![]() We help define this implied grid by extending the title bar beneath each drawing to the outermost extents of the detail it represents. ![]() To help with clarity, we have an implied grid on each sheet that we work within, and the goal is to have the drawing, dimensions, and notes completely fill up this area. That scale also ( typically) translates to about 12 details maximum per sheet when drawing on a 30″ x 42″ (E sized) sheet of paper. While there are always exceptions, most of our details are drawn at a scale of 3″ = 1′-0″ – which means that the drawings are large enough to graphically show a single line that might represent something like a vapor barrier or metal flashing. Pretty dense, isn’t it? I don’t like having white space on the sheet so I try and put as many drawings onto a sheet as possible rather than trying to group them together by detail type and spread them across several pages where drawing gaps can occur. ![]() This is what a standard sheet of details looks like in my office. Let’s start by looking at an entire sheet of drawings – in this case, it’s a sheet mostly consisting of window details: I tend to preach drawing clarity through pen weight and material specific hatching, but there are a few other considerations that can help your drawings look thoughtfully considered … specifically alignment and note layout.ĭrawing Alignment and Notes?!? … I promise that this will be better than the title might suggest. I am very particular about how my drawings look and I haven’t stopped tweaking my drafting standards since I started using computer software to prepare my drawings way back in the year 199. For now, until I can get a few more of these sorts of articles under my belt, I am going to keep their focus rather broad for the time being. ![]() These short articles hopefully create some dialog about the importance of communicating effectively through drawings while giving an inside peek into how much thought and effort it takes to create architectural construction drawings. Time for another installation of Architectural Graphics 101! The previous installment was received pretty well and despite the fact that this series is not intended for seasoned architects and architectural technicians, those folks still have an opinion on the matter that I welcome. ![]()
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