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WorksheetsThe Basics of Architecture
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
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What does a section view show?
Multiples sections of a house.
A birds-eye view of a house.
A section or cut-through of a structure.
What does CADD stand for?
Contemporary added design and decoration.
Computer aided drafting and design.
Computer answers about drafting and design.
Which writing utensil is easy to use, and erasable, but may be difficult to blend colors?
Colored pencil
Graphite pencil
Felt tip marker
Water color
How would you describe a rendering?
Using lights to brighten a room
Taking out items in a room
Altering an aspect of a room
Adding color, texture and value to a drawing
Which is not a type of construction drawings designers might choose to render?
Floor plans
Elevations
Perspective drawings
Color template
What's a T-Square
A tool that makes vertical lines more realistic
A tool that is guided along the edge of a drawing surface to
maintain the trueness of horizontal lines
A template you trace for floor plans
What viewpoint is a floor plan drawn from?
Birds-eye
Below
Overhead
Human eye level
How does it speed the process of creating accurate plans?
Faster the plan comes out to start designing
Less work to accomplish
Happier clients
Easier to make modifications than hand drawing
Is an elevation drawing 2-D or 3-D?
2-D
3-D
Why is a detail view like using a magnifying glass on a feature of a plan?
It shows things from farther away
It magnifies a feature for closer inspection.
It makes people want to look closer
What does a floor plan show?
Things on the floor level
Location of walls, windows, doors
Different floor options
What is tracing paper?
Paper you use in a house inside walls
Paper with cutouts this are used like stencils to create floor plans
Strong, transparent paper used for creating drawings,
designs, and tracings.
Why do you think furniture companies offer CADD programs as free tools for consumers?
Why are renderings an important tool to designers?
They allow clients to see the outcome online
They show the progress that has been made
They show the direction of the work
They allow clients to visualize the finished product
