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| What are construction drawings? |
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Detailed drawings the contractor uses to construct a project and describe the extend of the work and the locations, dimensions, and relationships of the various construction elements |
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| What does a typical floor plan show? |
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| The overall configuration of a building (or portion of an interior under contract). Includes all partitions, doors, and other fixed elements and gives dimensions, notes and references to elevations and details drawn elsewhere. |
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| What does a reflected ceiling plan show? |
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All items that are part of the ceiling, elements that touch the ceiling, and elementsthat penetrate the ceiling. |
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| The area of a drawing sheet identifying information about the project as well as information specific to that particular sheet |
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In regard to construction drawings, what does an elevation show? |
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| All items that are part of the ceiling, elements that touch the ceiling, and elements that penetrate the ceiling |
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| In regard to construction drawings, what is layering? |
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| the method of placing different information on separate levels in a CAD system when creating a construction drawing |
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| In regard to electrical drawings, what is a home run? |
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| This is a graphic element on an electrical drawing that uses arrowheads to indicate the line joining lights or power outlets is connected to a particular circuit breaker in a particular electrical panel box. |
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[image]What is this symbol, and what do the numbers mean? [image] |
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| Elevation reference symbol. The top number is the detail number, and the bottom number indicates the sheet on which the elevation is drawn |
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