1. Unit 6.05 and 6.06-Learning about blueprints
Blueprints are reproductions of technical drawings that provide information about how a structure is to be built.
A document containing all the instructions necessary to manufacture a part. The key sections of a blueprint are the drawing, dimensions, and notes.

2. Blueprint
What is the purpose of a blueprint, and what does it show?

3. Components of blueprints
A. Elevations
1. Interior
2. Exterior
B. Floor plans
C. Electrical plans
D. Climate Control
E. Blueprint
F. Section Drawing/View
G. Rendering
H. Detail View
I. Plot Plan
J. Model

4. Several sets of blueprints needed
One set is filed with the local government.
The builder needs blueprints on the job site.
One set is given to the client.

5. Symbols Space is limited on a blueprint, so symbols are used.
Symbols are universal.

6. A set of blueprints includes several types of drawings.
The floor plan-
which shows the layout of the rooms as if viewed from above
Other drawings-
give information about the foundation, electrical system, and plumbing system

7. Floor Plan
A diagram of a home or other structure that shows the arrangement of rooms

8. Floor Plan
The most important drawing on a set of house plans is the Floor plan

9. Plot Plan

10. Basic structures of any building:
Foundation
Frame

11. The frame Skeleton of the structure Supports the house
Distributes the weight
Steel and wood framing- similar in price

13. Foundation Drawing
Plan to help construct the footings, columns, foundation walls, and support beams

14. Utility & Electrical Plan

15. The location of the heating, cooling, humidification, dehumidification and air cleaning equipment can be seen on the:
Climate control plan

16. Elevation The finished exterior appearance of a given side of a house
The height dimensions of a structure can be found on the Elevation view.

17. Exterior Elevations

18. Exterior Elevations-cont.

19. Philosophy that treats environmental attributes as design goals
Green Design
Philosophy that treats environmental attributes as design goals

20. The position of a home on its site and the direction the home faces
Orientation
The position of a home on its site and the direction the home faces

21. Detail View
This view usually shows an enlargement of some construction feature.
When a view is taken from an imaginary cut through a part of a house, such as wall.

22. Detail View

23. Section View
Imaginary cut through the wall

24. Templates
Cut-out patterns of furniture and appliances drawn to scale and used to create a floor plan.
The scale most architects use for a drawing of a home is ¼” = 1’.

25. Traffic patterns Drawing an architectural plan
Shows movement through the house.
Major traffic pattern within home is 2- to 4 feet.

26. Specifications
Information in details about interior/exterior materials

27. Drawings:
Various drawings are used to help clients visualize a design concept. Included are:
1) Renderings- drawings where realistic details such as textures, shadows, shadings and color are added.
The designer may use pen & ink, water color or CAD software to make the rendering.
Water color is the most realistic appearance to presentation

28. Rendering (cont.) Felt-tip rendering is very difficult to correct.
A Felt Tip pen has a tip that draws the ink from the pen and thru the tip onto the paper.
Pencil: soft lead pencil

29. Drawings, cont’d:
2. Perspectives- provide a more realistic view; shows several surfaces simultaneously.
Perspective is the re-creating of an image in relation to the eye of the viewer.
One Point Perspective- Shows what is seen when viewer looks at the opposite wall.
Two Point Perspective- Shows what is seen when looking at the corner where the two walls meet.

30. One -Point Perspective

31. Two-Point Perspective

32. Overlay…
A thin sheet of see-through material placed over a basic plan so the plan can be colored, shading without making changes on the basic plan.

33. Alphabet of lines

34. The most line types in architectural drawings are:
Main Object Lines/ Visible line (outline of building and walls), which define the outline of the structure, or object. They are thick, unbroken lines that show the main outlines of the walls, floors, elevations, details, or sections. ________
Dimension Lines, which provide the lengths of the main object lines. They are very light lines with triangles, resembling arrowheads, on each end. The number that appears in the center break of the dimension line represents the measurement of the specific main object line to which it refers.

35. The most commonly encountered line types in architectural drawings are: (continued).
Extension Lines,
Used to extend dimensions from related objects
Extend about 3mm beyond of dimension line
which are used together with dimension lines, and are the light lines that extend beyond the main object lines. The arrowheads of the dimension lines usually reach and touch the extension lines.
__________________________________
A line used to visually connect the ends of a dimension line to the relevant feature on the part. Extension lines are solid and are drawn perpendicular to the dimension line.

36. The most commonly encountered line types in architectural drawings are: (continued).
Hidden Lines, which are light dashes that indicate the outlines of an object normally hidden from view, either under or behind some other part of the structure. The dashes used in this line type are usually of equal length
HiddenLines: used to represent edges hidden from view. About 3mm the dashes and 1.5 mm apart

37. The most commonly encountered line types in architectural drawings are: (continued).
Center Lines, which are light lines with alternating long/short dashes, indicating the center of an object, and frequently labeled with the letter C superimposed over the letter L.
____ _ _____ _ _____ _ _____ _ ______
A line used to define the center of a symmetrical part. Center lines consist of alternating long and short dashes

39. Model
3D project.
Examples: Any House from Streets by Centuries’ project.
A three-dimensional miniature of a design that provides a view from different angles and in various lighting conditions

40. THE END!!!