Architectural Drawing
Section drawing
A ‘section drawing’, ‘section’ or ‘sectional drawing’ shows a view of a structure as though it had been sliced in half or…
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Architectural Drawing
Symbols on architectural drawings
This article catalogues some of the more commonly used symbols on architectural drawings and designs. Please help develop this article by…
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Floor plan
Orthographic projection is a technique for drawing a three dimensional object in two dimensions, by ‘projecting’ its surfaces into a two…
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Techniques for drawing buildings
To help develop this article, click ‘Edit this article’ above. While new technologies such as 3D software, computer aided design (CAD) and building…
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Scale drawing
Scale drawings are used to illustrate items that it is not useful or convenient to draw at their actual…
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Dimensioning Floor Plans
A floor plan is carefully dimensioned to ensure that items such as walls, columns, doors, windows, openings, stairs,…
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Drawing for Architects Basics: Line Weights
Line weight is the visual lightness, darkness, or heaviness of a line within a drawing. In any architectural…
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SHAPE AND FORM
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SPACE
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Line Types
Lines are drawn to describe objects, hidden conditions, and important relationships between components and space. A line drawn…
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