PLANT SCIENCES BUILDING
MITCHELL & STOUT ARCHITECTS
EXERCISE: Notes
Please keep the following conventions in mind when constructing your drawings
MATERIAL LEGENDS /KEYNOTES
Keep your drawings tidy.
Make them easy to correct if changes need to be made.
One legend or list of keynotes for the whole drawing set.
PAGE LAYOUT
Border
Title block on right hand lower corner.
TITLES
1. Label the sheet
Company Name and Contact Details
Project Name and Address
Name of Drawing
Scale
Date of drawing
Drawn by (initials only)
Checked by (initials only)
Sheet Number
(Job Number)
2. If there are multiple drawings on one sheet label each drawing
Name of Drawing
Scales
TEXT STYLE
TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL HAND WRITING LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS. USUALLY IN CAPITALS
Text should not be too big but must be clearly legible.
DIMENSIONS
Run dimension lines out from the plan/section/elevation.
You may want to have several 'layers' of dimension lines (to make your measurements easy to read and uncluttered).
WHAT TO PUT ON EACH DRAWING?
Recap what is in the assignment.
As I have provided the checklist of what to put on each drawing I expect you to read it and get it right.
PLAN
Show what you cut and what is below the cut.
Show things you cut through with heavier lines.
Include all horizontal dimensions.
Section lines, elevation tags, north point
SECTION
Show what you cut and what is through the cut.
Where to cut? Reveal spaces and construction.
Show things you cut through with heavier lines.
Include vertical dimensions only – the builder will check the horizontal information off the plan
Label materials.
ELEVATION
No cut – basically a measured picture.
Show the ‘look’ of the space – all important details, furniture, materials,
Label materials.
No dimensions – unless there is important dimensions not shown on the plans and elevations.
AS A RULE:
Never repeat information in a drawing set.
This increases the likelihood of mistakes / human error and when you need to make changes to information wastes a lot of time.
