A
- adjustable triangles
- aerial view
- altitude
- analytical drawing
- angles, drawing
- angle of view
- arcs, drawing
- architect's scales
- architectural drafting. See drafting
- architectural drawing systems. See drawing systems
- architectural presentations. See also presentation drawings
- arrows
- assumed north
- atmospheric perspective
- axial lines
- axis of symmetry
- axonometric projections
- azimuth
B
- background
- for building elevations
- and cone of vision
- for freehand drawing
- and landscaping elements
- base drawings
- bearing
- Bézier, Pierre
- Bézier curves
- BIM (building information modeling)
- binocular vision
- blur, perspective
- boxes, presentation drawing
- break lines
- broken lines
- brushes, drafting
- building elevations
- in architectural presentations
- arrangement and orientation
- defined
- materials, representing
- scale and detail
- spatial depth cues
- tonal values in
- trees in
- building information modeling (BIM)
- building materials, representing
- building sections. See also section drawings
C
- C (center of vision)
- CAD. See computer-aided design/drafting
- cars
- CAV (central axis of vision)
- ceiling plans
- centerlines
- center of vision (C)
- central axis of vision (CAV)
- charcoal pencils
- circles
- in paraline drawings
- in perspective drawings
- shadows cast by
- tangent
- circle templates
- circulation diagrams
- clarity, in architectural presentations
- clipping planes
- in floor plan
- for section drawings
- coldpress illustration boards
- color. See tonal values
- columns
- compasses
- composition (freehand drawing)
- computer-aided design/drafting (CAD). See also digital drawing
- analytical drawing
- Bézier curves
- for communicating design ideas
- defined
- for design drawings
- digital layers
- digital line weights
- digital templates
- floor plans
- furniture element libraries
- line weights
- manipulating perspective views with
- paraline views with
- poché with
- projection systems
- 3D site models
- wireframe model
- concept diagrams
- condensed typefaces
- Condominium Unit No. 5, Sea Ranch, California
- cone of vision
- construction drawings
- construction sections
- context
- buildings in
- furniture in
- landscaping in
- people in
- reflections in
- in section drawings
- vehicles in
- continuity, in architectural presentations
- continuity of outline
- contour drawing
- contour interval
- contour line
- convergence
- crosshatching
- cubes
- curved lines
- curved surfaces
- curvilinear shapes
- cutaway views
- cut elements
E
- edges, modeling
- efficiency, in architectural presentations
- elevations
- building, (See also building elevations)
- defined
- interior
- elevation obliques
- characteristics of
- creating
- defined
- orientation of
- for paraline drawings
- elevation view
- ellipse
- engineer's scales
- erasers
- erasing shields
- expanded views
- experiential view
- exploded views
- exterior perspectives
F
- Falling Water (Frank Lloyd Wright)
- figures, human. See people, drawings of
- fill, digital shape
- film, drafting
- floor plans
- in architectural presentations
- CAD
- characteristics
- digital plans
- doors in
- drawing
- plan cut for
- and plan obliques
- poché
- scale and detail
- section drawings vs.
- and site plans
- spatial depth
- stairs in
- tonal values with
- trees in
- windows in
- fly-through, digital
- foreground
- for building elevations
- and cone of vision
- in freehand drawing
- and interior perspectives
- and landscaping elements
- foreshortening
- and axonometric projections
- in paraline drawings
- in perspective drawings
- formal diagrams
- fountain pens
- four-center method, paraline circle drawings
- framing
- free-form shapes
- freehand drawing
- analytical approach to
- and building a drawing
- composition in
- contour drawing
- diagramming in
- from observation
- parti in
- subjects for
- travel sketching
- French curves
- “front and back” clipping planes
- front view, orthographic projection
- furniture
G
- gel pens
- geometric shapes, analytical drawing
- GL (ground line)
- global illumination
- GP (ground plane)
- grades, graphite lead
- graphic images
- graphic primitives
- graphic scales
- graphic symbols
- graphite leads
- grid lines
- grids (presentation drawings)
- ground line (GL)
- ground plane (GP)
- guides, drawing
H
- hand drawing, digital drawing vs.
