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How to draw lines  \n4.  Scale  \n5.Re-scaling prints  \n6.Sketching  \n7.Concept  \n8.Whatis a plan?  \n9.Stacking plans  \n10.Above and below  \n11.Urban design  \n12.Participation  \n13.Site analysis  \n14.Site plan  \n15.The plan and other drawings  \n16.Section  \n17.Cutaway section  \n18.Elevation  \n19.Axonometric/lsometric  \n20.Exploded/worms eye views  \n21.Perspective-geometric  \n22.Perspective from photos  \n23.Context-ground  \n24.Urban context  \n25.Rural context  \n26.Trees  \n27.Structure  \n28.Services  \n29.Sustainability  \n30.Material  \n31.Shadow  \n32.Sky  \n33.Occupation  \n34.People  \n35.Using models  \n36.Text  \n37.Stairs:straight flight  \n38.Stairs:double flight  \n39.Stairs:spiral  \n40.Stair details  \n41.Ramps  \n42.Lifts  \n43.Living-dining-kitchen  \n44.Bathrooms and toilets  \n45.Bedrooms  \n46.Workspaces  \n47.Performance spaces  \n48.Restaurants and cafes  \n49.Vehicle access  \n50.Entrances  \n51.Corridors  \n52.Construction thickness  \n53.Windows and doors  \n54.Rooflighting  \n55.Roof build-up  \n56.Floor and wall build-up  \n57.Presentation drawing  \n58.Design review set-up  \n59.Portfolio assembly  \n60.Further reading  \n61.Glossary  \n# 1.On architectural drawing\n\n“Thought passes through the hand onto the sheet throughsuccessive approximations”Vittorio Gregotti.  \nComputer aided design,from simple 2d and 3d programssuch as Sketchup to computational modelling and rendering,is ever widening the definition and scope of architecturaldrawing.  \nThe drawings in this book rather are freehand;hand drawingscan also be technically drawn using drawing equipment tocreate straight lines.Either offers a direct route betweenbrain and paper missing from digital media,and it behovesall architects to master hand drawing,whether with straightlines or not.  \n\"Ifyou can't draw it,you can't flippin'Revit it\"David Simister.  \n# 2.Equipment set-up\n\nPaper:tracingpaper enablesaccuratealignment,floor onfloor or secti","cbCaimlhZ7Rm1Qqs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimlhZ7Rm1Qqs","pdf",14059822,69,"English","# 1. 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