BlueprintExercises

Construction plans

A set of building drawings is a stack of plans, elevations and sections that point to each other. Learn to read them here. Pick feet and inches (US) or metric (Europe) in any exercise.

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  1. 1

    Floor plan symbols

    Doors, windows, stairs, north arrows and section cuts, and which way a door swings.

  2. 2

    Reading dimensions on a floor plan

    Dimension strings add up to the overall. Find the missing one in feet and inches or millimetres.

  3. 3

    North, south, east and west elevations

    Use the north arrow to name the elevation that shows a wall.

  4. 4

    Section marks and floor levels

    Read section bubbles and work out storey heights from level marks.

  5. 5

    Work out dimensions and levelsHarder

    Missing dimensions and level differences, worked out and typed in feet and inches or mm.

  6. 6

    Read a floor planHarder

    A full floor plan with rooms, doors, windows, dimensions, a north arrow and a section mark. Five questions per plan.

  7. Practice test20 questions

    Mixed questions from every lesson. Use it to check what you know.

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  • Scale reading

    Measure on a plan with an architect's scale or a metric scale rule.