- hand lettering
- hatching
- head, human
- highlights
- “hither and yon” clipping planes
- horizon line (HL)
- horizontal cut
- horizontal limit, freehand drawing
- horizontal plane
- hotpress illustration boards
- human figures. See people, drawings of
I
- illumination
- illustration boards
- image-processing software
- inclined lines
- ink
- interior elevations
- interior perspectives
- interior spaces
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- isometric drawings
- isometric projection
- isometric view
L
- landscaping
- law of simultaneous contrast
- leads, drawing
- for compasses
- for hatching
- and line weights
- taper of point
- types and grades
- lead holder pencils
- lettering, presentation drawing
- light
- light rays, paraline views
- light values
- lines
- in analytical drawing
- Bézier curves
- curved
- in diagramming
- drawing
- drawing leads and
- in freehand sketches
- in orthographic projection
- parallel/perpendicular (See also parallel lines)
- in presentation drawings
- quality of
- technical pens and
- types of
- weights
- line-and-tone technique
- linear perspective
- in freehand drawing
- shadows in
- line quality
- line weights
- for building elevations
- defining plan cut with
- defining section cut with
- digital
- for digital floor plans
- drawing lead choices for
- in floor plans
- and limitations of CAD/BIM technologies
- in section drawings
- for spatial depth cues
- local illumination
- lowercase lettering
M
- masking tape, drafting tape vs.
- materials
- building (See building materials)
- drawing (See drawing tools and materials)
- measuring line (ML)
- measuring point (MP)
- mechanical pencils. See also pencils
- method of diagonals
- method of triangles
- metric scales
- middle ground
- for building elevations
- and cone of vision
- for freehand drawing
- and landscaping elements
- ML (measuring line)
- modeling
- monocular vision
- Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull, Whitaker (MLTW)
- MP (measuring point)
- multiplication, digital
- multiview drawings
- axonometric projection vs.
- ceiling plans
- elements of
- elevations
- floor plans
- perspective drawings vs.
- plans (in general)
- point of view in
- sections
- shade and shadows in
N
- negative shapes
- nibs, fountain pen
- nonaxial lines
- nonphoto blue leads
- north, assumed
- north arrows
O
- objective view
- objects, buildings as
- oblique projection. See also elevation obliques; plan obliques
- defined
- orientation of
- perspective projection vs.
- observation, drawing from. See also freehand drawing
- one-point perspective
- characteristics of
- grid construction
- perspective variables with
- orientation
- of building elevations
- of interior elevations
- in site plans
- orthographic projection
- axonometric projection vs.
