Standards protocols and conventions

• Standards, Protocols and conventions in engineering and construction drawings exist to allow absolute coherence and universality across all technical graphic audiences
• Technical Audiences could include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Architects
  • Architectural technicians
  • Landscape Architects
  • Construction trades
  • Building/Quantity surveyors
  • Consultant engineers
  • Manufacturers
• Sections are used aid clarity and understanding of drawings
• Types of Sections are:

  • stepped section
  • part section
  • revolved section
  • removed section
  • half section
• Section drawings allow an interior view or internal information to be explored in orthographic views
• Tolerances are usually used in manufacture to allow for some movement in manufacturing accuracy
• There are two types of tolerances:

  1. functional
  2. non-functional
• Layers are used in architecture and construction drawings
• layers are a means of splitting up vast amount of information into specific parts
• Layers allow for multiple input to a drawings to allow easier sharing and multi user drawings
• Standards, Protocols and Conventions reduce ambiguity
• Standard, Protocols and Conventions are used by various people so they have to follow clear rules