Symbols & Scale
Most architects use 1/4"= 1' when drawing a home. This is considered a/an
What is scale?
Adam is looking at a drawing of a home he is considering building. This drawing is looking into the house from above. He is looking at
What is floor plan?
The height dimensions of a structure can be found on the:
What is elevation view?
Shelby wants to show the appearance of the wall, as viewed from the centre of the room. What will she draw?
What is elevation?
What tool is most commonly used by drafters to add symbols to drawings?
What is templates?
The architect wants the Burleson family to have an idea of what the front of their new house would look like. He showed them a color drawing known as a:
What is rendering?
This view usually shows an enlargement of some construction feature:
What is detail view?
The main feature of the outside of a building will be shown on a/an:
What is elevation?
Mechanical symbols on a blueprint show:
What is plumbing?
The type of rendering that is difficult to correct is a(n):
A cutaway view of a house or series of rooms in a house is known as a(n)
What is section view?
The Smith's architect wants to give the family a more detailed drawing by adding textures, shadows, shading and color. This type of drawing is known as:
What is rendering?
GFCI symbols, which are found in kitchens and bathrooms, stand for:
What is Ground fault circuit interrupter
A strong transparent paper used for making drawings, designs, and tracing.
What is tracing paper?
To see an enlargement of a specific construction feature, one would look at the:
What is detail view?
Tracing paper is often called
What is Trash paper?
Kate wants to know where the doorbell and the telephone jacks in her new house will be located. To find this information, she should look at what plans?
What is electrical plan?
This measuring device is calibrated to assist the designer/architect in the creation of accurate scaled drawings. It consists of 12 scaled calibrations and is ruled for easy reading.
What is architectural scale?
When the carpenters had a question about how a wall should be constructed, they looked at a plan that is taken from the imaginary cut through that wall. That plan is known as:
What is section view?
T-shaped ruler used in mechanical drawings to create horizontal lines.
What is T-Square?