Course Objectives:: Building Drawing
Course Objectives:: Building Drawing
Course Objectives:: Building Drawing
1. Course Objectives:
The main objective of the course is to understand building drawings. Other objectives are; to
introduce about the basic terminology, components and elements of building; to familiarize the
students with the standard drawings used by architect/engineers. Emphasis is placed to understand
the detail drawings and be able to produce/reproduce the detail drawings of a residential building
includes; architect's, structural, service, municipality drawings etc.
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To prepare municipal drawing, 5.3.1 Concept drawing
comprising of views and followed 5.3.2 Preliminary drawing
by building bye-laws. 5.3.3 Final drawing
To understand the importance of 5.4 Municipality drawing
working drawing on construction 5.5 Working/ detail drawing
industries. 5.5.1 Architect's drawing
Able to compare and contract 5.5.2 Structural drawing
working drawing with as built 5.5.3 Service drawing
drawing. 5.6 Record drawing
5.7 As built drawing
References:
1. Building bye-laws.
2. Suraj Singh, 2011, Civil Engineering Building Practice, 1st edition. CBS Publisher and
Distributors P Ltd.
3. William J. Harnung,1982, Matrix Architectural Construction Drafting and Design
Fundamentals
4. John Molner, 1986, Building Construction Drafting and Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold.
5. William J. Hornung, 1971, Architectural Drafting, 5th edition, Prentice-Hall.
6. John D. Bies, 1983, Architectural Drafting: Structure and Environment, Macmillan
Publishing Company.
7. Thomus, Marvin L.1978, Architectural Working Drawing, McGraw-Hill Inc, United
States