This course is designed to introduce students to concepts, practices, standards and drafting techniques needed to both read and create architectural drawings in the construction industry. It focuses on the organization of drawings, reading floor plans and elevations drawings, symbols and notations, scaling and dimensioning practices, and materials of construction. Students will learn how to develop “shop drawings” from architectural drawings, extrapolate information from architects’ drawings, and create the necessary construction details needed to execute the design and build the project as they would in a job-site situation. Both hand drawing and computer assisted drawing methods will be explored.
Semester
Fall