Basic Components
This area presents the information for constructing the project, such as the floor plan, elevations of the buildings, sections, and details.
Drawing Area
These are used by architects and engineers to keep plans uncluttered and easy to read and understand.
Abbreviations, Symbols, and Keynotes
This tells the size of the object compared with the actual size of the object represented.
Scale
The 6 types of Construction Drawings
Civil (Site Plan), Architectural, Structural, Mechanaical, Plumbing, Electrical.
This is drawn approximately half an inch around the edge of the drawing so it can be reproduced without loss of information.
Border
In drafting, this is the line on which an arrowhead is placed and used to identify a component
Leader
The Abbreviation NTS stands for this on Construction Drawings
Not to Scale
Solid or dashed lines showing the elevation of the earth on a civil drawing,
Contour Lines.
All 6 Basic Components of a Construction Drawing
Title Block, Border, Drawing Area, Revision Block, Legend, North Arrow
Common types of lines used in Construction Drawings (Name at least 3)
Dimension Line, Leader & Arrowhead, Property Line, Cut line, section cut, Break Line, Hidden Line, Centre Line, Object Line
Engineer's Scae
This is a drawing that shows the lowest level of the buuldnig such as concrete footings, slabs, and foundation walls.
Foundation Plan
This helps verify the locations of objects, walls, and building parts shown on a construction drawing.
North Arrow
This identifies a part of a structure that is not visible on the drawing.
Hidden Line
Each scale is designated to a different fraction of an inch that equals a foot on this scale.
Architect's Scale
This is what Piping and instrumentation drawings (P&D) show.
Schematic diagrams of a complete piping system.
7 general components of the Title Block of a construction drawing
Company Logo, Sheet Title, Date, Drawn By, Drawing Number, Scale, and Revision Blocks
The common abbreviation U.N.O stands for this Phrase
Unless Noted Otherwise
These are the two common length measurements used with the metric scale on architectural drawings.
The Meter & The Millimeter
A drawing which shows to details of the buildings sprinkler system.
Fire Protection Plan