- defined
- elevations (See elevations)
- interior elevations
- for multiview drawings, (See also multiview drawings)
- people in
- sections
- spatial depth cues in
- of straight line
- outline, continuity of
- overlap
R
- ray casting
- ray tracing
- rectangles, subdividing
- rectilinear objects
- reflected ceiling plans
- reflections
- regulating lines
- relative proximity
- relative size
- rendering context. See context
- rendering tonal values. See tonal values
- roof plans
- rule of thirds
S
- sandpaper, as pencil sharpener
- sans-serif typefaces
- scale
- for architectural drawings
- for building elevations
- for building sections
- for digital drawings
- for expanded views
- for floor plans
- graphic
- for interior elevations
- landscaping to establish
- for multiview drawings
- and one-point perspective grid construction
- scales, drawing
- scribbling
- section arrows
- section cuts
- and building elevations
- for complex and irregular forms
- defining
- digital
- section drawings
- building
- defined
- digital poché
- digital sections
- with graphics software
- poché
- scale and detail in
- section cuts
- site sections
- spatial depth
- tonal values in
- trees in
- section lines
- section perspective
- sequence of subject matter, architectural presentations
- sequential views
- serial vision
- serif typefaces
- shade and shadows
- defined
- digital
- in freehand drawings
- in multiview drawings
- in paraline views
- in perspective views
- plan vs. elevation views of
- in site plans
- as spatial depth cue
- shade line
- shadow line
- shadow plane
- shapes, drawing
- side view, orthographic projection
- sight lines
- and cone of vision
- defined
- in linear perspective
- and perspective projection
- and perspective view of circles
- and reflections
- simultaneous contrast, law of
- single-view drawings. See also paraline drawings
- site diagrams
- site plans
- drawings
- scale and orientation in
- shade and shadows in
- topography in
- site sections
- size, projected
- sizing (freehand drawing)
- sketch-grade tracing papers
- sketching. See freehand drawing
- slide shows
- smart guides
- solids, shadows cast by
- solid lines
- SP (station point)
- spatial depth
- in building elevations
- in elevations
- extending
- in floor plans
- and one-point perspective
- in orthographic projection
- in paraline drawings
- in section drawings
- subdividing
- tonal values to enhance
- spatial edges
- squares
- and perspective view of circle
- and shadow of circle
- subdividing
- stairs
- station point (SP)
- stippling
- straight line, shadow cast by
- stroke, digital shape
- stylus, digital
- sun angle
- sunlight
- surface lines
- surfaces, drawing
- system diagrams
T
- tangents
- tape, drafting
- technical pens
- techniques. See drafting techniques
- templates
- text, on presentation drawings. See also lettering
- texture
- texture perspective
- 3D CAD programs
- analytical model
- digital layers
- modeling of solids
- paraline views
- perspective views
- projection systems
- site models
- wireframe model
- 3D modeling programs
- analytical model
- colors and tonal values
- digital layers
- floor plans
- lines
- paraline views
- perspective measurements
- projection systems
- section drawings
- serial vision
- shade and shadows
- site models
- wireframe model
- three-point perspectives
- titles
- tonal values
- in architectural drawings
- in building elevations
- conveying light with
- creating
- for floor plans
- in freehand drawings
- of landscape elements
- and modeling
- in presentation drawings
- in section drawings
- shade and shadows (See shade and shadows)
- in site plans
- and texture
- value scale
- tools. See drawing tools and materials
- tooth
- topography
- top view, orthographic projection
- tracing paper
- transformations
- travel sketching
- trees
- trial layouts
- triangles (drawing guide)
- for drawing angles
- for drawing shadows in perspective views
- for elevation obliques
- for hand lettering
- for lettering
- for parallel/perpendicular lines
- for plan obliques
- trimetric projection
- trimetric view
- trucks
- T-squares
- 2D CAD programs
- 2D drawing programs
- colors and tonal values with
- digital templates in
- paraline views with
- 2D vector-based drawing programs
- two-point perspectives
- characteristics of
- grid construction for
- measuring point method for
- perspective variables with
- shade and shadows in
- typefaces
U
- unity, in architectural presentations
- urban spaces
- utility lines
V
- vanishing point (VP)
- vanishing point for an inclined set of lines (VPi)
- vanishing trace (VT)
- Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia
- vector-based drawing programs
- vector drawings
- vector images
- vehicles, drawings of
- vellum
- Venturi, Robert
- vertical limit, freehand drawing
- vertical measuring line (VML)
- views (in paraline drawings)
- cutaway
- digital
- expanded
- phantom
- sequential
- vision
- visual weight, graphic symbols
- VML (vertical measuring line)
- VP (vanishing point)
- VPi (vanishing point for an inclined set of lines)
- VT (vanishing trace)
W
- walk-through, digital
- walls
- edge view
- in floor plans
- in interior elevations
- water
- white space
- windows
- window sills
- wooden drawing pencils
- worm's-eye view
- Wright, Frank Lloyd