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bjornkn · June 30th, 2008

My experience is that what the architects spends most time on is usually the plans. So if there are differences between plans and elevations the plans are usually the correct/current version. But it never hurts to ask.
Also, be careful when removing entire layers, like furniture, kitchen etc, because they are often drawn on wrong layers, like drawing outer walls on the furniture layer and similar.
I use SketchUp, and usually spend an hour or more just cleaning up the drawings before starting modelling. I never model directly from/on/inside the drawing, but only use it for reference/inferencing/snapping, after building a cage from plans and elevations (and sometimes cut-throughs).

June 30th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
bjornkn Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kristiansand Age: 56 Posts: 206 Name: Bjørn Kåre Nilssen	Re: Reading an architects building plans, any pitfalls? My experience is that what the architects spends most time on is usually the plans. So if there are differences between plans and elevations the plans are usually the correct/current version. But it never hurts to ask. Also, be careful when removing entire layers, like furniture, kitchen etc, because they are often drawn on wrong layers, like drawing outer walls on the furniture layer and similar. I use SketchUp, and usually spend an hour or more just cleaning up the drawings before starting modelling. I never model directly from/on/inside the drawing, but only use it for reference/inferencing/snapping, after building a cage from plans and elevations (and sometimes cut-throughs).