Floor plan

floor plan in architecture Architecture

* Architectural history [i] * Architectural mythology [i] ...

and building engineering is a scale diagram Diagram

A diagram is a simplified and structured visual representation of concepts, ideas, constructions, relati...

of the arrangements of rooms in one story of a building. It is essentially a diagram as if seen from the above . You may also think of it as a "top view" or "bird's eye" view of one floor in a building. Technically, the floor plan shows the walls and fixtures in a building at the height of one meter "above the finished floor" . The term may be used in general to describe any drawing showing the physical layout of objects. For example, it may denote the arrangement of the displayed objects at an exhibition, or the arrangement of exhibitor booths at a convention.

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A floor plan in architecture Architecture

* Architectural history [i]

Architectural mythology [i]

...

and building engineering is a scale diagram Diagram

A diagram is a simplified and structured visual representation of concepts, ideas, constructions, relati...

of the arrangements of rooms in one story of a building. It is essentially a diagram as if seen from the above . You may also think of it as a "top view" or "bird's eye" view of one floor in a building. Technically, the floor plan shows the walls and fixtures in a building at the height of one meter "above the finished floor" .

The term may be used in general to describe any drawing showing the physical layout of objects. For example, it may denote the arrangement of the displayed objects at an exhibition, or the arrangement of exhibitor booths at a convention. A copy of an original floor plan drawing is traditionally called a blueprint Blueprint

A blueprint is a plan or technical drawing usually documenting an architecture [i] or an engineering [i] ...

. Now drawings are reproduced using plotter Plotter

A plotter is a vector graphics [i] printing device [i] that connects to a computer [i]. ...

s and large format xerographic Xerography

Xerography is a photocopying [i] technique developed by Chester Carlson [i] in 1938 [i] and patent [i]ed...

copiers.

Plan view or "planform Planform

A planform or plan view [i] is a vertical orthographic projection [i] of an object on a horizontal plane ...

" is defined as a vertical orthographic projection Orthographic projection

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rthographic projection is a means of representing a three-dimensional [i] object in two dime ...

of an object on a horizontal plane, like a map.

It is also called a "plan" in architectural terms, as opposed to "elevation Elevation

The elevation of a geographic [i] location [i] is its height above a fixed reference point, oft ...

" which means how the object will look when seen from a side, or a "cross section" where the building is shown cut along an axis to reveal the interior. A "reflected ceiling plan" shows a view of the room as if looking from above, through the ceiling, at a mirror installed one foot below the ceiling level, which shows the reflected image of the ceiling above. This convention maintains the same orientation of the floor and ceilings plans - looking down from above.