Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 : BLUEPRINT STANDARDS
- GENERAL OVERVIEW
- PRINT BASICS
- Diazo-Print Process
- Plain-Paper Copies
- Photocopy Process
- Photographic Reproduction
- Multicolor Offset Prints
- Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
- BASIC DRAFTING STANDARDS AND STANDARDS-SETTING ORGANIZATIONS
- ANSI Standards for Blueprint Sheets
- ISO Standards
- Other Standard-Setting Organizations
- CHAPTER 2 : BLUEPRINTS AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS: A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
- INTRODUCTION
- TECHNICAL DRAWING
- Manual Drafting
- Lettering
- COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD) AND COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND DRAFTING (CADD)
- CADD Presentations
- Editing Flexibility
- Units and Accuracy Levels
- Drawings Storage and Access
- Project Reporting
- TYPES OF BLUEPRINTS
- Types of Construction Drawings
- Preliminary-Design and Concept Drawings
- Presentation Drawings
- Working Drawings
- Shop and Assembly Drawings
- Details
- Specialized and Miscellaneous Drawing Types
- TITLE BLOCKS
- Revision Block
- Scale
- Zoning
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- CHAPTER 3 : UNDERSTANDING LINE TYPES
- INTRODUCTION—THE ALPHABET OF LINES
- LINE WEIGHTS AND TYPES
- Object Lines
- Dashed Lines
- Section Lines
- Center Lines
- Extension Lines
- Dimension Lines
- Phantom Lines
- Leader Lines and Arrowheads
- Cutting-Plane and Viewing-Plane Lines
- Break Lines
- Contour Lines
- Property Lines
- CHAPTER 4 : UNDERSTANDING DIMENSIONS
- TYPES OF DIMENSIONS
- The Metric System
- Dimension Conventions
- USING SCALES
- Architect’s Scale
- Civil Engineer’s Scale
- Metric Scales
- Indication of Scale
- LINEAR DIMENSIONS
- ANGULAR DIMENSIONS
- REFERENCE DIMENSIONS
- NOMINAL SIZE AND ACTUAL SIZE
- TOLERANCES
- CHAPTER 5 : TYPES OF VIEWS
- INTRODUCTION
- ORTHOGRAPHIC (MULTIVIEW) DRAWINGS AND PROJECTIONS
- First-Angle Projection
- Third-Angle Projection
- Single-View Drawings
- Two-View Drawings
- Three-View Drawings
- The Front View
- The Top View
- The Side View
- Three-Dimensional Graphics
- PROJECTION SYMBOLS
- OBLIQUE DRAWINGS
- AUXILIARY VIEWS
- AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION
- Isometric Drawing and Isometric Projection
- Comparison of Isometric and Orthographic Drawings
- Purpose of Isometric Drawing
- Dimensioning Isometric Drawings
- Dimetric Projection
- Trimetric Projection
- Limitations of Axonometric Projection
- PICTORIAL DRAWINGS
- PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS
- One-Point (Parallel) Perspective
- Two-Point Perspective
- Three-Point Perspective
- CHAPTER 6 : LAYOUT OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
- GENERAL OVERVIEW
- Preliminary Drawings
- Presentation Drawings
- Construction or Working Drawings
- Shop Drawings
- The Construction Drawings Set
- Building Permits
- Cover Sheet
- CIVIL DRAWINGS
- Site Plan
- Plat Map
- Demolition Plan
- Topography Map
- Drainage and Utility Plans
- Landscaping and Irrigation Plan
- Site Improvement Drawings
- ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS
- Plans
- Elevations
- Sections
- STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS
- Types of Foundations
- Foundation Plan
- Framing Plan
- MECHANICAL DRAWINGS
- PLUMBING DRAWINGS
- ELECTRICAL DRAWINGS
- Power Plan
- Reflected Ceiling Plan
- MISCELLANEOUS DRAWINGS
- Millwork
- Details
- Shop Drawings
