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Sketches can be free-hand drawn or ruled drawn, i.e. drawn using ruler.
Drawings on the other hand are always ruled drawn in accordance with standard /
guideline

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Differences between sketches and engineering drawings:

Sketches:
• Informal graphics, can be either ruled or free-hand
• Not to scale (although good sketches are done to proportion)
• Do not always have sheet numbers
• Typically does not have (formal) title block
• Not part of legal contract document.

Engineering Drawings:
• Formal graphical presentation in accordance with standard / guidelines
• Are always ruled and done to scale
• Always have sheet number and catalogue
• Always have title block
• Part of legal contract documents

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Note the prefix of the drawing number tells us which discipline the drawing belongs to:

A: Architectural
S: Structural
C: Civil
M: Mechanical
E: Eectrical
P: Plumbing

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See notes on revision numbering in following slides

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International standard of paper size is ISO 216

Ratio of longer side (a) over shorter side (b) of A series is square root of 2, i.e. a/b = 2
Area of A0 is 1 m2
The rest of A series just follows from there, e.g. area of A1 is half of A0

There are also B and C series paper

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Typical numbering of revisions:

Rev. A: Issued for Internal Review

Rev. B: Issued for Client Review
Rev. C: Re-issued for Client Review
Rev. (alphanumeric: ….Re-issued for Review

Rev. 0: Issued for Use or Issued for Construction

Rev. 1: …. Revised
…
Rev. (numeric) : Issued for Record (As-built drawings)

Note how NSW Transport uses Status instead of Revision

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