What is a Blueprint?
Company logo, sheet title, dates, draftsperson identification, drawing number, scale, and revision blocks are often found on this.
What is a title block?
What is the alphabet of lines?
What is a legend?
A historical figure that is credited with making two-dimensional product drawings around 1500 AD.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Units of 10 are the basis for calibration in this scale.
What is the metric scale?
This drawing covers site layout. It may include a large area depending on the project.
What is a civil drawing?
A medium weight line with 1/4" dashes separated by 1/16" spaces.
What is a hidden line?
These refer to specific locations or areas. It is very similar to a map.
What are gridlines?
This is the time period in which detailed construction drawings are first thought to be used.
When is 1000-500 BC?
This type of scale is described as "being the most popular" due to reducing the number of scales that need to be available.
What is a triangular scale (Tri-scale)?
Precise written presentation of the details of a plan are known as this.
What are specifications?
Lines that show the center of a symmetrical object and features such as holes.
What is a center line?
A ratio between the size of a drawing and the size of the actual object. Found on every page in a drawing.
What is scale?
This civilization used detailed drawings as guides for building structures, roads, and aqueducts.
Who are the Romans?
This scale is distinguished from other measurement tools as it breaks increments into twelve equal parts to represent inches.
What is an architect's scale?
a close-up illustration of a specific building component or connection is the job of this drawing.
What is a detail drawing?
A line that is capped with arrowheads that indicate extent and direction of a dimension.
What is a dimension line?
What are abbreviations?
An artform and a method of communication is the primary purpose of these throughout history.
What are drawings?
Abbreviations, symbols, and scale are the solution to this problem regarding construction drawings.
What is limited space?
A drawing that shows a vertical cut through the structure of a building.
What is a section drawing?
A line characterized by fine, dark lines used to show cut surfaces.
What is a section line?
These are created by the alignment of supporting columns.
What are gridlines?
These are regarded as the earliest forms of drawings used by humans.
What are cave drawings?
This is the most appropriate tool for reading a civil drawing with large measurements.
What is an Engineer's scale?