Production drawings

This module will be developed at a later date.

Of interest might be the examples of detailed 3D models of some well-known buildings, on a commercial website.

For information on the US National CAD Standard (NCS), see the website.

The nature of production drawing (and documentation generally) is changing, as seen in the development of Building Information Models (BIMs). One recent example is the Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar Project (2006), run by the Construction Innovation CRC. The US has a National BIM Standard, which may also be of interest.

For collaborative working in the UK construction industry, using BIM, see the Avanti website.

References and further reading

Bielefeld, B. & I. Skiba (2006) Technical drawing, Birkhauser.

BS 1192:2007 Collaborative production of architectural, engineering and construction information. Code of practice.

BS EN ISO 7519:1997 Technical drawings. Construction drawings. General principles of presentation for general arrangement and assembly drawings.

Construction Project Information Committee (2003) Production information: A code of procedure for the construction industry, RIBA Publications. [Also available on the CPIC website]

Liebing, R.W. (1999) Architectural working drawings, Wiley.

Styles, K. & A. Bichard (2004) Working drawings handbook, Architectural Press.

Wakita, O.A. & R.L. Linde (2002) The professional practice of architectural working drawings, Wiley.

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