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| Architect | A qualified, licensed person who creates and designs drawings for a construction project. |
| Architects scale | A measuring device used for laying out distances, with scales indicating feet, inches, and fractions of inches. |
| Architectural Plans | Drawings that show the design of the project. Also called architectural drawings. |
| Beam | A large, horizontal structural member made of concrete, steel, stone, wood, or other structural material to provide support above a large opening. |
| Blueprints | Architectural or working drawings used to represent a structure or system. |
| Civil Plans | Drawings that show the location of the building on the site from an aerial view, including contours, trees, construction features, and dimensions. |
| CAD | The making of a set of blueprints with the aid of a computer. |
| Contour Lines | Solid or dashed lines showing the elevation of the earth on a civil drawing. |
| Detail Drawings | Enlarged views of part of a drawing used to show an area more clearly. |
| Dimension Line | A line on a drawing with a measurement indicating length. |
| Dimensions | Measurements such as length, width, and height shown on a drawing |
| Electrical Plans | Engineered drawings that show all electrical supply and distribution. |
| Elevation | Height above sea level, or other defined surface, usually expressed in feet. |
