Architectural drawing

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An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building or building project that falls within the definition of architecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and concepts, to show clients the merits of a design, to assist a building contractor in construction based on design intent, to record the design and planned development, or to document a building that already exists. Architectural drawings are made according to a set of conventions, including particular views such as floor plans and sections, sheet sizes, units of measurement, scales, annotation and cross-referencing. Historically, drawings were made in ink on paper or similar materials, and copies had to be made by hand. The twentieth century saw a shift to drawing on tracing paper so that mechanical copies could be made more efficiently. The development of the computer had a major...

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