Drafter

A drafter (also draughtsman / draughtswoman in British and Commonwealth English, draftsman / draftswoman or drafting technician in American and Canadian English) is an engineering technician who makes detailed technical drawings or plans for machinery, buildings, electronics, infrastructure, sections, etc. Drafters use computer software and manual sketches to convert the designs, plans, and layouts of engineers and architects into a set of technical drawings. Drafters operate as the supporting developers and sketch engineering designs and drawings from preliminary design concepts.

This article is about technical drafters. For visual artist who specializes in artistic drawings, see drawing. For the mechanical instrument called a drafter, see drafting machine.
"Draftsman" redirects here. For other uses, see Draftsman (disambiguation).
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