Building: Architectural Drafting and Design Set #1

This training focuses on the design process and development of key plans included in a set of residential prints. Students make the important connection between the architectural drawings they are creating and the structure created from the drawing.

This training is intended for all architectural students or anyone interested in architectural studies.

• The Design Process and Architectural Career Opportunities
  • Analysis and programming
  • Types of drawings
  • Design and construction professionals
• Site Plans/Floor Plans
  • CAD standards
  • Site plan
  • Floor plan
  • Walls, doors, windows and cabinets
  • Dimensioning
  • Notation
• Supplemental Plans: Electrical/Plumbing/HVAC/Roof
  • Electrical drafting symbols
  • Central forced air systems
  • Roof configurations
  • Steps in drawing a roof plan
• Elevations
  • Presentations and working elevations
  • Roof finishes
  • Exterior wall finishes
  • Kitchen cabinets

• Identify the various design and construction professionals and government regulators involved in the design and erection of a building.
• Discuss the various kinds of information that must be gathered priorto starting design work.
• List and explain the various phases of design.
• Identify the types of drawings used in the design of a building and explain how sets of drawings are organized.
• Describe what steps need to be taken to translate a design to a finished building.
• Identify types of drafting standards architectural drawings should have and why.
• List the basic elements shown in site plans and floor plans.
• Describe how walls and other building elements such as doors, windows, cabinets and equipment are shown in a plan.
• Outline procedures for correct architectural dimensioning and notation.
• Identify basic drafting symbols, including switches, receptacles, ceiling and wall light fixtures and circuit lines.
• Describe the concept of central forced-air systems.
• Describe the configuration of shed, gable, a-frame, gambrel, hip, dutch hip and mansard roofs.
• Identify the basic elements of a roof plan.
• Identify drafting conventions used for common roofing materials, including asphalt shingles, wood shakes and shingles, clay, concrete and metal tile and built-up roofing.
• Differentiate between presentation and working elevations and cite information typically identified in working drawings.
• Identify drafting conventions used for common exterior wall coverings, including wood, wood substitutes, masonry, metal stucco and eifs.
• Identify various kitchen and bathroom cabinet types.
• Describe what steps need to be taken to translate a design to a finished building.