Construction Drawings General
Basic components of Construction Drawings
Types of Construction Drawings
Abbreviations, Symbols and Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100
Construction drawings are traditionally referred to as what, based on the old school printing method, which is no longer used?
What are Blueprints?
100
When you look at any drawing, the first thing to look at is the ______.
What is the Title Block?
100
Also called site plans, these plans are used for work that has to do with construction in or on the earth.
What are Civil Plans?
100
Abbreviation: HVAC stands for ___________.
What is: Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning?
100
An engineer's scale, typically used for showing large areas, such as on a site plan, are based on this numbering system.
What is 10?
200
Today, most prints are created/drawn by _____.
What is (CAD) computer-aided drafting?
200
This is a clear area of approximately half an inch around the edge of the drawing area.
What is a Border?
200
These plans show the design of the project. Includes the floor plan, roof plan, elevation drawings and section drawings.
What are Architectural Plans?
200
Abbreviations: NTS stands for _____________.
What is Not To Scale?
200
A written presentation of the details of a plan
What are specifications?
300
The place you look within a drawing packet to find out what the symbols and abbreviations mean.
What is the legend?
300
You look at this part of a drawing, located in or near the title block, to make sure you're looking at the most current version of the drawing.
What is the revision block?
300
A set of engineered drawings used to support the architectural design. Includes the foundation plan and shows materials to be used for walls and framing.
What are the Structural Plans?
300
If you see this on a site plan, it's telling you ________.
What is "where North is"?
300
A drawing that provides an aerial view of the layout of each room.
What is a floor plan?
400
The number of MAJOR types/groups of drawings are almost always included in a set of construction drawings is __________.
What is 6?
400
This line is shown as a thin, dashed line that is used to indicate edges, surfaces or corners that are not visible from the current viewpoint.
What is a hidden line?
400
These plans are engineered for motors, pumps, piping systems, and piping equipment. Includes piping and instrumentation drawings (P&ID) and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC).
What are Mechanical Plans?
400
What is the line as shown in the drawing?
What is Center Line?
400
Part of a drawing sheet that includes some general information about the project, typically found on the bottom or right hand side.
What is a title block?
500
The elevation base point that a surveyor uses when they survey a construction site. All other property elevation points are referenced from this.
What is the benchmark?
500
This is the measuring system that is used to indicate size and distance on drawings that translates to real world measurements.
What is scale?
500
This is the group of plans that will include sewage and sinks.
What are Plumbing Plans?
500
These are the spreadsheet like tables that show the drawing viewer, for example, what types of windows are being installed, the set-up of electrical panels, what types of doors are being installed, etc.
What are schedules?
(Ie. window schedule, door schedule, panel schedule)
500
When the final built part of a structure differs from the last revised drawing, a final drawing will be made as a record. This drawing is called a(n) _________.
What is an As-Built drawing?