Manual Drafting: Using a Furniture Template
How to draw a chair and tub with a furniture template.
Category Archives: Technical Drawings
Manual Drafting: How to Draw a Straight Line!
How to tape paper to the board, draw horizontal and vertical lines with a T-square and triangle, and mark/measure along them.
Manual Drafting: Divide a Line Graphically into Equal Parts
Use a graphics technique to divide a line into equally size parts.
Manual Drafting: How to Draw Equally Spaced, Parallel Angled Lines
Use two triangles to draw parallel lines that aren’t a standard angle. Use a marker dot on one of the triangles to equally space the lines.
Architectural Drafting: Sweets and 4Specs
A tour through sweets.com and 4specs.com, where product literature and downloadable, editable drawings are found.
How to Measure with a Digital Caliper
Learn how to measure things you want to design and 3D print accessories for. Outside, inside, depth and step measurements are covered.
Dimension a Floor Plan to NKBA Standards
How to draft and dimension a kitchen floor plan using the NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association) standard.
Draft an Orthographic (Elevation) View of a Foreshortened Object
Sketch an elevation view of a plan view of a chair that is caddy-corner (not parallel to the projection plane).
Architectural Dimensioning (how to)
How to dimension frame and masonry floor plans.
How to Draft an Isometric View of Stairs
Use a T-square and 30°-60° triangle to draft an isometric pictorial of a flight of stairs.