What Are Blueprints?

Blueprints are a set of detailed scaled drawings or plans of a home, building, or structure. Blueprints provide the builder with two-dimensional instructions on exactly how to construct the home. Since, it was difficult to build homes from such a small scale, architects and home designers came up with blueprints, which are drawn on large sheets of translucent vellum. This made plans for home construction easier to read. The most common sizes of blueprints for the construction of a new home are: Go to ehouseplans Common blueprint sizes 18" x 24" or 24" x 36" Much time went into drawing and creating blueprints for a home twenty tears ago, however, with the technological advancement of computers, home plans have become easier to create and duplicate. Before computers were capable of producing house plans, blueprints were drawn by hand on vellum. Complete home plans were created by overlaying blueprint paper with vellum, which were then processed in ammonia through a blueprint machine, ...  more

Blueprints are prints made on a specially prepared substrate such as cotton, paper, or Mylar. The material on which the blueprints are made is coated with a light sensitive solution. When exposed, the solution sets into a dark blue color, leaving the unexposed portions white. The result is a traditional blueprint, also called a cyanoprint, a design in white against a blue background. Blueprints are used in architectural designs such as renderings for houses and ships, and the term is also used more generally to refer to a detailed and precise plan. Contact printing is used to produce blueprints. First, a drawing is made on tracing paper, cloth, or another material which is transparent, allowing light through. The drawing is positioned over material soaked in a blueprint solution, and then exposed to a bright light. The resulting blueprint is chemically fixed and washed to remove chemical traces. It will be resistant to fading and marking, and is usually made on a durable material ...  more

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Blueprints are the weekly Bible studies that will be available to individuals and small groups in hopes of assisting you in a structured study of the Bible. For some members these studies will seem elementary to the studies they are already doing on a personal basis. However, to most of us, these studies will challenge us into a deeper understanding and response to God’s Word. The Blueprints can be broken down to your particular Bible experience and knowledge, and as that knowledge grows, so will your utilization of the material of the Blueprints. Click here to find out more about Blueprints.