IS: 962 deal with architectural and building drawing. IS:962 designate drawing sheet sizes into six different types i.e. A0, A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5. Surface area of basic size A0 is 1 m2. The surface area of two successive sizes is in ratio 1:2.
S.No Designated Trimmed Size Untrimmed Size 1 A0 841*1189 880*1280 2 A1 594*841 625*880 3 A2 420*594 450*625 4 A3 297*420 330*450 5 A4 210*297 240*330 6 A5 148*210 165*240
Layout of drawing
- General
Sufficient margins are left from the edges of finished drawings to facilitate filing and binding where necessary.
- Margins
Finished prints, which have been trimmed, will then be slightly less in size than the original drawings but not less then the frame or border line size of the drawings.
- Title Block
Title block show the details of drawing like title of drawing, name of organization or firm, scale, date of drawing etc in definite manner. The title block is placed at the bottom right- hand corner of sheet.
Scale Name of office DRN TCD Revisions CHKD ARCHITECT DATE DRG. NO. Title of Drawing Drg. No.
OR
North direction Notes (From top downwards) Revisions (from bottom upwards) Title of Drawing Details given in the drawing Scale DRN DATE checked Signature Signature Name Name Architect/ Engineer Drawing No
Typical layout of title blocks
- Additional information:
It is included to make the drawing complete. It contains:
a) Job no.
b)Material List:- it include item like schedule of reinforcement, quantity required etc.
c)North point should be indicated.
It is included to make the drawing complete. It contains:
a) Job no.
b)Material List:- it include item like schedule of reinforcement, quantity required etc.
c)North point should be indicated.
- Reproduction of Drawings:
Original drawings and tracings are normally preserved carefully and copies are used on sites. The blue print copy is developed by immersion in water. Only blue print can provide translucent copy from which further copies can be made.
- Selection of scales for Drawings:
It is estimated that drawing to scale 1: 1000 can be read to accuracy of 500 mm and drawing to 1: 400 scale can be read to accuracy of 200mm. If more than one detail drawn on different scale occurs on a sheet, the corresponding scale shall be shown under each relevant detail. Typical method of expressing numerical scales on drawing is 1 cm = 10mm or 1 : 1000 , 1 cm = 2.5 km or 1: 250000. Metric scales for architectural and building drawing is given in code IS: 962 on 12th page.
- Line Work:
All lines should be dense, clean and black to produce good print. There are different types of lines examples center-lines, hidden lines etc.
- Reproduction of Drawings:
Original drawings and tracings are normally preserved carefully and copies are used on sites. The blue print copy is developed by immersion in water. Only blue print can provide translucent copy from which further copies can be made.