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ARH 120 Drafting Studio 1: Wood Frame

Credits: (3)
This course will develop basic architectural drafting skills (digital and manual). The student will demonstrate an understanding of these skills through the development of a set of architectural drawings for a wood frame house or similar structure. This class meets 4 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): ARH 101 /IND 101 , ARH 110 IND 110 , and ARH 170 IND 170  Co-requisite(s): ARH 140 /IND 140 or permission of department.

Learning Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate an understanding and proper use of sketching, manual drafting equipment and digital drafting software.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding and proper use of orthographic and paraline drawings.
  3. Demonstrate proficiency in plotting line weight and quality.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding and proper use of architectural dimensioning, symbols, standards and conventions
  5. Design and draft basic details commonly found in wood frame construction.
  6. Demonstrate the ability to produce residential construction documents through the medium of architectural drafting and digital plotting.