Drafting House Plans
Table of Contents

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Section 1
Unit  1     Drawing Equipment, 1
Unit  2     Lettering and Lines, 6
Unit  3     Drawing to Scale, 9

Section 2
Unit  4     Visualizing a Floor Plan, 13
Unit  5     Starting to Draw, 16
Unit  6     Spatial Relationships, 20
Unit  7     Sketching, 23

Section 3
Unit  8     Bathroom Layouts, 28
Unit  9     Kitchen Layouts, 33
Unit 10    Laundry Room Layouts, 38
Unit 11    Mechanical Equipment, 40
Unit 12    Electrical Work, 43
Unit 13    Doors, 47
Unit 14    Windows, 51
Unit 15    Vehicle Areas, 54
Unit 16    Fireplaces, 57

Section 4
Unit 17    Preliminary Room Studies, 60
Unit 18    Preliminary Plans, 66
Unit 19    Square Footage, 71

Section 5
Unit 20     Floor Plan, 72
Unit 21     Dimensions and Notations, 80

Section 6
Unit 22     Foundation Plan, 84

Section 7
Unit 23     Roof Plan, 90

Section 8
Unit 24     Exterior Elevation, 96

Section 9
Unit 25     Sections and Details, 116

Section 10
Unit 26     Plot Plan, 126

Section 11
Unit 27     Assembling Working Drawings, 140
Unit 28     Making Prints, 143

Section 12
Unit 29     Remodeling and Additions, 145
Unit 30     Modifying Existing Plans, 155

Appendix
A              Glossary, 159
B              Housing Code Requirements, 163
C              Joist and Rafter Spans, 167
D              Abbreviations, 168
                 Index, 173
                 Template Cut-outs and Tracing Guides, 177
                 Scales, 187

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