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1.1 Introduction to Structural drawing Drawing is the language of engineers, which conveys the idea of the engineer about the shape, structural arrangement to builder. Structural drawings guide builders in the construction of apartment blocks, industrial buildings, highways, irrigation structures, bridges and other important structures. The guidelines given in IS 962 Code of practice for architectural and buildings and SP 34 Handbook on Concrete Reinforcement and Detailing may be adopted while preparing structural drawings for Reinforced Concrete Structures and its elements. Structural drawings are prepared in different sizes and depend on the number of detailed drawings to be presented. In large projects, the structural drawings are of same size. The preferred size of drawing sheets are given in table 1.1 Table 1.1 Drawing Sheet Size Sl. No.
Designation
Trimmed Size in mm
Un Trimmed Size Min in mm
1
A0
841 x 1189
880 x 1230
2
A1
594 x 841
625 x 880
3
A2
420 x 594
450 x 625
4
A3