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Hi friends,

I need help from you guys, I have attached jpeg file regarding the door elevation symbol. Which one is correct? Elevation 1 or Elevation 2? We receive drawings from other contractor but their symbol is different. Some says Elevation 1 is the correct one. But other says Elevation 2 is the correct one. Thanks guys.

Door Elev.jpg

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Although it seems backward to me, "Elevation 1" is correct. The dashed lines meet each other on the hinge side.... the same goes for casement and awning windows.

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Maybe there are two standards? Just asked a friend that works for a door/windows producer and he say that those lines should connect the hinges with the knob; also that there is need to be an "in"/"out" note if the plan view isn’t available.

 

Regards,

Mircea

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Google "Door Elevation Symbol" or "Door Swing Symbol" I don't believe you'll find any with the dashed lines converging on the knob side...

 

also if the knob is shown, there's really only one way it can swing.

 

http://www.ehouseplans.com/blueprints/blueprints.html (Learning to read blueprints)

http://www.cadtoolsonline.com/arch-doors-elev.htm (bottom)

http://interior.design.umn.edu/documents/BasicDraftingStandardsMASTERrevisionImage32008-1_001.pdf (page(s) 19,41,50)

http://www.informationdestination.cengage.com/ReferenceContent/Other%20Content/Plan%20Symbols.pdf (page 26)

Marvin Window & Door Company http://pros.marvin.com/download.aspx?DrawingID=2547&Type=dwg

http://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/schools/cramerton/faculty/kllasky/Scale%20Drawing%20Documents/Architectural%20Symbols%20Packet%20I.pdf (page 6)

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30 years Architectural drafting experience speaking here. The dashed lines converge on the hinge side, never any deviation.

 

This goes for exterior, interior, kitchen & bath cabinets, and furniture. Even if you have a tambour on a roll top desk, or an overhead garage door, the dashed lines spread toward the open side, and converge at the attachment side.

 

It doesn't matter what a particular door or motorhome mfg might do inside their own shop. We are talking about architectural elevation drawings only.

 

PS: You cannot show knobs on doors that are not intended to have any such as contemporary kitchen cabinet doors.

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The way my highschool drafting teacher explained it was this...he said to visualize the dashed lines as an open mouth...open mouth, open door. Which ever side it's open on is the side the door will open on.

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The way my highschool drafting teacher explained it was this...he said to visualize the dashed lines as an open mouth...open mouth' date=' open door. Which ever side it's open on is the side the door will open on.[/quote']

Your drafting teacher and my drafting teacher musta had the same drafting teacher.

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Your drafting teacher and my drafting teacher musta had the same drafting teacher.

 

Showing our ages here Dana. I can remember when schools actually taught drafting.

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Showing our ages here Dana. I can remember when schools actually taught drafting.

 

'63. Soph year in high school. In those days high school was only 3 years, ninth graders were still in junior high where they belong.

 

The shop teacher taught drafting. He was older than papyrus. And, yes, he was missing a couple of fingers (God's own truth).

 

Yeah, drafting indeed. There's a whole recent thread here about the obsolescence of pencil & paper drafting I have been reading. I have been forcing myself NOT to add any comments in that one, cuz boy have I got some beaut's. I don't wanna be banned for life from yet another forum.:lol: This thread is a perfect example of what's wrong with the way drafting, especially Architechtural, is taught in so many places.

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Maybe there are two standards? Just asked a friend that works for a door/windows producer and he say that those lines should connect the hinges with the knob; also that there is need to be an "in"/"out" note if the plan view isn’t available.

 

Regards,

Mircea

Ask your friend what "Left hung", "right hung", "left hand", "right hand", "left hinged", and "right hinged" mean. No, the first two do not have anything to do with getting custom made suit pants measured.:lol:

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