Get familiar with basic drafting tools and conventions as you learn to draft floorplans, elevations, and sections. And then take it a step further, learning the tricks that will lift your drawings off the page and make them sing! The materials fee buys you a drafting kit to use and take home.

Course start time: Day 1, 9am
Course end time: Day 2, 5pm

  • Competency Level: Beginner

Course Overview

Day 1

9:00-9:30        

Welcome and Orientation to Yestermorrow’s campus

9:30-11:00      

Introduction: The Art of Precision

Getting familiar with the essential tools of drafting:

  • 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:

  • Planning placement, registration marks, boarder
  • Drawing the first line

Exercise 1: Shapes and line weight

11:00-11:30     

Lettering

Exercise 2: Practice letters and numbers in parallel lines and photocopy boxes

11:30-12:00     

Introduction to drawing conventions:

  • Orthographic projections (plan, section, elevation)
  • Scale
  • Line weight
  • Dimensioning
  • “Blue Prints”, black lines, non-print
  • Set of drawings (A-1…S-1…E-1…)

12:00-1:00        Lunch

1:00-2:00         

Exercise 3: Measuring and drawing an object to scale

Gather information for the drawing; measure a piece of furniture and do a basic rough sketch on which you’ll base your drawing. Note dimensions on your sketch.              

2:00-3:00         

Lay out your furniture drawing, referring to your sketch information. Work on line weight.

Include boarder, titles, scale, and dimensions. 

3:00-3:30         

Go over house plans and become familiar with project before visit.

3:30-5:00         

House visit


Day 2

9:00-9:30         

Questions and review of material from Day 1. Discuss plan for Day 2.

9:30-10:00       

Exercise 4: Sketch one room cabin fantasy project, must have a loft with stairs. No bigger then 15’x20’. Draw at ¼”= 1’–0” scale.

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

Complete course evaluations

Start Date: April 10, 2013
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