Construction blueprints also called construction plans or drawings are full of abbreviations and acronyms to save space and neaten the overall appearance of the presentation.
Floor plan abbreviations and symbols h s.
Floor plans site plans elevations and other architectural diagrams are generally pretty self explanatory but the devil s often in the details.
On the national and international level asme standard y14 38 1 is one of the widely used standards.
Technical standards exist to provide glossaries of abbreviations acronyms and symbols that may be found on engineering drawings.
Abbreviations schedulelists the abbreviations used in the general construction area along with an explanation of each abbreviation f.
It s not always easy to make an educated guess about what a particular abbreviation or symbol might mean.
Symbol scheduleshows symbols and describes them e.
You ll need to get familiar with floor plan symbols if you re looking at floor plans a floor plan is a picture of a level of a home sliced horizontally about 4ft from the ground and looking down from above.
Ask questions to decide what floor plan is great for you.
Split level floor plans aren t unusual.
By creating a flow between spaces the house s satisfaction cans increase.