Overview
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Learn to read the different components that make up construction plans and discover how to approach title blocks, line types, views of the work to be built, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- Using the exercise files
- Plans versus specifications
- Types of construction drawings
- Title blocks
- Understanding the line types
- Dimensions and scales
- Introduction to views
- Plan view
- Elevation view
- Section view
- Isometric view
- The cover sheet and index
- Civil drawings
- Architectural drawings
- Structural drawings
- Mechanical drawings
- Electrical drawings
- Plumbing drawings
- General notes
- Drilling down to the details
- Reference points on drawings
- Understanding the schedules
- Back to the shop drawing
- When the plans don't make sense
- The future of construction drawings
- Next steps
