Drafting, Modeling and 3D Printing with Lydia Sloan Cline
Hand drafting for Interior Design, SketchUp, Autodesk 123D and MakerBot
When dimensioning architectural drawings, wood frame is handled differently than masonry. Wood frame buildings are dimensioned from the face of the exterior stud to the center of openings to the center of the interior stud. Masonry (units of brick, block Continue reading Architectural Dimensioning
1. Draw horizontal lines from the object’s bottom edges. 2. Determine the light source and angle. 3. Cast rays from the light source through the object’s top edges. 3. Intersect the horizontal lines and rays. 4. Darken the shadow and Continue reading Constructing Shadows in a Paraline Drawing
A section is a slice through an object, either vertically or horizontally. Its purpose is to show how an item is put together. Sections are common drawings in architectural drafting. When a section is made through just part of an Continue reading Sections
These are exterior doors as seen from the interior. See the to-scale version and other entourage items, in my book, Drafting and Visual Presentation for Interior Designers.
An electrical plan shows everything connected to a wire. A reflected ceiling plan shows everything on the ceiling. Following is a presentation-style drawing of a reflected ceiling plan. See this drawing in my book, Drafting and Visual Presentation for Interior Continue reading Electrical Plans vs. Reflected Ceiling Plans
When drafting a double-hung window in an interior elevation, make sure the rails and stiles cross correctly. A double-hung window in an exterior elevation looks different, and a common mistake is to draw its exterior view in an interior elevation. Below is Continue reading Drafting a Window
Also called a graphic or linear scale, this consists of a line with distance marks placed along its length. It’s used to visually show distance. An advantage is that when you enlarge or reduce a drawing, the bar graph will Continue reading The Bar Scale