Technical Drawing (1st Quarter)
Building code
A building code is a set of rules that specify the standards for constructed objects such as buildings and non building structures.
Blueprint
A design plan or other technical drawing.
Floor Plan
A drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure
Lot
A piece of land.
Clearance
Generally undertaken as part of enabling works, carried out to prepare a site for construction.
Perspective
Is a drawing angle from which an object or structure is viewed.
Elevation
It shows the sides of an object without any depth (or perspective). An elevation drawing flattens all of the faces into a single plane.
Department of Public Works and Highways
Meaning of DPWH
Scaling
Refers to enlarging or reducing the drawing using architect's scale.
Roof Plan
a roofing plan presenting roof types used.
Revision
an act of changing or revising.
Site
an area of land available for construction or the lot on which a building is constructed. A building sites maybe a single lot, a series of lots, or a subdivision. A lot is a piece of ground of specific size.
Section
drawings of an object as though they were cut in order to expose the interior construction.
Working Drawing
is a finished plan drawing containing complete information for the workmen.
Site Development Plan
refers to the position and the location of the building with property line, setbacks, approaches, grade contours, landscape and other pertinent data in relation to the site.