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The black triangle with
the split circle with the letter on top and the
number on the bottom and the line drawn across the
plan refers to the location and direction of the
section drawing. The black triangle is an arrow
that points in the direction that you are looking
when viewing the section. The number in the circle
refers to the page that the section drawing is on.
The letter refers to the specific drawing (located
on the section drawing page). The line is the location
at which the house is cut in half and one half was
removed for viewing.
The box with the words
"finish floor and 102’-4”"is
a reference height from a benchmark (a known location
that is marked). Groundspeak
- Benchmark Hunting Home Page . The dimension
given is 102 feet and 4 inches above the benchmark,
all other heights or elevations are based off that
number.
Each room is identified
by name and has ceiling height and floor covering
noted for that room.
The hexagons with the
number 3 in them refer to the location of shear
walls and their description on the legend. See local
building department for size and spacing.
You should put
3 rows of dimensions, the first row would be to
the center of all doors and windows, each door and
window should have a dimension marked by the door
or window itself. The second row would be to the
location of intersecting walls from edge to edge.
The third row is for the overall dimension end to
end of the building. The dimensions should be drawn
as if you oriented the building with the title block
to the right so you can read them from left to right
and top to bottom. For the dimensions that go from
bottom to top you would rotate the plan clockwise
to put the title block on the bottom and go left
to right and top to bottom. All writing should be
done in this manner.
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A bedroom should be a
minimum dimension of 10 feet by 10 feet. These dimensions
leave room for a single bed, a night stand, a chest
of drawers and enough room to open the door. Don’t
forget to put at least one egress window in the
room for escape in case of emergency.
Ramsey, Charles George,
1884-1963
[Architectural graphic standards] Pg 10.
