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A tribute to Amogh N P
Architectural Graphics I
The instrument side of drawing — precise, constructed, to convention. Set up the board and the standards; build geometry and conic curves with compass and straightedge; project solids in first-angle orthographic; measure and record a real building; and construct isometric, axonometric and oblique pictorials. The technical companion to our freehand Design Drawing course.
Course byAmogh N P· Architect & interior designer
The drawing-board path
5 units · 5 liveSet up the standards, build geometry, project solids, measure a real building, and construct three-dimensional views. All five are live.
Unit 1 — Setting Up the Board
LiveInstruments; sheet sizes & title block (IS 10711); line conventions; single-stroke lettering; dimensioning; plain, diagonal & vernier scales; first vs third angle.
Unit 2 — 2D Geometry & Curves
LiveCompass-and-straightedge constructions; regular polygons; the conic sections by eccentricity; ellipse, parabola & hyperbola methods; cycloid, involute, spiral — and where they appear in buildings.
Unit 3 — Orthographic Projection & Solids
LiveMultiview projection; first-angle vs third-angle; projection of prisms, pyramids, cylinders & cones; sections and true shape; development of surfaces; descriptive geometry (Monge).
Unit 4 — Measured Drawing
LiveRecording what exists; the survey workflow; running vs separate dimensions; triangulation; heritage documentation in India (ASI, INTACH); the ethics of accuracy.
Unit 5 — Pictorial Views
LiveConstructed isometric (and the 0.816 scale); the axonometric family; plan-oblique; cavalier & cabinet oblique; building a pictorial from the orthographic views.
Two halves of one skill
Graphics & Design Drawing — how they fit together
Architectural Graphics — with instruments
The constructed, precise side: standards and conventions, geometric construction, descriptive geometry, first-angle projection, measured drawing. Drawing as proof.
Your drawing toolkit
Graphics sits at the centre of a web of drawing and design courses and tools. Keep these open beside the board.
Course outcomes
What you will be able to doSet up a drawing to standard — sheet, lines, lettering, dimensioning and scales (BIS / ISO).
Construct 2-D geometry, polygons and conic / engineering curves with instruments.
Draw first-angle orthographic projections of solids, sections and surface developments.
Measure an existing building and reproduce it as an accurate scaled drawing.
Construct isometric, axonometric and oblique pictorial views.
The author
Amogh N P
Architect, interior designer, and creative polymath. Studio Matrx began in his notebooks — his vision of design made honest, useful, and open to everyone. Its Academy is written and taught in his memory, and free, forever.
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The precise grammar of drawing — standards, geometry, projection and measure. Start with the board.
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