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The Purpose of Drawing Tools Help make an idea a reality Allow
the designer to Present their idea to a client Give a visual
representation of their idea Give the landscape contractor the
details necessary to make an idea a reality
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The Tools of Landscape Design and how they work
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T-Square Long straight-edge Used to draw straight parallel
horizontal or vertical lines Important to keep the t-square flush
with the drawing board Common uses Representation of property
lines, roads, drives, fences, utility lines and for adding boarders
Also used to support other tools such as triangles and lettering
templates
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Drawing Pencil Link between the designers mind and the paper
Range from inexpensive wood pencils to the more costly, but longer
lasting lead holders
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Drawing Leads H Harder leads The higher the number the harder
the lead Lighter lines Longer lasting B Softer leads The higher the
number the softer the lead Darker lines Easily smudges and requires
more sharpening No rules exsist but most landscape designers work
with 2H or 3H lead
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Lettering Guides or Templates Used to create a stenciled
lettering style Template must be matched to the width of the lead
tip being used Results in lettering that is stiff and mechanical
Used in combination with the T-Square
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Ames Lettering Guide Plastic device used with a t-square to
produce guidelines for hand lettering Can be set to create lines in
varying numbers and varying width that can be replicated endlessly
without additional measurement Also has straight edges that allow
it to be used in the actual creation of lettering too.
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Triangles Have either 30-60-90 or 45-45-90 degree combinations
Used by themselves as straight edges or in combination with the
T-square to create lines of consistent angles of 30, 45, 60 or 90
degrees
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Compass Used for creating circles, the basis for many landscape
features such as plants, patios, pools and lawn areas Remember when
drawing circles that the distance between the two legs of the
compass should be half the desired diameter of the circle Ex: You
desire a circle with a 4 diameter, so the compass legs should have
a spacing of 2
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Curves Hard plastic or flexible plastic supports for
curvilinear lines French Curves Hard plastic & available in
assorted shapes Flexible Curves Flexible plastic that allows
limitless support for the designer as it can twisted into
practically any shape
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Scale Used to represent actual dimensions in a reduced size
Triangular in shape that provides 6 edges 2 common types Engineers
Scale Architects Scale
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Engineers Scale Divides the inch into various multiples of 10
Permits dimensions to be read as whole numbers and decimal
portions
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Architects Scale Divides the inch in a number of ways that
permit dimensions to be represented as feet and inches
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Reading Scales Line Length to Represent 100 Feet Scale of the
Plan Architects ScaleEngineers Scale 1=1010 inches 1=205 inches
1=402 inches 1/16=16-1/4 inches 1/8=112-1/2 inches 1/4=125 inches
See figure 1-17 p. 10 in the text.
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Templates Available in a variety of styles and sizes Circle
Irrigation Tree and Shrub
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Erasers Plastic erasers Used the most Kneaded erasers Used for
lightening lines Special purpose erasers Used for the removal of
ink or colored marker but do not work as well as claimed Liquid
erasers Used for removing old, dried ink lines or those created by
copy machines
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Erasure Shield Helpful when erasing soft B leads or small
portions of a line
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Assignment Complete Chapter 1 Practice Exercises A, C & E
30 points due on ____________________ For exercise A dont worry
about the different leads, just draw 10 lines of different lengths
Complete Achievement Review A and B & Workbook Ex 1 Evaluation
30 points Due on______________________