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Plans and Specifications. Reading to Build. Starting Your Project. Determine your needs Plans Materials Tools Plans are needed to determine materials Once you have materials, you can decide on tools needed. Building Plans. Collection of original drawings showing How to build
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Plans and Specifications Reading to Build
Starting Your Project • Determine your needs • Plans • Materials • Tools • Plans are needed to determine materials • Once you have materials, you can decide on tools needed
Building Plans • Collection of original drawings showing • How to build • Specifications of the build • Materials to use • Also known as blueprints • Can plans be the same size as the project? • What do you do? • Draw to scale!
Reading Scale • Think about a ruler • How do you use it? • Think of how you break down an inch
Reading Scale • We have a building that is 100 feet long. • How big of a piece of paper would we need? • Full size • 100 feet • 1 inch = 1 foot • 100 inches • ½ inch = 1 foot • 50 inches • ¼ inch = 1 foot • 25 inches • 1/8 inch = 1 foot • 12.5 inches
Reading Scale • Difficult to always try to measure with a ruler and convert • Architect’s Scale • Special type of ruler to help you make the conversions in one easy measurement
Reading Scale • Scale has numerous sides with numerous scales • Scale marked on the side • Align the number on the scale with the scale your drawing is • Numbers printed will then help you determine feet
Reading Scale • Numbers tell you whole feet • Not everything is in whole feet • Use the small hashes at the end • Be sure you know the division! • Look at number of marks • See the relationship to 1 foot
Reading Scale • ¼ scale • Each hash mark = 1 inch • 12 hash marks 12 inches in a foot 12 ÷ 12 = 1
Reading Scale • 1/8 scale • Each hash mark = 2 inches • 6 hash marks 12 inches in a foot 12 ÷ 6 = 2
Building Plans • Pieces of a Plan • Plot plan • Foundation plan • Floor plan • Elevations • Sections • Details
Symbols in Plans • Symbols and shadings are used to represent materials, fixtures, appliances, and equipment in plans • Many are standard, but sometimes there are minor variations • See Pages 129-131 in book
Specifications • Notes about specific materials to use, work to be done, methods, and procedures to ensure quality of product • More specifications = the closer the finished product is to the original thought