So you're sitting at your desk, you’ve got your project up on the monitor and you are in the zone and crushing it, but what does that even look like? The process of preparing drawings has evolved from ...

This seventh edition of the Architectural Sheet Metal Manual has many changes and several additions. Changes include new chapters and details on penetrations, additional and revised tables in support ...

The advent of 3D-modelling software may not spell the end for architectural drawing after all, says Owen Hopkins. Architectural drawing is in crisis, one that's arguably been brewing since the 1980s, ...

Architecture's design process has always been shaped by the tools at hand. We once drew with pen and ink on fragile sheets, copied by blueprint and guarded against smudges and tears; then Mylar ...

With previous software, architects have often been forced to choose between loose, scaleless sketching and rigid, precise computer drafts. TracePro breaks down the boundaries between the digital and ...

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