Raised

An elevation is the view of a building from the front or from the side. It is a flat representation of a facade. This is the most common way used to describe the external appearance of a building. Each elevation is named in relation to the direction of the cardinal points; For example, the north elevation of a building is the side that faces north. Buildings are rarely rectangular in plan, so a typical elevation may show all parts of the building seen from one direction.

Geometrically, an elevation is a horizontal orthographic projection of a building on a vertical plane, which is usually parallel to one side of the building.

Architects also use the word elevation as a synonym for facade, so the north facade is literally the north elevation of the building.

A section, also called a cutting plane, is the graphic representation of a vertical plane that cuts the object, in the same way that a floor plan is a horizontal section, seen from the top.

In the section, everything is cut by the section plane. The sectioned perimeter is drawn with a thick line, often with a solid fill to show the objects being cut. What is not sectioned is drawn with a thinner line. Sections are used to describe the relationship between the different levels of a building.

In the section shown here, you see the upper dome and a second lower dome. An astronomical telescope is housed in the space between the two.

A section elevation is a combination of a cross section with the elevations of other parts of the building, seen beyond the section plane.

Geometrically, a cross section is a horizontal orthographic projection of a building onto a vertical plane, with the vertical cutting plane located through the building.

Detail drawings

Detail plans show a small part of the construction (on a large scale), to specify how the various architectural elements fit together.

It can also be used to show other details, for example decorative elements. Detail drawings are a standard way of showing the construction elements of the property and usually show complex areas (such as partition wall panels, window areas, eaves or the ridge) that cannot be clearly shown on a general drawing of the building.

A complete set of construction details has to show the various details in plan as well as in section. One detail is rarely represented in isolation: a data set shows the information necessary to understand construction in three dimensions. Typical scales for details are 1/25, 1/10, 1/5 or 1/1 actual size.

In traditional construction many details are standardized. For example; The construction of a sash window is left to the carpenter, who fully understands what is required, although the decorative details of the façade require detailed drawings.

On the contrary, large modern buildings have to be fully detailed due to the proliferation of different products, methods and their possible solutions.

As built plan

As-Built Drawings are documents that represent the actual conditions of a construction once it has been completed.[1]​.

Raised

An elevation is the view of a building from the front or from the side. It is a flat representation of a facade. This is the most common way used to describe the external appearance of a building. Each elevation is named in relation to the direction of the cardinal points; For example, the north elevation of a building is the side that faces north. Buildings are rarely rectangular in plan, so a typical elevation may show all parts of the building seen from one direction.

Geometrically, an elevation is a horizontal orthographic projection of a building on a vertical plane, which is usually parallel to one side of the building.

Architects also use the word elevation as a synonym for facade, so the north facade is literally the north elevation of the building.

A section, also called a cutting plane, is the graphic representation of a vertical plane that cuts the object, in the same way that a floor plan is a horizontal section, seen from the top.

In the section, everything is cut by the section plane. The sectioned perimeter is drawn with a thick line, often with a solid fill to show the objects being cut. What is not sectioned is drawn with a thinner line. Sections are used to describe the relationship between the different levels of a building.

In the section shown here, you see the upper dome and a second lower dome. An astronomical telescope is housed in the space between the two.

A section elevation is a combination of a cross section with the elevations of other parts of the building, seen beyond the section plane.

Geometrically, a cross section is a horizontal orthographic projection of a building onto a vertical plane, with the vertical cutting plane located through the building.

Detail drawings

Detail plans show a small part of the construction (on a large scale), to specify how the various architectural elements fit together.

It can also be used to show other details, for example decorative elements. Detail drawings are a standard way of showing the construction elements of the property and usually show complex areas (such as partition wall panels, window areas, eaves or the ridge) that cannot be clearly shown on a general drawing of the building.

A complete set of construction details has to show the various details in plan as well as in section. One detail is rarely represented in isolation: a data set shows the information necessary to understand construction in three dimensions. Typical scales for details are 1/25, 1/10, 1/5 or 1/1 actual size.

In traditional construction many details are standardized. For example; The construction of a sash window is left to the carpenter, who fully understands what is required, although the decorative details of the façade require detailed drawings.

On the contrary, large modern buildings have to be fully detailed due to the proliferation of different products, methods and their possible solutions.

As built plan

As-Built Drawings are documents that represent the actual conditions of a construction once it has been completed.[1]​.