Download Drafting Fundamentals: Constructing Lines and Geometric Shapes and more Papers Architecture in PDF only on Docsity! ex 5.0b Drafting Investigations . Constructing Drawing with a free hand is like dancing on paper…Producing a drawing with instruments is an altogether more disciplined, modularized activity. William J. Mitchell Improvisations, Instruments, and Algorithms The drafter’s pencil should be, in a very real sense, a part of him[her]self, an extension of his [her] hand. Pencil Points The act of drawing is often the first act of a building’s construction. In this introductory exercise, you will investigate the act of constructing on paper as facilitated by the drafter’s tools: the drawing board, parallel bar, scale, compass, triangle, lead holder, pointer, scale, drafting tape, and paper. Ex 5.0b invites you to practice a series of drafting skills on 12”x18” vellum sheets to build consistency and precision in your work. Repeat the exercises until you have achieved a level of confidence, then submit this full set of investigations to your instructor for a pass/fail grade. Begin by familiarizing yourself with these new tools. Read about procedures for their use on the reserve materials to understand the new power they will bring to your studio work – that of precision, correlations, density of information and speed. The construction of a single straight line demands the simplest tool set. A surface, an edge, and instrument to make the mark. Susan Piedmont-Palladino Circles and Spheres, Tools of the Imagination Set up. Clean the desktop and bar. Level the bar. Tape down the paper. Measure. Pull a vertical line up the left margin. Mark off a series of 1’-0” measure points using each of the different scales on the architectural scale tool: Mark 1’ at 1/16”=1’-0”, at 1/8”=1’-0”, at 1/4”=1’-0”, at 3/16”=1’-0”, at 3/32”=1’-0”, at 3/8”=1’-0”, at 3/4”=1’-0”, at 1/2”=1’-0”, at 1”=0”, at 1-1/2”=1’-0”, at 3”=1’-0”. A line is a dot that goes for a walk. Paul Klee Twirl. Pull a vertical line as a right margin. Then pull lines across, practicing a twirl between the thumb and forefinger. Mark beginnings and ends of lines. Practice until you can maintain crisp and consistent lines using multiple leads to achieve multiple line weights – all crisp and consistent. Practice a variety of line types: short dash, long dash, and centerlines.
