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The irony of this sketch вЂ¦ it isnвЂ™t very good ( look at how I wrote вЂњmediumвЂќ, itвЂ™s like I forgot how to spell it halfway through) but I thought that I should come up with something that might quickly explain the whole heavy-medium-light line weight decision-making process. See? ThatвЂ™s not so bad, and with just a teensy amount of additional effort, the improved line weight will have a significant impact on the clarity of your drawings. Hatching вЂ“ youвЂ™ll be able to see that hatching plays a major role in all of my drawings Light вЂ“ detail lines that would otherwise turn into a big blob of ink when printed Medium вЂ“ usually reserved for delineating masses or opening in walls (think of a cased opening in an interior elevation) Heavy вЂ“ the perimeter of individual component items, things I am cutting through, or whenever adjacent planes are fairly far apart

Profile вЂ“ very heavy, typically the profile of the drawing container or the ground plane Profile вЂ“ basically IвЂ™m tracing the perimeter of the components I typically work with 3 line weights when sketching (because IвЂ™m not completely crazy) and 5 when I am drafting digitally. I am fairly consistent with my use of line weight, and it doesnвЂ™t really matter if I am sketching or working digitally. Instead, I am going to elevate this conversation a bit and talk about something other than your digital pen settings, so if thatвЂ™s the only thing you came looking for, prepare to be sorely disappointed. So how do I answer these insanely specific questions? By ignoring them.

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I consider myself extremely proficient in AutoCAD, know just a tiny bit about Revit, and IвЂ™ve never used any of the other software platforms. Part of the reason I was hoping to hold off on the topic of architectural line weights was that people are asking me insanely specific questions вЂ¦ AND these folks work in AutoCAD or Vectorworks or Revit or ArchiCad вЂ¦ and on and on. Despite my efforts, I canвЂ™t ignore this topic any longer вЂ“ and I only made it two posts before caving into the pressure.Д«ut where to start? Getting your line weights correct is 37% science, 59% art, and 22% personal preference вЂ¦ unless you work in my office and my preference will eventually become your preference.

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ItвЂ™s time for the next entry in my Architectural Graphics series and due to overwhelming feedback, itвЂ™s apparently time to talk about line weights. Also new to this edition is the author's unique incorporation of digital technology into his successful methods.Okay вЂ¦ I hear you. Expanding upon the wealth of illustrations and information that have made this title a classic, this Fourth Edition provides expanded and updated coverage of drawing materials, multiview drawings, paraline drawings, and perspective drawings. The completely updated, illustrated bestseller on architectural graphics with over 500,000 copies sold Architectural Graphics presents a wide range of basic graphic tools and techniques designers use to communicate architectural ideas. Preface - Drawing tool and materials - Architectural drafting - Architectural drawing systems - Multiview drawings - Paraline drawings - Perspective drawings - Rendering tonal values - Rendering context - Architectural presentations - Freehand drawing - Index

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