Drafter
（重定向自Draughtsmanship）
![Traditional drafter at work.](/Images/godic/202501/10/Drafter_at_work4005.jpg")
![Technische Zeichner (1967)](/Images/godic/202501/10/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-F1211-0017-001,_Ingenieure_an_Reissbrettern_cropped4005.jpg")
![Technischer Zeichner im Jahr 1980 am Zeichenbrett mit Zeichenmaschine](/Images/godic/202501/10/Technischer_Zeichner4005.jpg")
![Technischer Zeichner am CAD, ebenfalls im Jahr 1980](/Images/godic/202501/10/Pdp11,70_640x5074005.jpg")
A drafter, draughtsman (British English) or draftsman (American English) is a person who prepares technical drawings and plans under the direction of an architect or engineer. ("Drafter" is not the same as "designer" nor vice versa.)