Overheard a senior drafter say my layers were 'fragile' and it stung

I was working on a commercial HVAC duct layout for a new building in Denver. Had my layers set up my usual way, mechanical on layer 1, ductwork on layer 2, etc. Then this old timer looked over my shoulder and said my layer structure was 'fragile' and would fall apart on a revision. He showed me how he uses nested xrefs and frozen layers instead. Anyone else run into a drafter who thought your system was too simple?

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lisa9762mo ago

One guy's opinion on layers isn't the end of the world.

kevin_schmidt972mo ago

Old timer was right, learning nested xrefs saved my work from falling apart.