B-1 Task 1

Question 1

What are the six types of drawings that make up a set of architectural drawings?

Answer 1

-plot plan
-foundation plan
-floor plan
-elevation
-section
-detail drawing

Question 2

Why are drawings for larger buildings drawn to a smaller scale than the drawings for residential buildings?

Question 3

Which drawing size is considered to be large scale, 1:50 or 1:25?

Answer 3

Detail drawings and large-scale cross sectional drawings are required to describe the construction

Question 4

What is a plan view?

Answer 4

A plan view is a top-down view from directly overhead

Question 5

What is a elevation view?

Answer 5

Is a view of any vertical surface and taken from the floor plans

Question 6

What is a section?

Answer 6

Is a view sliced through an object (cutting plane)

Question 7

What is a revision cloud?

Answer 7

A cloud that is drawn around the portion of the building that was changed

Question 8

Explain what an as-built drawing is?

Answer 8

A set of drawings to show where the electrical and mechanical systems were made during construction.

-often useful for maintenance work and future renovations and retrofits

Question 9

Who draws shop drawings?

Answer 9

The manufacturer

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