blueprint
Detailed design document
A blueprint is a technical drawing showing the design of a building, machine, or other structure—originally printed as white lines on blue paper.
The term now applies to any detailed plan or scheme: a blueprint for success, the blueprint for healthcare reform.
As a verb, to blueprint something is to plan it in detail.
Detailed proposal for achieving
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
approach · methodology · gameplan · outline · model · template · playbook · vision
Creating technical blueprints
- elevationHeight above reference point
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- floor-planOverhead architectural diagram
schematic · CAD · rendering · section · specifications · scale · cross-section · dimensions
Simplified technical diagram
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
tolerance · dimensions · CAD · precision · calibration · fabrication · CNC · detailing
Preset pattern for reproduction
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
- formulaFixed method or notation
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
archetype · guideline · standard · paradigm · prototype · mold · framework · basis
Acrid nitrogen-hydrogen gas
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- photosensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- whiteprintPositive-image technical copy
plan
Detailed proposal for achieving
scheme · approach · methodology · gameplan · outline · model · template · playbook · vision · guide
drafting
Creating technical blueprints
- elevationHeight above reference point
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- foundationUnderlying support structure
floor-plan · schematic · CAD · rendering · section · specifications · scale · cross-section · dimensions · layout
schematic
Simplified technical diagram
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
drafting · tolerance · dimensions · CAD · precision · calibration · fabrication · CNC · detailing · instrumentation
template
Preset pattern for reproduction
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
- formulaFixed method or notation
model · archetype · guideline · standard · paradigm · prototype · mold · framework · basis · foundation
ammonia
Acrid nitrogen-hydrogen gas
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- photosensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- whiteprintPositive-image technical copy
- visual mediafilm, video, drawing, photograph, television
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- Building metaphorsfoundation, building blocks, cornerstone, pillar, framework
- heistsheist, bank job, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist
- home architectureranch, colonial, bungalow, Cape Cod, Victorian
blueprintimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
extemporization · spontaneity · winging it · disorganization · chaos
blueprintrough sketch
Unfinished preliminary drawing
rough draft · approximation · notion · outline · concept
- blueprint designDetailed technical building schematic
- construction blueprintsScaled diagrams for building
- architectural blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- blueprint paperLight-sensitive drafting medium