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Traditional Drawing Tools

Instruments
Drawing board/table. Drawing sheet/paper. Drafting tape. Pencils. Eraser. Sharpener. T-square. Set-squares/triangles. Scales. Compass and divider.
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Drawing board

Drawing table

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Drawing sheet/paper with nameplate

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Drafting tape/scotch tape

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Pencils
Wood pencils: H, 2H, 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H, B, HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B. Semiautomatic Pencils (lead holder) are more convenient then ordinary wood pencils.

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Eraser

Erasing Shield

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Sharpener

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T-square

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Set-squares/triangles

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Adjustable Set Square

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Triangular Scale

Triangular scale used only for taking dimensions..

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Scales

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Paralel used for drafting only horizontal line Set square used only for drafting vertical and angular lines.

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French Curve and Flexi Curve

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Circle Template

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Compass and divider

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Sand paper and Tissue paper

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Measuring Tape

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Instruments for making Model

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Drawing Sheet
Trimmed paper of a size A0 ~ A4. Standard sheet size (JIS) A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 210 x 297 297 x 420 420 x 594 594 x 841 841 x 1189
A4 A3 A2

A1

(Dimensions in millimeters)

A0

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS TUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCD EF

Lettering

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS TUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCD

Text on Drawings
Text on Architecture drawing is used :

To communicate nongraphic information. As a substitute for graphic information, in those instance where text can communicate the needed information more clearly and quickly. Thus, it must be written with
Legibility

- shape - space between letters and words


- size - line thickness
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Uniformity

Example

Placement of the text on drawing Dimension & Notes

Notes
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Title Block
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Lettering Standard
ANSI Standard Use a Gothic text style, either inclined or vertical. Use all capital letters. Use 3 mm for most text height. Space between lines of text is at least 1/3 of text height.
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This course Use only a vertical Gothic

text style.
Use both capital and lower-case letters. Same. For letters in title block it is recommend to use 5~8 mm text height N/A.

Follows ANSI rule.

Basic Strokes
Straight Slanted Horizontal Curved

Examples : Application of basic stroke


I letter
1

A letter 1

B letter 1

3 3 2
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Suggested Strokes Sequence

Upper-case letters & Numerals

Straight line letters

Curved line letters


Curved line letters & Numerals
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Suggested Strokes Sequence

Lower-case letters

The text s body height is about 2/3 the height of a capital

letter.
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Stroke Sequence T F L

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Stroke Sequence V X W

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Stroke Sequence Z M K

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Stroke Sequence
O

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Stroke Sequence U P B

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Stroke Sequence 5
7

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Stroke Sequence 6 0 3

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Stroke Sequence l
i

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Stroke Sequence w x k

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Stroke Sequence y f t

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Stroke Sequence o a b

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Stroke Sequence n m h

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Word Composition
Look at the same word having different spacing between letters. A) Non-uniform spacing

JIRAPONG
B) Uniform spacing

J IR A P O N G
Which one is easier to read ?
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Word Composition

Spacing Contour

JIRAPONG
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General conclusions are:


Space between the letters depends on the contour of the letters at an adjacent side.

Good spacing creates approximately equal background


area between letters.
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Example : Good and Poor Lettering


GOOD Not uniform in style. Not uniform in height. Not uniformly vertical or inclined. Not uniform in thickness of stroke.

Area between letters not uniform. Area between words not uniform.
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Sentence Composition
Leave the space between words equal to the space requires for writing a letter O.

Example

ALLODIMENSIONSOAREOIN MILLIMETERSOUNLESS OTHERWISEOSPECIFIED.

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