Architectural Drawings-Its Importance in Architectural Industry Architectural drawings are technical drawings created by architects to exhibit home interior as well as exteriors, buildings, bridges and other simple as well as intricate structures. Architectural Drawings provides in-depth representation of various aspects of a building or structure. These drawings are utilized by architects to convert design notion into logical proposal, to interact with clientele regarding the design ideas and concepts and to create a record of the construction process. The architectural and construction industry worldwide require specific standards for drawings. They predominantly relate to paper sizes, dimensions, symbols and blueprint markups. Traditionally, Architectural drawings were drawn with ink on paper, and all copies desired needed to be laboriously created manually. The advancement of the computer had a significant influence on the techniques accustomed to design and develop Architectural drawings. This has made manual drafting practically outdated, thus enabling us to employ natural shapes and intricate geometry. Architectural Drawings nowadays are created utilizing CAD software’s like AutoCAD referred to as CAD Drawings. Architectural drawings allow basis for the scheduling and creating budget of the project prior to actual construction process. These drawings are created to scale in order to accurately exhibit relative sizes. Various kinds of views employed in Architectural Drawings are: 
Site Plan View:
View which is attained by looking upon the building or a location from the top is known as Plan View. They typically exhibits exterior details like the boundaries lines, pathways around the building, landscaping, parking areas, trees, etc.
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Floor Plan View: It incorporates boxes in a building representing various types of room areas such as living room, rest room, store room, balcony, lobby areas, etc. These provides details regarding thickness of wall as symbolically represent windows, doors, fixtures and other amenities
Cross Sectional Views: Cross sectional view is acquired when one cut-through the building with a vertical section plane. These views facilitate us in distinguishing changes in floor levels, roofs, ceilings etc
Elevation View: Observing a building with a flat plane from single side which exhibits exterior look of the building is known as Elevation View. There are different kinds of elevations such as front elevation, north elevation, south elevation etc.
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Architectural Drawings are categorized as:
Presentation drawings: These drawings are employed to demonstrate design concepts to clientele. Fundamental presentation drawings usually incorporate people, vehicles and vegetation, etc. Presentation drawings created by architects are generally views or detailed site plans, floor plans and elevations.
Survey drawings: Survey Drawings are evaluated drawings of pre-existing property, structures and buildings. Architects require a precise set of survey drawings as grounds for their working drawings, to establish accurate dimensions for the construction task.
Record drawings: Traditionally, architects used to make record drawings to comprehend and replicate the great architecture known to them. They are also employed in construction projects, wherein as-built drawings of the accomplished building take account of all the changes done during construction process.
Working drawings or Construction Drawings:
Working drawings or Construction Drawings are detailed drawings employed in a construction project. These are classified as Assembly, Location and Component Drawings. Location drawings incorporate floor plans, elevation, cross-sections and sections. They exhibit where the construction components are placed. Assembly drawings exhibit how the various components are assembled. Component Drawings facilitate self-contained components like Windows and door sets, to be manufactured in a workshop, and sent to site accomplished and ready to install. www.teslaoutsourcingservices.com
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