Juan Paulo B.

Matunan
Trainer
TECHNICAL DRAWING
STANDARDS AND
SYMBOLS
 Technical Drawing Standards
Technical drawing standards exist to provide
glossaries of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
that may be found on engineering drawings. Many
corporations have such standards, which defines
some terms and symbols specific to them; on the
national and international level..

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Architectural Symbols
Familiarizing all the architectural symbols is a prerequisite for
all students in architecture and drafting technology programs
considering that their future works will be on the architectural activity. It
would be difficult for them to interpret drawing or blueprint unless they
have familiarized all the architectural symbols.
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Doors and windows symbols that are
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shown in the floor plan
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Doors and windows symbols that are
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shown in the floor plan
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Kitchen and Dining Room symbols that
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are shown in the floor plan
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Bedroom symbols that are shown in the
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floor plan
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Bathroom symbols that are shown in the
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floor plan
 ARCHITECTURAL ABBREVIATIONS

BALCONY-BALC BATHROOM – B CEILING LINE – CL METER – M

BEDROOM – BR
MASTER BEDROOM - MBR
LIVING ROOM – LR
DINING ROOM – DR
KITCHEN – K
LAVATORY – LAV
TOILET & BATH – T & B
BUILDING – BLDG
BUILT-IN – BLT-IN
CABINET – CAB
ELEVATION – ELEV. MILIMETER – MM
SECTION – SEC. AT - @
FLOOR – FLR DOWN SPOUT –DS
CONCRETEHOLLOW BLOCKS – CHB VERTICAL – VERT.
CORRUGATED – CORR NOT TO SCALE – NTS
CEMENT – CEM FLOOR LINE – FL
BOTH WAYS – B.W. GROUND LINE – GL
ON CENTER - OC FINISH FLOOR LINE –
DOWN – DN FFL
FINISH GROUND LINE- FGL

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Basic information relative to
the proper use of tool bars in
CAD operation