification