INDS 1115 Syllabus
Subject Code
INDS
Course Number
1115
Course Title
Technical Drawing for Interior Designers
Prerequisites
Provisional admission
Corequisites
Terms Offered
Offered Fall
Credit Hours
(1-9-4)
Course Description
This course provides students with opportunities to become familiar in reading and interpreting construction drawings and graphic standards. It also introduces the application of drawing techniques used in interior design. Topics include production methods, the role of working drawings, dimensioning practices, drawing representation methods, print reading, schedules and specifications, the alphabet of lines, architectural style, geometric shapes, floor plan layouts, interior elevations, and interior pictorials. Students must pay a $25 lab fee when registering for this course.
Course Outcomes
The Role Of Working Drawings
Order Description
1 Identify the role of working drawings and plans in the design process.
2 Identify the purpose and function of multi- view drawings.
3 Examine the importance of the selection and placement of views.
Dimensioning Practices
Order Description
1 Identify dimensioning practices.
2 Discuss the purpose of dimensions.
3 Explain the most frequently utilized dimensioning systems.
Drawing Representation Methods
Order Description
1 Identify basic lines and symbols used in drafting with emphasis on architectural drawing.
2 Recognize the standard method of representing walls, both exterior and interior; windows and
doors; stairs; fireplace and chimney; kitchen and bath fixtures; and other items such as arched
openings and sliding doors.
3 Recognize symbols for various materials and building components.
4 Recognize abbreviations for commonly used terms on drawings.
5 Recognize symbols for various furnishings and equipment.
6 Recognize symbols for various electrical components.
7 Recognize symbols for various mechanical components ( e.g. plumbing).
Architectural Working Drawings
Order Description
1 Identify drawings.
2 Understand cover sheets.
3 Interpret floor plans.
4 Interpret elevations.
5 Distinguish sections.
6 Interpret reflected ceiling plans.
7 Distinguish construction details.
Schedules
Order Description
1 Understand finish schedules.
2 Understand door schedules.
3 Understand window schedules.
Specifications
Order Description
1 Identify types of written information required.
2 Compile specification information for materials.
3 Identify general conditions needed in the specification section of technical drawings.
4 Identify abbreviations used in technical documents.
Alphabet Of Lines
Order Description
1 Design the alphabet of lines.
2 Demonstrate familiarity with the basic tools of drafting.
Architectural Skills
Order Description
1 Label using an architectural scale style.
2 Implement architectural style concepts.
Geometric Shapes
Order Description
1 Construct geometric shapes.
Floor Plan Production And Execution
Order Description
1 Implement the drafting, dimensioning, and sketching of floor plan layouts.
Interior Views
Order Description
1 Construct sketches of interior elevations, sections, and orthographic views.
Interior Pictorials
Order Description
1 Construct sketches of basic pictorial views.
2 Construct sketches of interior pictorials