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Wheelchair Turning Radius: ADA 60-Inch Circle and T-Shaped Turning Space Explained
The ADA does not give a turning radius. It gives a 60 inch circle or a T inside a 60 inch square, and...
Sinan Ozen7 Mins read
Finish Schedule: How to Set Up a Room Finish Schedule for Interior and Architectural Drawings
What a room finish schedule records, how the National CAD Standard format applies to finishes, how finish codes and the legend tie to...
Sinan Ozen8 Mins read
Wall Sections in Architecture: How to Draw and Read a Wall Section Detail
A wall section cuts one exterior wall from footing to roof and names every layer. This guide covers scale and sheet numbering, a...
Sinan Ozen10 Mins read
Liminal Space in Architecture: What It Means and 10 Real Places That Feel In-Between
Where the word liminal comes from, what makes a space feel in-between, and ten real places built around crossing a threshold: a Kyoto...
Sinan Ozen12 Mins read
Door and Window Schedules: How to Set Them Up in an Architectural Drawing Set
A practical breakdown of door and window schedules: the heading, mark and notes format from the US National CAD Standard, the columns a...
Sinan Ozen9 Mins read
Dimensioning Architectural Drawings: Rules for Placing Dimensions Builders Can Trust
How dimension lines, extension lines and terminators are drawn, how chain, baseline and running dimension strings differ, how to dimension a floor plan...
Sinan Ozen9 Mins read
Scale Figures and Entourage: Putting People in Architectural Drawings
What scale figures are for, how to size and place them correctly, how to keep entourage consistent with the drawing, and where to...
Sinan Ozen10 Mins read
CAD Layer Standards: How to Organise a Drawing So Others Can Use It
What a layer standard does, how NCS and ISO 13567 naming works, which properties belong on the layer rather than the object, and...
Sinan Ozen10 Mins read
