blueprints
Architect's detailed drawings
Blueprints are detailed technical drawings showing plans for buildings, machines, or other constructions.
The name comes from an older printing process that produced white lines on blue paper.
The term extends to any detailed plan or scheme: a blueprint for success, the blueprint for economic reform.
To blueprint something is to plan it in detail.
Of specific methods
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- schematicsTechnical drawings of systems
- CADTechnical drawing technology
- mechanicalOperated by machinery
structural · civil · electrical · aerospace · specifications · tolerances · diagrams · simulation
Overhead architectural diagram
- elevationHeight above reference point
- sectionDistinct divided part
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
rendering · CAD · AutoCAD · architect · specifications · zoning · orthographic · axonometric
Quantified sizes or amounts
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- tolerancesAllowable limits of variation
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- scaleMeasure of relative size
dimensions · calibration · detailing · technical · drafting · gauge · exactness · notation
Detailed proposal for achieving
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- outlineSummary of key elements
strategy · vision · masterplan · proposal · approach · methodology · template · model
Underlying support structure
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- excavationAct of unearthing
- siteDesignated location
- contractorHired construction professional
permits · inspection · building · steelwork · plumbing · wiring · HVAC · masonry
First functional specimen
- inventionNew device or method
- ideationForming mental concepts
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
pioneering · concept · design · iteration · brainstorm · development · creation · originality
technical
Of specific methods
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- schematicsTechnical drawings of systems
- CADTechnical drawing technology
mechanical · structural · civil · electrical · aerospace · specifications · tolerances · diagrams · simulation · analysis
floorplan
Overhead architectural diagram
- elevationHeight above reference point
- sectionDistinct divided part
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
drafting · rendering · CAD · AutoCAD · architect · specifications · zoning · orthographic · axonometric · isometric
measurements
Quantified sizes or amounts
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- tolerancesAllowable limits of variation
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
scale · dimensions · calibration · detailing · technical · drafting · gauge · exactness · notation · legend
plan
Detailed proposal for achieving
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
outline · strategy · vision · masterplan · proposal · approach · methodology · template · model · playbook
foundation
Underlying support structure
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- excavationAct of unearthing
- siteDesignated location
contractor · permits · inspection · building · steelwork · plumbing · wiring · HVAC · masonry · loadbearing
prototype
First functional specimen
- inventionNew device or method
- ideationForming mental concepts
- breakthroughSudden important advance
visionary · pioneering · concept · design · iteration · brainstorm · development · creation · originality · patent
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
- heistsheist, bank job, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist
- illustrationsillustration, drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- shop classwoodworking, metalworking, shop teacher, wood shop, metal shop
blueprintsfinished product
Completed manufactured good
final result · end product · final product · outcome · execution
blueprintsimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · ad-libbing · spontaneity · extemporization · freestyling
blueprintschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disorder · disorganization · randomness · confusion · shapelessness
- blueprint designDetailed technical building schematic
- construction blueprintsScaled diagrams for building
- architectural blueprintsTechnical construction drawings