Detailed Drawings

What do construction drawings normally contain?

• Beautiful rendering of plant and tree symbols

• Annotation of functions of each space without dimensions

• Annotations of dimensions, floor level, plant names and grid lines.

Answer explanation

Construction drawings normally contain essential information for the builder to construct the design. (dimensions of planter space, finished floor levels or plant names)

What is a Landscape Plan?

• A top down view of the site or design.

• A planned schedule to start the landscape.

• A work plan of what landscape materials to bring.

• A side view of the landscape.

Answer explanation

An elevation drawing is..

• the drawing of and elevator.

• the side view of the subject without showing much information other than the facade.

• the side view of the subject showing spaces inside the design.

• the drawing which is elevated at an angle to see.

A Sectional drawing is....

• a section of the full drawing, in case there is confidential information.

• the side view of a subject, which shows the facade of the building.

• a zoomed in section of a landscape plan.

• a side view of the subject at a cut-line, which shows the inside of the design.

Detailed drawings are...

• drawings with key details and dimensions in order to allow specialist contractors to build the design.

• drawings with nice details.

• drawings with dimensions only.

• drawings with details that stand out from the rest of the drawings.

Why is there a need for presentation drawings?

• It will look like you put in more effort to make an extra drawing for the audience.

• It is easier for audience to understand and is annotated with functions.

• There is no need for presentation drawings, construction drawings are sufficient.

• It contains dimensions, floor levels and gridlines which the clients must know.