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I make the changes where I go because I make it a point to care about how our drawings are perceived by the people who read them. Not only do properly delineated drawings read better, they convey a sense of what it took to create them. As I asked more and more questions, I discovered that most of what was in place was simply the standards that came out of the box as provided by Revit.

As a result, we have been going piece by piece at times through the drawings and evaluating how the drawings look and if they convey the information we are striving for … do they look hand drawn? This is all about the pen weight and graphic semantics —. The above graphic is the next iteration of standards — not quite there but significantly further along in its development. Pen weights are falling into place, fonts sizes are hierarchically appropriate, the balance of light and dark coming into balance.

One side effect of having the graphics and pen weights in balance is that you can incorporate more information into a single drawing and still have the document be legible. We are still working on designing the symbols we are using in our reflected ceiling plans. Wherever possible, we use a symbol that is the actual light fixture being used although there is a downside to doing that should the fixture type get changed. The logic behind showing the actual fixture is to coordinate the other items that might be in close proximity — particularly useful when there are fans and sconces involved.

Sometimes people get moving so fast that they fail to think about which way the doors are swinging and as a result, we like to show doors swings in our reflected ceiling plans.

There is also the matter of how we draw our walls. New construction — which is the entirety of the images I have shown today — are shown hatched and shaded. For exterior walls, we shade the interior stud cavity, leave the air space empty, and hatch the exterior masonry. We also like to dimension to the finished face of the walls rather than the face of the stud or the centerline of the stud.

Working on the graphic standards is always a lengthy process of trial and error. If this is of some interest, please let me know what sort of information you might like me to show. Therefore, anything you read on this site is not a substitute for actually working with me.

Following my casual advice is at your own peril … if you want my undivided attention, I would recommend hiring me. This is all about the pen weight and graphic semantics — Does it make sense?

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