Drafting 101

Course Description

Always wanted to learn architectural drafting? Drafting 101 will introduce you to all the main drawing conventions and give you tips on how to make your drawings into works of art. Come join us for this hands-on course in drafting and make your drawings sing! No prior experience is required and tools for the course are provided, including a drafting kit for students to take home and practice what they've learned.

Tentative Course Schedule

SATURDAY

9:00-9:30 Welcome and Orientation to Yestermorrow's campus

9:30-11:00 Introduction: The Art of Precision

Tools: lead holder, straightedge, parallel rule, adjustable triangle

Papers: trace, vellum, plastic film (Mylar is a trademark)

Drafting tape

Leads, Sharpener (hardness, pointing leads)

Setting up the sheet

Drawing the first line

Exercise: 6"x6" in HB/interior with 2H on vellum, h then v

11:00-11:30 Introduction to drawing conventions

Orthographic projections (plan, section, elevation)

Line weight

Dimensioning

Blue lines, black lines

Set of drawings (A-1.S-1.E-1.)

11:30-12:00 Exercise: select a favorite 6'x6' space in the building (including a vertical wall)

Measure and draw the plan at 1"=1'-0"

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Finish plan

Measure and draw the section

Section line on plan, scale, north arrow

2:00-3:00 Measure and draw the interior elevation

3:00-3:30 Render drawing, poche

3:30-4:00 3-D paralline drawings

4:00-5:00 Drawing paralline drawing of favorite space

SUNDAY

9:00-10:00 Sketch one room cabin fantasy project, must have a loft with stairs

10:00-12:00 Draw plans, sketch cabin with furniture, dimension plans, scale, north arrow, section marker on plan

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Draw elevations

3:00-4:30 3-D drawing

4:30-5:00 Presentation and Celebration

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