I keep finding differing lists of the drawing disciplines in a construction document set. Black Spectacles lists: A (Title Sheet) Civil Landscape Demo Architectural Structural Mechanical Plumbing Electrical Fire Protection And other sources (AIA CAD Standards) list: Civil Landscape Arc…

Greetings @Vincent.Lee , Excellent question. I am not an NCARB representative so will speak from my own experiences. Others may offer additional viewpoints. While several entities have endeavored to create standards for the ordering of sheets by discipline, NCARB does not appear at this time to exp…

This does help! Working with AoR’s has already taught me that using a standard order and even sheet numbers is less of a standard than i assumed. This makes sense for NCARB to have you understand the process behind ordering drawings rather than the order itself. The rules of thumb are noted and ap…

I was coming to ask this same question. Would it be possible to either correct the videos pertaining to this, or to correct the practice exams? I have been taught Structure then Arch. Mark told us Arch then Structure, so I answered that way on my practice test, and I got it wrong. You have conflicti…

Agreed, just did a black spectacles practice exam where I was asked to order the disciplines. If this is not something Ncarb will test us on, it should be removed from the practice exam.

Hey @alexfinolr - thanks for bringing this back up. We agree that this topic will not be tested on by NCARB and therefore have removed these questions from our exams. Good luck in your studies!

Standard order of drawing disciplines?

Project Development & Documentation

monicafitzpatrick September 14, 2020, 12:42am 2

Hi @Vincent.Lee & welcome back to the Community!

Let me ping one of our expert architects to help with this. @coachbryanhadley do you mind jumping in?

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Standard order of drawing disciplines?

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