draftsmen
Blueprint drawing professionals
Draftsmen is the plural of draftsman—a person who draws plans or technical diagrams, especially architectural or engineering blueprints: The draftsmen prepared detailed specifications for the new bridge.
The term also applies to someone who drafts legal documents or legislation.
Draftsman can describe anyone skilled at drawing: He's a superb draftsman with charcoal.
The gender-neutral drafters or draughtspersons sometimes appears in formal contexts.
Technical drawing technology
- AutoCADComputer-aided design software
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- schematicsTechnical drawings of systems
- orthographicOf written representation
axonometric · isometric · projections · elevations · sections · floorplans · layouts · specifications
Graphite writing instrument
- inkWriting fluid
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- tracing paperTranslucent medium for copying
mylar · freehand · shading · crosshatch · contour · perspective · thumbnail · sketch
Degree of correctness
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- calipersAdjustable-jaw measuring device
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
gauge · protractor · compass · T-square · meticulousness · exactitude · fineness · geometric
Building design professional
- engineerTechnical design professional
- surveyorOne who measures land
- designerOne who plans appearances
- cartographerOne who draws maps
apprentice · journeyman · studio · firm · contractor · consultant · delineator · tracer
CAD
Technical drawing technology
- AutoCADComputer-aided design software
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- schematicsTechnical drawings of systems
orthographic · axonometric · isometric · projections · elevations · sections · floorplans · layouts · specifications · dimensioning
pencil
Graphite writing instrument
tracing paper · mylar · freehand · shading · crosshatch · contour · perspective · thumbnail · sketch · outline
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- calipersAdjustable-jaw measuring device
micrometer · gauge · protractor · compass · T-square · meticulousness · exactitude · fineness · geometric · instruments
architect
Building design professional
cartographer · apprentice · journeyman · studio · firm · contractor · consultant · delineator · tracer · checker
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
- tradesmenwelders, machinists, carpenters, plumbers, electricians
- architectural artistsrenderers
- art worldartist, painter, painting, paintings, sculpture
draftsmenpainters
Those who apply pigment
sculptors · abstract expressionists · colorists · watercolorists · oil painters
draftsmenimprovisers
Those creating spontaneously
expressionists · abstract artists · outsider artists · sketch artists
draftsmenbuilders
Those who construct things
construction workers · fabricators · assemblers · machinists · contractors