
Discover the aspect ratio of a-series paper, defined as length over width and equal to square root of 21.141, using 210 by 297 to illustrate portrait and landscape.
Identify how to fill the drawing title block with project name, drawing name, and scale, and explain title block sections, drawing views, and client, consultant, and contractor details.
Explore how the legend on architectural drawings defines hatch patterns for materials like concrete and brick, and notation abbreviations such as D and DT for plumbing components.
Present the uses and sizes of scale in drawing, including full size 1:1, reducing and enlarging sizes such as 1:2, 1:10, and 1:100, and plotting from model space to paper.
Explore the major types of scale in drafting, including engineer scale, representative (fractional) scale, graphical scale, and architectural scale, with examples from survey plans and maps.
Explore civil drawing concepts such as ground condition, grading and drainage, and underground utilities, and learn to develop site detail and land survey plans to inform initial architectural drawings.
Learn how cadastral surveyors create land survey plans to define property boundaries, roads, and lot extents, then divide land into numbered lots and obtain individual survey plans.
Learn how to develop a site plan from a site survey plan in AutoCAD, including building shape, position, key dimensions, north and scale, and notes on septic tank.
Learn to read the front elevation by analyzing the ground and first floor plans, noting gates, parapet walls, railings, and window/door layouts (W1/D1), then explore a 3D view.
Identify key roof components in a section cut, including ridge, ridge plate, wall plate, rafters, battens, fascia board, gutters, and soffit, and understand their dimensions and connections.
Inspect a municipal council approval drawing produced from Revit, showing ground floor plan, elevations, a section, foundation and septic details, plus site plan scales, sheet and view numbers, and schedules.
Explore road frontage for public assemblies in AutoCAD drafting, detailing land boundary, road, and buildings from G+3 to G+4, with minimum frontages of 12 meter and 20 meter.
Explore plot coverage by applying the plinth area over land area formula, with limits of 66.67% for dwellings and 80% for offices, illustrated by a site plan example.
Determine rear space by locating the area farthest from the street, use the wider street when two accesses exist, and apply 2.25 m minimum or height/4 calculations.
Reading Complete Architectural Drawings - Course Description
Do you aspire to become an expert professional in the building construction industry as an AutoCAD Draftsman, Site Supervisor, Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, or Architect,? This is the right course to develop strong skills in reading and clearly understanding architectural construction drawings. This comprehensive course guides you from zero to expert level in understanding technical drawings with step-by-step guidance using sample files.
Eligibility Requirements
Any one those interested in becoming an expert professional in the building construction industry by reading architectural drawings
Here all the required basic knowledge is covered under the prerequisite section.
This comprehensive course is suitable for the following:
Civil Engineering, Architectural and Drafting students.
Any professional in the building construction industry, Such as AutoCAD Draftsman, Site supervisor / Engineer, Quantity surveyor, Architect, etc.?
Building consultants and contractors
If you are a working professional: This course is also appropriate for professionals who are already on the job to uplift their skills and shine.
The key strength of The Course
From zero to expert level, you will learn to read and understand architectural drawings with step-by-step guidance and sample technical drawing files.
Skills in reading architectural drawings and documentation give you a clear idea about the project and confidence during CAD drawing production, such as AutoCAD and or Revit Architecture, support during the site inspection, and services drawing development.
These vital skills support you to shine in the industry in your career.
The explanation mainly relates to real-time project-based drawings, examples, and practical situations.
A professional and experienced instructor teaches it. The instructor provides intensive vocational training to make beginners and working professionals into expert professionals immediately after completing the training.
Instructor support
You will receive immediate responses and guidance to your doubts while enrolling in the course via Udemy Q&A Section.
While replying to the student's questions in the Q&A section, the instructor also uploads all the questions' answers as a video explanation in a new section.
I recommend you go through all the free video lectures provided to understand the course's quality, so this is the time to take action to take the course.
Udemy offers you a thirty-day money-back guarantee in case your expectations are not fulfilled. I am sure you will be satisfied as other students, and I will see you in the "Architectural drawing reading" course.
Thank you for Enrolling.