CO MMUNICATING DESIGN IDEAS
We use architectural drawings to initiate, explore, develop, and
communicate design ideas. No one drawing canever reveal everything
about its subject. Each pictorial system of representation provides
an alternative way of thinking about and representing what we see
before us or envision inthe mind's eye. The choice of a particular
drawing system inftuences how we view the resulting graphic image,
establishes w design issues are made visible for evaluation and
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scrutiny, and direct s how we are inclined to think about the subject
of the draw Inselecting one drawing system over another,
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t herefore, we makeconscious as well as unconscious choicesabout
what to reveal as well as what to conceal.
Point of View
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Multiview drawings represent a three-dimensional subject through
a series of distinct, but relat ed, two-dimensional views.
• These are abstract views that the viewer must assemble in the
mind to construct an objective realit y.
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Para linedrawings describe the three-dimensional nature of the
sam subject ina singleview.
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• Theseview combine t hescalability of multiview drawings and the
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easy-to-understand, pictorial nature of perspectives.
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.-'- ---· -····-· • Perspectives are experientia I views that convey a sense of being
present in a spatial environment.
• Perspectives depict an opt ical reality rather than the objective
reality of multiview and para line drawings.
• It is a pa radox t hat multiview drawings are relatively easy to
develop bu often difficu lt to interpret, while perspective drawings
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are challengin toconstruct but usually easy to understand.
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Digital V
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Adistinct advantage of digital drawing over traditional drawing
is the ability to experiment with design modifications, study
alternative points of view, or try out different drawing techniques.
These advantages arise from the ability to undo an action or series
of operations, or to save one versionof adrawing while working on a
cop and return t o the saved version if necessary.
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