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What is the most significent architectural drawing and what is it?
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Floor Plan. An orthographic view of a total building or an area within a building, seen as if a horizontal cutting plane were passed through it at a height of approximately 4 feet. It's as if you're looking down
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In Construction Drawings, how are Floor Plans drawn and what do they show?
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Drawn to scale. They show walls, doors, windows, plumbing fixtures, appliances, stairs, cabinetry and other built-in or free-standing interior features.
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How are details shown in Floor Plans?
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In schedules: Door Schedules, Window Schedules, Partition Detail Schedule, Room Finish Schedule.
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Name three typical interior partition types:
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Wood frame, steel frame, masonry.
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What is most common partition type for commercial buildings?
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Galvanized steel construction with metal studs
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What are 3 characteristics of metal studs?
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They are "U" shaped with small flanges, have precut openings for the passage of electrical conduit or other cables, are attached to a top and bottom metal channel or "runner".
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What is most common stud spacing used in commercial interior partition construction?
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24" on center.
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What does it mean to be a fire-rated partition?
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1. A wall assembly of materials designed to restrict the spread of fire.
2. Whatever the rating (1-hour, 2-hour, 3-hour and 4-hour), that means how long it will prevent fire and smoke from passing thorugh the partition.
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Why would a partition need to be fire-rated (3)?
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1. Walls that seperate corridors corridors from lease space
2. separating one type of occupancy from another
3. enclosing vertical circulation, such as stairwalls and elevators (2-hour required for this).
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What are accoustical partitions?
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Partitions that minimize the transmission of sound from one space to another.
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What are typical floor plan scales for residential & commercial
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Residential - 1/4" = 1'0"
Commercial - 1/8" = 1'0"
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What is the primary purpose of a floor plan?
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To locate interior partitions, doors, windows, stairs and any other major built-in components.
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What are the three line weights of a floor plan and what are they used for?
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Heavy line weight: walls
Medium line weight: Built-in and free-standing objects.
Light line weight: textures, door swings and dimensions lines.
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