RE: Converting hand drawn plans to CAD
Oh, yes. You get used to it after a while. One of the big 1/2A designs had about individual 210-220 parts drawings, plus the three views, wings, construction details, title block, etc. I think Autocad indicates it will take up to a maximum of 999 XREF drawings per plan. Those 200+ parts may get cut twice per kit also, making nearly 350 parts per kit.
With the numerous little drawings, it is easy to cram them into every little space outlined for a sheet of balsa. Nothing uncommon to take 5 minutes to cut one sheet due to the quantity of parts.
Am working on a 2" scale Navion for a customer at present time and have already drawn up 80+ parts to place on the plans.
Wm.