Chapter 16 Drawing Elevations

1. Chapter 16 Drawing Elevations • Multiview projection • Also called orthographic projection • Six views in a multiview drawing • Front elevation • Rear elevation • Left elevation • Right elevation • Roof plan / Top • Bottom view/ basement

2. Exterior elevations are always drawn to the same scale as the floor plan • A dashed line is used to draw major features below the ground line on an exterior elevation • Presentation Drawing • Elevation drawing to which landscape and material textures have been added • Profile Drawing • Term used to describe the elevation drawing of a site

3. Auxiliary elevation • Drawn when a wall is not at a 90 degree angle on a floor plan • Span • Term used to describe the distance between roof supports • Run • 12 is assigned to the run when calculating roof pitch • Angle of a roof described as a ratio • Double the run to find the span • Interior Elevation • Drawing of an inside wall

4. Windows and doors • Point of a dashed line represents the part of the window that has the hinge • Numbers or letters are the key to a window or door on a window or door schedule • Should appear on all elevations • Sill • Sash • Mullions • Muntins

5. Dimensioning • Datum line remains constant on an elevation drawing • Vertical dimensioning should read from right side of a drawing