Property Development Project - Day 12

Next we come to elevation plans.

You don’t need these to make up your mind regarding the layout but once the idea seems worth pursuing then you need them to establish if your vision works aesthetically.

You will also need them when you submit a planning application.

This is where a comparative novice to drawing in AutoCAD starts to tear their hair out. Just look at the roof profile – Fine it looks great built but to draw it and get everything to fit together as it does in the real world means accurate measurements not only of the dimensions of the building but also the various roof pitches involved.

No, they are not all the same! Just try hanging out of windows with a carpenter’s measure and a protractor.

Then you have to input the various angles in when you are drawing and heave a huge sigh of relief when it all comes together.

Those shown in this post are for the two storey extension. Next time you can have the differences for a single storey extension.


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