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Architectural Drafting. Architecture and Pre Design Week 7. draft (drft) n. Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture A representation of something to be constructed. . draft·er (drftr) n.
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Architectural Drafting Architecture and Pre Design Week 7
draft (drft) n. • Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture • A representation of something to be constructed.
draft·er (drftr) n. • One that drafts, especially a person who drafts plans or designs or a person who composes a document.
Introduction • Anyone can have ideas about how they want to build or add on to a house.
Cont… • To draw it so the structure can be built correctly takes the talent of an Architectural Drafter.
An architectural drafter • can be self employed or work for many different companies. • is a skilled technician who designs or develops the working drawings required to guide the construction of buildings.
Arch. drafters are concerned with • building designs • site plans • floor and foundation plans • elevations • building sections • details
Arch. drafters are concerned with • Cost estimates, specification writing, code and zoning applications, renderings and perspectives, • models of building, structural design, environmental system design and computer applications.
Drafting is • a universal language by means an object can be described accurately and clearly. • is the language used by engineering and architectural profession to develop and record ideas. • easy for anyone who is competent to read the drawing and is qualified to build the product can then carry out the designs.
Info other than drawings • Specifications, which accompany the drawings used in the building of structures, are worthless without the drawings for which they were prepared. • Together, the drawings and the specifications are the instruments which enable the designer to convey ideas to the builder,
More info…… • Drafting and Design have become highly specialized with the particular branch of engineering sciences to which it applies
Student of drafting • No drafter can prepare accurate and complete working drawing of machines, bridges, buildings, or parts without being thoroughly trained with the construction processes
Construction Contract • A legal document which specifies the what-when-where-how-how much and by whom in a construction project
Permit • A governmental municipal authorization to perform a building process
Summary • Drafting is a universal language by means an object can be described accurately and clearly. • is the language used by engineering and architectural profession to develop and record ideas. • easy for anyone who is competent to read the drawing and is qualified to build the product can then carry out the designs.