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draughtsman

(US), draftsman
1. a person skilled in drawing
2. Brit any of the 12 flat thick discs used by each player in the game of draughts
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

draftsman

[′draf·smən]
(engineering)
An individual skilled in drafting, especially of machinery and structures.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The colorist(s) of the miniatures did not attend to all the outlines of the underdrawings, nor did they understand the intent (or they disagreed with) the original draftsperson, as shown, for example, with respect to the overpainting of the tips of fingers, the sea creatures in the streams, the details of Jonah and the Whale, and certain features of the portraits of the Green Knight and Gawain.
Vectorworks Groups convert as AutoCAD Blocks, and there are more groups in the Vectorworks drawing than those intentionally created by the draftsperson. Arrow heads, dimensions, and other high level objects are automatically created as groups in Vectorworks.
Many know they are not a natural draftsperson. Structured color projects do two things: They give every student an opportunity to learn about color without feeling threatened by their own artistic limitations; and they let students appreciate the joy of color--whether they are painting a picture, choosing an article of clothing, or buying a car.
Professor Geu, who serves as the reporter (chief draftsperson) for the committee, said that the committee has met each fall and spring since then.
Initially hired as a design draftsperson, Guhr has progressed through the engineering department and has tremendous knowledge of all product lines and manufacturing processes.
Who will design your home, an architect or draftsperson or a design/build construction company?
When a theatre has an assistant fee that is reasonable in scale to what I'm being paid, right away that's a big neon sign blinking, saying: We get what you do; we under-stand that you're not just a draftsperson and a model builder and a technician and a craftsperson--you're a visionary.
Richard is the designer, but he works with a draftsperson to create drawings and an interior designer for space planning and interiors.
She outlines a descending cascade of two hammers, a spigot, and two bolted metal strips, deftly demonstrating that as a draftsperson, she had a skilful and distinctive touch.
The promise of jobs and economic good times was likely enough to convince the community that the future lay in replacing their native cerrado vegetation with eucalyptus plantations--hundreds of thousands of hectares of fast-growing commercial wood planted in lines so straight they'd make a draftsperson smile.
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