Drawing Guidlines
DRAWING GUIDELINES
Shaping Space
DRAWING GUIDELINES
Types of drawin
Freehand drawings, paintings or sketches These are good for recording the general visual effect of a building or for making personal statements about how you feel about a place. They can be of any size and in any medium you like. Scale drawings on graph paper These are useful for preliminary drawings, for recording measurements a s you carry out a survey, or for planning furniture layouts in rooms or buildings which have straight lines. Curves or complicated shapes are difficult to manage. Drawings on graph paper are not suitable for display purposes because the squares make it difficult to "see" the actual drawing. Scale drawings on plain paper If you want to make an accurate drawing, show interesting details or the colours or textures of materials on a scale drawing, use plain paper. In this case, you will have to use drawing equipment (below) to make your drawing. Computer drawings If your school has a CAD package, use a computer to make scale drawings based on your survey measurements. Drawing equipment To make scale drawings on plain paper, you will need: Drawing board Choose a material which lets you fix your drawing in place with drawing pins or masking tape. It must be smooth and have straight edges which are exactly parallel. T-square This is used for drawing horizontal lines which are absolutely level.
15 c m size 45" and 30-60"set-squares These are used for drawing vertical and inclined lines. You could use a protractor to do this, but it is slower and much more fiddley. Adjustable set-squares let you choose any angle you want, but they are expensive. The small set-squares found in most sets of mathematical instruments are too small for architectural drawings.
Scale This looks like a ruler, but the divisions marked on it are in various standard proportions to actual distances - 1: l o , 1:20. 1 :50, 1:100 etc. Well-sharpened pencils 2H lead pencils are good for scale
Shaping Space
DRAWING GUIDELINES
Types of drawin
Freehand drawings, paintings or sketches These are good for recording the general visual effect of a building or for making personal statements about how you feel about a place. They can be of any size and in any medium you like. Scale drawings on graph paper These are useful for preliminary drawings, for recording measurements a s you carry out a survey, or for planning furniture layouts in rooms or buildings which have straight lines. Curves or complicated shapes are difficult to manage. Drawings on graph paper are not suitable for display purposes because the squares make it difficult to "see" the actual drawing. Scale drawings on plain paper If you want to make an accurate drawing, show interesting details or the colours or textures of materials on a scale drawing, use plain paper. In this case, you will have to use drawing equipment (below) to make your drawing. Computer drawings If your school has a CAD package, use a computer to make scale drawings based on your survey measurements. Drawing equipment To make scale drawings on plain paper, you will need: Drawing board Choose a material which lets you fix your drawing in place with drawing pins or masking tape. It must be smooth and have straight edges which are exactly parallel. T-square This is used for drawing horizontal lines which are absolutely level.
15 c m size 45" and 30-60"set-squares These are used for drawing vertical and inclined lines. You could use a protractor to do this, but it is slower and much more fiddley. Adjustable set-squares let you choose any angle you want, but they are expensive. The small set-squares found in most sets of mathematical instruments are too small for architectural drawings.
Scale This looks like a ruler, but the divisions marked on it are in various standard proportions to actual distances - 1: l o , 1:20. 1 :50, 1:100 etc. Well-sharpened pencils 2H lead pencils are good for scale