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An architect's scale is a specialized ruler designed to facilitate the drafting and measuring of architectural drawings, such as floor plans and Multi-view orthographic projections. Because the scale of such drawings is often smaller than life-size, an architect's scale features multiple units of length and proportional length increments.
A size chart illustrating the ANSI sizes. In 1992, the American National Standards Institute adopted ANSI/ASME Y14.1 Decimal Inch Drawing Sheet Size and Format, [1] which defined a regular series of paper sizes based upon the de facto standard 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 11 in "letter" size to which it assigned the designation "ANSI A".
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A cutaway drawing is a technical illustration, in which part of the surface of a three-dimensional model is removed in order to show some of the model's interior in relation to its exterior. The purpose of a cutaway drawing is to "allow the viewer to have a look into an otherwise solid opaque object.
Version 2.1 2.1 May 1985 AC2.10 6 DWG R2.1 file format Version 2.5 2.5 June 1986 AC1002 7 DWG R2.5 file format Version 2.6 2.6 April 1987 AC1003 8 DWG R2.6 file format. Last version to run without a math co-processor. (autocad 9/10 ran on 286/386/486sx without math co-processor 486dx which had built in math co-processor was released in 1989)
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The second principle—that even though scaling the drawing will usually work, one should nevertheless never do it—serves several goals, such as enforcing total clarity regarding who has authority to discern design intent, and preventing erroneous scaling of a drawing that was never drawn to scale to begin with (which is typically labeled ...
ISO Standards Handbook – Technical drawings, a broad collection of all basic ISO drawing standards Vol.1 Technical drawings in general, ISBN 92-67-10370-9; Vol.2 Mechanical engineering drawings, construction drawings, drawing equipment, ISBN 92-67-10371-7; ISO 128 Technical drawings—General principles of presentation