CONVENTIONSOFDRAFTING

Buildingconstruction
Semester1
LECTURE PREPARED BY FACULTY: DEEPIKA SHETTY

Draw the border and tittle block as follows for an A2 size sheet:
Note:
Border 1.5cm on top, bottom
and right sides
2.5 cm on the left side
Tittle block as shown in the fig.

DRAWING NO:2A
DRAWING TITTLE: LETTERING
EACH ALPHABET IS IN A
RECTANGLE OF HEIGHT 15MM
AND WIDTH 12MM. THE SPACING
OF THE RECTANGLE CAN BE
AROUND 4-5MM.
WRITE ALPHABETS AS SHOWN IN
A SHEET OF A2 SIZE AND DRAW
FORMAT AND TITTLE BLOCK AS
GIVEN PRVIOUSLY.
THE WORDS DETAILS AND
MATERIALS WILL NOT FOLLOW
THE SPACING OF 4-5MM.

DRAWING NO:2B
DRAWING TITTLE: LINE TYPES AND MATERIAL HATCH
DRAW A COLUMN OF 10CM
TO THE LEFT FOR THE
LABELLING AS SHOWN .
DRAW THE LINE TYPES
HORIZONTALLY FROM
RIGHT BORDER TO LEFT
BORDER ON THE REST OF
THE SHEET

DRAWING NO:2C
DRAWING TITTLE: SYMBOLS

References:
1. Prabhu Balagopal T.S.,Paul Vincent K., Vijayan C., Building design and
civil engineering drawing (1999), Spades Publishers and Distributers,
Calicut.
2. Shah M.G., Kale C. M., Patki S. Y., Building Drawing(2nd edition), Tata
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi.
3. IS 962, 1959, reaffirmed 2001, Code of Practice for Architecture and
Building Drawing second revision reprint 1993, Bureau of Indian
Standards, New Delhi.
4. SP46, 1988r, Engineering drawing practice for schools and colleges,
reprint 1988, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.
5. Ching Francis D.K., Architectural Graphics, 3rd edition, 1996, Van
Nostrand Reinhold, USA.