The types of drawing which make up the complete
set having now been identified, the following two
chapters look at them in sequence to see the sort of
information that each should contain. A brief reference
must be made here, however, to the means of
producing them.

There are two methods:

1 Drawing them manually, by means of ink or pencil
on tracing paper. Until relatively recently this was the
only available method.
2 Drawing them electronically on a computer screen
using a mouse and printing the result. This is
Computer-Aided Draughting which has so many
advantages that it is now in almost universal use in
all but the smallest architects’ offices.

Both techniques are dealt with in detail in Chapter 4. It is
worth noting here, however, that the basic principles of
elementalising and organising the drawing set are
virtually identical for each method.

The general arrangement drawing

The drawings falling into this category will normally

include:

 floor plans at all levels

 reflected ceiling plan at all levels

 roof plan

 foundation plan

 external elevations

 general sections and/or sectional elevations

 site plan.

Floor plans

There are three situations to consider:

 General arrangement (location) drawing designed to

show a single building element and what it should

contain.

 The general arrangement drawing designed to be

complete in itself—i.e. a drawing which in CI/SfB

Table 1 terminology would be described as

2

CHAPTER

The general

arrangement

drawing