The following guideline is intended to provide direction in the production of measured drawings to HABS Standards. You can download the PDF (7.6 MB) of the entire 102 page document, or it can be viewed online in the below sections.

1.0 PROJECT PREPARATION
1.1 Project planning
1.2 Budgeting time
1.3 Project safety
1.4 Measuring, surveying and drafting equipment

2.0 FIELD NOTES
2.1 Sketching and field-noting requirements
2.2 Supplementary information: 35 mm field photography, historical research, and photogrammetry

3.0 MEASURING STRUCTURES
3.1 Sketching and measuring plans
3.2 Sketching and measuring elevations
3.3 Sketching and measuring sections
3.4 Sketching and measuring details
3.5 Sketching and measuring roofs

4.0 PRELIMINARY (PENCIL) DRAWINGS
4.1 Applications of the various scales, choosing the proper one
4.2 Sheet layout
4.3 Procedure for preliminary plan drawings
4.4 Procedure for preliminary elevation drawings
4.5 Procedure for preliminary section drawings
4.6 Procedure for preliminary detail drawings
4.7 Paraline or "axonometric" drawings

5.0 INK ON DRAFTING FILM DRAWINGS
5.1 Final sheet layout
5.2 Inking techniques
5.3 Line weights
5.4 Drawing on the reverse side of the drafting film
5.5 Materials symbols for plan poché
5.6 Plan process
5.7 Elevation process
5.8 Section process
5.9 Detail process
5.10 Axonometric process
5.11 Delineating iron and steel structures
5.12 Dimension lines
5.13 Lettering

6.0 LANDSCAPE DOCUMENTATION
6.1 Levels and types of landscape documentation
6.2 Procedure for researching site plans
6.3 Procedure for measuring sites
6.4 Procedure for drawing preliminary site plans
6.5 Inking site plans

7.0 DOCUMENTATION OF CONSTRUCTION HISTORIES
AND SITE DEVELOPMENT
7.1 Construction histories of buildings substantially completed at one period in time
7.2 Buildings exhibiting evidence of changes in form at specific points in time
7.3 Site development over time

8.0 COMPLETING THE SET
8.1 Title blocks
8.2 Location map
8.3 The UTM grid system
8.4 Materials list

9.0 APPENDIX A: Graphic Constructions
10.0 APPENDIX B: Perimeters, Areas and Volumes
11.0 APPENDIX C: Using Trigonometric Laws and Functions to Solve Surveying Problems
12.0 APPENDIX D: Determining the Heights of Tall Structures with a Transit
13.0 APPENDIX E: Measuring Circular Objects and Areas
14.0 APPENDIX F: Projections from Plans to Elevations
15.0 APPENDIX G: English and Metric Systems

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