346 Appendix 4
- What do designers use a t-square for?
- Lettering is used on construction drawings as a means to provide written information. True or
False? - What are the four basic classifications that the majority of today’s various alphabets and type-
faces fit into? - What does CADD stand for?
- What is one of the main advantages of using CADD systems?
- Based on the function they serve, what are the five main categories of blueprints commonly
used in construction? - What are detail drawings?
- Falsework drawings show temporary supports of timber or steel that are required sometimes in
the erection of difficult or important structures. True or False? - Title blocks are only used on the cover sheet of construction documents. True or False?
Answers
- True
- Drawing/drafting
- True
- Roman, gothic, script and text.
- CADD stands for computer-aided design and drafting.
- It allows quick alterations to drawings.
- Preliminary drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, shop/assembly drawings, spe-
cialized, and miscellaneous drawings. - Detail drawings provide information about specific parts of the construction and are on a larger
scale than general drawings. - True
- False. It is standard practice to include a title block on each page of a set of blueprints or con-
struction documents.
CHAPTER 3 (UNDERSTANDING LINE TYPES)
Questions
- Border lines are roughly as bold as dimension lines. True or False?
- What are the dimensions for an A1 sheet of tracing paper?
- What are object lines?
- What is the purpose of hidden lines in construction drawings?
- Center lines consist of thin, broken lines of alternating long and short dashes. True or False?
- Approximately how much space is usually allowed between the object and the beginning of the
extension line? - What is a chain dimension?
- Leader lines are fine lines terminating with an arrowhead or dot at one end to relate a note or
callout to its feature. True or False?