GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF
DESIGN PROJECT DRAWINGS

Please print these guidelines and read them while inspecting the drawings provided in class (the numbered paragraphs have a direct relation with the numbers placed in the drawings). These guidelines will make reference to the preparation of orthographic and paraline drawings:

• All drawings must be drawn to scale, precise, and accurate. There should be an indication of the scale in each drawing (i.e. numerical scale, graphic scale, etc)
• There should be correspondence among all, orthographic and paraline views.
• Drawings must be aligned (i.e. floor plans with floor plans, floor plans with elevations, elevations with building sections, etc)
• A label must be positioned close to the corresponding drawing and aligned with other similar labels. Appropriate text sizes are chosen for the different drawing labels (i.e. from big to small: project main title, specific drawing title, room labels, annotations, etc).

1. Walls and other cut-through elements should be blaken (poché style). Option1: Thicker lines for cut elements. Option 2: Instead of darkening the walls use a "hatch" or a "middle grey tone".
   
2. Windows will show the windowsill below the cut plane and two thin lines as glass.
3. High windows (starting over the cut plan) will show two dashed thick lines as glass.
4. Stairs in the first floor, are drawn with thin lines, showing only the steps that are seen up to the cut plan (i.e. 4'-0"). A diagonal symbol is added to indicate the cutting level. The outline of the rest of the stairs and all other steps can be drawn using dashed thin lines. A thin line, perpendicular to the steps, indicates the flow (i.e. up direction) of the stairs and stops at the diagonal cutting line. Ramps will follow similar convention.
5. Drawing of stairs in other floors, if continuing to an upper level, will show the diagonal cutting symbol, the flowing line, and all the steps. If not continuing, the stairs should show all steps, and the flowing line ending as an arrow.
6. All elements immediately above the plan cut (i.e. roof overhangs, beams, etc) are shown by means of dashed thin lines.
7. All elements immediately below the plan cut (i.e. not hidden elements of the first floor, if drawing the second floor) are shown by means of continuous thin lines.
   

8. The symbol and label that indicate the position and direction of view of the intersecting plane is indicated in all the floor plans. The label will give name to the building section.
9. Walls, roofs, and other cut-through elements should be blaken (poché style). Option1: Thicker lines for cut elements, Option 2: Instead of darkening the walls use a "hatch" or a "middle gray tone".
10. A strong line at the base of the drawing is needed to represent a cut through the ground.
11. Shading of glazed planes
    (i.e. windows) gives depth: "light gray tone)
    

12. Shadows in elevations (45 degrees) are used to convey depth. The shadow is blaken. Option 1: Instead of darkening use a "hatch". Shadows on glass are darker than shadows on non-transparent surfaces.

13. Shadows in a site plan fall to the ground in 45 degrees. The shadow is blaken. Option 1: Instead of darkening use a "hatch".
14. An orientation symbol must be included. If site plan is not included in a presentation, the orientation symbol is added to the floor plan.
    

15. Shading of planes with different "gray" or color values.
16. Shading of glass planes: the tonal value should be different that the shading values of the non-glazed surfaces.