Chapter 7 Dimensioning Floor Plans and Elevations

The two properties recorded when describing an architectural space are:

• Dimension lines and tick marks.

• Height and width.

• Area and accessibility.

• Size and location.

Define dimensioning.

• Dimensioning is a number that describes the size and location of an architectural feature.

• Dimensioning is finding numbers that quantify the size and location of an architectural feature.

• Dimensioning is the process of indicating the size of architectural features and their location from other features.

• Dimensioning is a line that spans a feature described by a dimension note.

________ are slanted lines placed at the intersection of the dimension and extension lines.

• Tick marks

• Dimension notes

• Annotations

• Alignments

Which statement about ANSI standards for dimensioning is FALSE?

• Circles and arcs are dimensioned from their center points.

• Dimensions can be lettered smaller to fit into a small amount of space.

• Dimensions are lettered in architectural format.

• Dimensions are lettered the same as notes: 1/8" tall.

Where on the plan are interior dimension lines placed according to ANSI standards?

• At the bottom of the page

• Outside the plan

• The top right-hand corner

• Inside the plan

Define masonry.

• Masonry is a hole in the wall for an interior door in a concrete or brick building.

• Masonry is architectural wood products manufactured in a lumber mill.

• Masonry is units of brick, concrete block, or stone.

• Masonry is the process of pouring material into forms to produce a specific shape.

According to ANSI standards, wood-framed buildings are dimensioned from:

• Corner to corner of the buildings, windows, and doors.

• The outside face of the stud on exterior walls and from the center stud on interior walls.

• The center of the stud on exterior walls and from the outside face of the stud on interior walls.

• Wall to wall of the buildings, windows, and doors.

According to ANSI standards, buildings made of masonry are dimensioned from:

• Corner to corner of the buildings, windows, and doors.

• The outside face of the stud on exterior walls and from the center stud on interior walls.

• The center of the stud on exterior walls and from the outside face of the stud on interior walls.

• Wall to wall of the buildings, windows, and doors.

To indicate that an exterior wall is flush with the exterior face of the stud, which is the best way to place an extension line using ANSI standards?

• Draw the end of the extension line inside the exterior wall.

• Draw the end of the extension line to all edges of the wall.

• Draw the end of the extension line to the center of the interior wall.

• Draw the end of the extension line from corner to corner of the wall.

Compare NKBA-standard design drawings to shop drawings.

• Shop drawings show locations and general appearance of cabinets and appliances; design drawings show more specific features.

• Design drawings show locations and general appearance of cabinets and appliances; shop drawings show more specific features.

• Design drawings show locations and general appearance of exterior features; shop drawings show specific appearance of interior features.

• There is no difference; design drawings and shop drawings are the same thing.