Drawing and Planning

The information shown on a locating drawing will be overall sizes, levels and references to assembly drawings.

We believe good projects should be able to express and explain themselves. Architectural representation plays a fundamental role in how a project is perceived by the audience, which is why today ArchDaily is recognizing the most outstanding, original and self explanatory drawings of the year.

This Make Your Own Blueprint tutorial will walk you through the detailed steps of how to draw floor plans for your new home design. This process can be followed by those drafting their blueprints by hand or using home design software.

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Doug goes through the floor plan of a shingle style home he designed discussing the visual characteristics that make it legible and descriptive.

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You don't need expensive, complicated software to draw simple floor plans. Check out these easy online drawing tools and magical mobile apps.

Create architectural designs and plans of all kinds in minutes with SmartDraw. Whether you are a professional or a beginner, the ease of use and selection of templates and examples make you more productive and help you turn your design vision more quickly into reality.

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These instructions will help you create clear and accurate floor plans from complicated construction documents. In today's world the simpler and more concise a drawing or map is, the better and faster a person can use it for its intended purpose. These instructions can help you achieve this given you have a basic understanding of Autodesk Software/vector based computer aided drafting and, specifically, the commands and procedures within AutoCAD. If unfamiliar with AutoCAD software please refer to  FlowJet Series parts 1 to 6  found on the Instructables website.

There has always been a connection between architecture and visualization. Not all visualization is about communicating data, sometimes visualizations show concepts. The core of what architects do is creating visuals that communicate complex concepts, processes and spaces.

There are various types of drawings used to represent an architectural design, and many are scale drawings - drawn at a specific ratio relative to the actual size of the building.

An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.

In the field of architecture an architectural plan is a design and planning for a building, and can contain architectural drawings, specifications of the design, calculations, time planning of the building process, and other documentation.