DRAFTSMAN ARCHITECT PLAN DRAWING TRAINING COURSE BOOK

Volume II - (Standard Drafting Practices and Theory (480 Pages)

1. Composition
2. Geometric Construction
3. General Drafting Practices
4. Technical Drawings
5. Perspective Projections
6. Parallel Projections

Volume III - Executionable Practices (542 Pages)

1. Mediums
2. Color
3. Drawing
4. Cartooning and Animation
5. Lettering
6. Airbrush
7. Photography
8. Computer Generation

Volume IV - Presentations Graphics (260 Pages)

1. Copy Preparation
2. Audiovisual Presentations
3. Television Graphics
4. Displays and Exhibits

Volume V - Blueprint Reading and Sketching (190 Pages)

1. Blueprint Reading
2. Technical Sketching
3. Projections and Views
4. Machine Drawings
5. Piping Systems
6. Electrical and Electronics Prints
7. Architectural and Structural Steel Drawings
8. Developments and Intersections

Volume VI - Lettering Techniques (86 Pages)

1. Introduction to Lettering

Letter Classification
Lettering Principles
Use of Basic Strokes with Guidelines and a Grid

2. Freehand Lettering Tools and Their Uses

Pencils
Techniques of Lettering Using Different Types of Pens
Techniques of Lettering Using Different Types of Brushes and Felt Tip Markers

3. Mechanical, Prepared, and Computer Generated Lettering Techniques

Use and Application of Mechanical and Prepared Lettering
Use and Application of Computer-Generated Lettering Techniques

Volume VII - Draw Objects in Perspective (44 Pages)

1. Draw Objects in One-Point Perspective

Define Perspective
Define One-point Perspective
Define Picture Plane, Station Point and Vanishing Point

2. Draw Objects in Two-Point Perspective

Define Two-point Perspective
Define Objects At, Above, and Below Eye Level
Identify Measurements In Two-point Perspective
Identify the Use of Diagonals

3.Draw Onjects in Three-Point Perspective

Define Three-point Perspective
Identify Compound Forms

Volume VIII - Prepare Overlays (142 Pages)

1. Prepare Map Overlays

Identify Methods and Components of Map Overlays
Map Overlay Techniques
Practice Exercise

2. Prepare Viewgraph Overlays

Identify Viewgraph Components
Make a VGT with the Diazo Process
Practice Exercise

Volume IX - Designing & Preparing Presentation Materials(190 pgs)

1. Methods of Presenting Data

Using Charts to Illustrate Data
Letter Graphic Projects
Computer Imaging Systems
Practice Exercise

2. Projection Means and Methods

Methods of Reproducing
Copy Layout and Projection Equipment
Print Processes and Preparing Overlays
Practice Exercise

Volume X - Realistic Drawing (84 Pages)

1. Describe Tools and Drawing Surfaces
2. Principles of Realistic Drawing
3. Media and Techniques