Category: Architectural Drawing.

Types of Measured Survey Drawings

A measured survey is a crucial part of any design development and should be undertaken prior to any design development. The end…

Section drawing

A ‘section drawing’, ‘section’ or ‘sectional drawing’ shows a view of a structure as though it had been sliced in half or cut along…

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 adding to…

Floor plan

Orthographic projection is a technique for drawing a three dimensional object in two dimensions, by ‘projecting’ its surfaces into a two dimensional representation,…

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 information modelling (BIM)…

Scale drawing

Scale drawings are used to illustrate items that it is not useful or convenient to draw at their actual size This…

Dimensioning Floor Plans

A floor plan is carefully dimensioned to ensure that items such as walls, columns, doors, windows, openings, stairs, and other…

Drawing for Architects Basics: Line Weights

Line weight is the visual lightness, darkness, or heaviness of a line within a drawing. In any architectural drawing, from…

SHAPE AND FORM

SPACE

Line Types

Lines are drawn to describe objects, hidden conditions, and important relationships between components and space. A line drawn on a…

Types of Section Drawings

Sections can be drawn of a total building, interior space, or object. These are referred to as full sections. However,…