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A comprehensive guide to preparing complete and accurate documents and plans for kitchen & bath design Kitchen & Bath Design Presentation is the definitive guide to document presentation for designers in the kitchen and bath industry. The book shows designers how to properly prepare documents to help clients visualize and understand the project while minimizing costly and time-consuming errors during ordering and installation. Heavily illustrated, it provides expert instruction on drafting basics, tools and techniques, plans and elevations, and computer drafting. With in-depth instruction on using CAD--including explanations of common programs such as 20-20 and Chief Architect--this is the one resource professionals need to successfully communicate a design.
Kitchen & Bath Design Presentation is one of a series of volumes in the National Kitchen & Bath Association's Professional Resource Library. As the only not-for-profit trade association dedicated exclusively to the kitchen and bath industry, the NKBA is the leading source of information and education for professionals.
Essential information on:
- Drawings and Documents
- Measuring the Design Space
- Drafting Conventions
- Designing Kitchens and Baths with CAD
- NKBA Drawings
- Techniques of Hand drafting
- Floor Plans
- NKBA Presentation Standards
List of contents
PREFACE xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii CHAPTER 1 NKBA DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS 1
The Set of NKBA Drawings 1
NKBA Forms 8
Summary 10
Review Questions 11
CHAPTER 2 MEASURING THE DESIGN SPACE 13 Steps to Accurate Measurements 13
Measuring the Remodeling Job 15
Measuring New Construction 19
Angles and Curves 20
Tips from the Pros 22
Summary 23
Review Questions 23
CHAPTER 3 THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES OF HAND DRAFTING 25 Drafting Tools and Techniques 25
Drawing Media 30
Drafting Pencils and Other Tools 31
Leads 32
Technique for Drawing Vertical Lines 35
Portfolios 48
Additional Techniques to Draw Angled Lines and Understand Angles 50
Summary 56
Review Questions 56
CHAPTER 4 DRAFTING CONVENTIONS: LINE TYPES, SYMBOLS, AND TECHNIQUES 57 Lines and Technique 57
Standard Symbols for Drawings 61
Summary 76
Review Questions 76
CHAPTER 5 THE NKBA FLOOR PLAN: DRAFTING AND DIMENSIONING THE PLAN 77 Programming 77
Floor Plan Considerations 80
Dimensioning the Floor Plan 90
Summary 95
Review Questions 95
CHAPTER 6 NKBA DRAWINGS IN A SET OF PLANS 97 Floor Plan 97
Drafting the Construction Plan 97
Drawing the Construction Plan 98
Drafting the Mechanical Plan 99
Interpretive Drawings 112
Summary 120
Review Questions 120
CHAPTER 7 USING THE COMPUTER TO DESIGN KITCHENS AND BATHS 121 Computer Terminology 121
CAD: A General Overview 123
NKBA Certification Software 127
Summary 133
Review Questions 133
CHAPTER 8 NKBA'S GRAPHICS AND PRESENTATION STANDARDS 135 Purpose of Graphics and Presentation Standards 135
Kitchen or Bath Floor Plan 136
Construction Plan 142
Mechanical Plan and Symbols 142
Interpretive Drawings 143
Specifications 144
Design Statement 145
Titling Project Documents 145
Copyright and Ownership 146
Summary 147
Review Questions 147
APPENDIX A: SAMPLE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM PROJECT DOCUMENTS 149 APPENDIX B: GENERIC CABINET NOMENCLATURE 195 APPENDIX C: METRIC CONVERSIONS 231 GLOSSARY 239 REFERENCES 247 INDEX 249
About the author
Margaret Krohn, CKD, ASID is a full-time kitchen and bath design instructor at Century College in Minnesota, where she develops and implements design curriculum. She is also the owner of the firm Design Specifics.
Summary
Kitchen & Bath Design Presentation describes the most common project documents and their preparation methods. Featuring color illustrations and clear information, this guide to explaining designing visions fully complies with the National Kitchen & Bath Association s Graphics and Presentation Standards.
