Drafting House Plans: A Simplified Drafting System for Planning and DesignDRAFTING HOUSE PLANS is the first in a series of Simplified Design Systems books. It teaches the absolute beginner how to draft accurately scaled & dimensioned plans for an uncomplicated one-story house or addition. Curran's uniquely simplified system for presenting architectural drafting techniques has been classroom tested since 1979. It is tailored for beginning residential drafting courses at the college & senior high-school level; & for individuals working on their own initiative. Following step-by-step instructions, users progress smoothly through the planning & drafting process from sketching basic house shapes on a building site to completion of a full set of plans, up to code, working drawings for a new house or remodeling project. Users learn to draw each sheet of a typical set of working drawings including: floor plans, foundation plans, roof plans, exterior elevations, sections & site plans. |
Contents
Section | 13 |
Section 3 | 28 |
Section 4 | 60 |
Section 5 | 72 |
Section 6 | 81 |
Section 7 | 90 |
Section 8 | 96 |
Section 9 | 122 |
Section 11 | 140 |
Appendix | 159 |
Common terms and phrases
appliances Asphalt shingles basin BATH bathroom BEDROOM Bifold door bubble diagram building department cabinets car shelter ceiling check list concrete slab dimension lines drawing guides drawn electrical elevation views equipment existing house exterior elevation exterior walls Figure Finish grade fireplace fixtures floor plan footing FOUNDATION PLAN garage glass Gothic alphabet grid drawing grid paper header height inches installed insulation interior joists JUNE CURRAN kitchen laundry layout light line weights measurements minimum Note opening outlets pencil placed plan view plot plan plumbing preliminary plan Projection line Property Line rafters rebar Refer to Unit remodeling roof pitch Roof Plan room studies scale Sections and Details Setback Sheetrock shingles Show shower shown in Fig side sill sink sizes sketch SLIDING soffit space Stucco stud symbol tion title block tracing paper typical vellum wall lines whiteprinting width window and door wood Wood Shingles