SCALE & ORIENTATION
Depending on the size of the site and the available
drawing space, site plans may be drawn at an
engineering scale of1 " =20' or 40', or an
architectural scale of 1 = 1'-0" or 1 = 1 .
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order to illustrate relationships between
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• The orientation of a building site is indicated by
anorth arrow. Whenever possible, north should be
oriented up or upward on the drawingsheet or
board.
• If a major axis of the building is less than 45• east
or west of north, we can use an assumed north to
avoid wordy titles for the building elevations, such
as "north-northeast elevation," or "southsouthwest elevation."
• To make the relationship between a site plan and
floor plans clear, they should havethe same
orientation throughout a presentation.
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