Intro to Drafting - First Assignment

<div style="text-align: center;">On Friday I began tackling my first drafting assignment.<br />From the pictures, it looks pretty easy...Don't let the pictures fool you.<br />As a first timer, it was tricky to get a handle on all the different drafting tools (parallel bar, t-square, triangle squares, architects scales, etc). And it was VERY time consuming!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN-AkW-b0_F71vbyq2iwnSHL25QMB2GJzYNH6Oy89zlIKTCsdhhtzduRynev8KsfTPmPY43QACg9ey2WjI159YrglHZb-_qsHVX3DBwjnTOOtBMDIywUsBTTih57NY6To4pDzWZWsK7r0/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN-AkW-b0_F71vbyq2iwnSHL25QMB2GJzYNH6Oy89zlIKTCsdhhtzduRynev8KsfTPmPY43QACg9ey2WjI159YrglHZb-_qsHVX3DBwjnTOOtBMDIywUsBTTih57NY6To4pDzWZWsK7r0/s640/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The assignment was to draw the six specifically patterned squares to the proper scale, making sure all lines and points met up completely precisely. <br />If you're measurements were even the slightest bit off, the diagonal lines would not pass perfectly through each corner. Super frustrating!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIh2V9WWBI6TAun0w5nZw-Z506fwMoR8H_Qsw5HUeey3nwPbCVag-d4Q_99oTL7AH38DJD8j6Gt2Y_oBj0elCVTVvXDkNcqXRlUk9eCTDyO4Ozjtz5jjnpihmDCGFpVufFlwe8H53TxFj/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIh2V9WWBI6TAun0w5nZw-Z506fwMoR8H_Qsw5HUeey3nwPbCVag-d4Q_99oTL7AH38DJD8j6Gt2Y_oBj0elCVTVvXDkNcqXRlUk9eCTDyO4Ozjtz5jjnpihmDCGFpVufFlwe8H53TxFj/s640/014.JPG" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>First we did a rough copy on a newspaper pad, and then traced it onto this blocked vellum paper.<br />The rough copy is still underneath in these pictures, which is why you see some faded lines beneath.<br /><br />We used a 1" = 1' scale. Using this scale, each square had to be 3'x3', and be spaced 1' apart. Furthermore, they had to start 1'-6" away from the vellum's border on the side and 2'-6" down from the border on the top. <br /><br />You can't really tell from the pictures, but we had to use different leads for certain lines as well.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZEoDiE2115PXrzJq2UYz5Jvkhz7-b-hKHIh3RGDcJVnK3QKMw6a9W2L9cz8RnR38kfpS2m7nhNG9dDIo4dmdnXaABBqWeXOFjFnPIGK_1CQTi1y6F2Bf_WfNnEY_vAlq_XL_cO_J4-OS/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Next drafting class we complete the other half of this project, which is the lettering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On another note, the bf came to visit this weekend! We went to a Toronto Marlie's game (since the NHL is locked out). It was a lot of fun and the Marlie's won 5-0!</div>How was your weekend?<br /><a href="http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/?action=view&current=Tiffany-27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh609/tiffanyleighinteriordesign/Tiffany-27.jpg" /></a></div>

Intro to Drafting - First Assignment

On Friday I began tackling my first drafting assignment. From the pictures, it looks pretty easy...Don't let the pictures fool you. As a...

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