Drafting Drawing
A drafting drawing is also known as technical drawing as it includes drawings for architectures and engineering. The person skilled in drafting drawing is called as draftsman. Drafting drawing is an art common to architects, engineers, machinist etc. But sometimes, it is also used for bird’s eye view, elevations, plan view, isometric projections, cross sections etc.
Usage of drafting drawing in architectural field makes that project management more professional, effortless, and leaves fewer chances of errors during the construction. It also helps a lot to engineers of the site as they have to follow and keep track of only one design. Drafting drawing may also provide 2D or 3D layout drawings for architectural works, civil & structural constructions and even mechanical works. It may also provide fabrication drawings for residential structures, industrial structures, machine parts and laboratory equipments. Main important device required in drafting drawing is a drafting table which nowadays comes equipped with parallel ruler supported by both sides of the table.
There are many tools required for drafting drawing. Such as T-Square which makes easy for a draftsman to move his/her tool on the drafting table. It can be also used to hold other drafting devices. A primary tool used in drafting is the compass. This instrument is used to create simple circles in your drawing. A Spline is a drafting tool that is made of an articulated metal covered in rubber which enables users to bend this tool in different curves. A pantograph is a special mechanical tool connected to the drafting table that when used to draw, it moves in a fixed relation to every other element of itself. Also, one major advantage of the drafting machine enables the ability to modify angles, thus eliminating the use of triangles.
Because of the creation of the drafting machine, drafting has become fully automated and largely accelerated using computer aided design or CAD.