Worked examples
Two sets,
read closely.
Everything here is read off real drawings. Where a set belongs to somebody else, it is described and not reproduced.
Two real sets sit behind everything written here. One is published by the standards body itself and can be shown. The other is a live job and cannot, so it is described rather than reproduced.
The Woodwork Institute's sample set
Twenty-six sheets, watermarked SAMPLE, all names fictitious, published by the standards body to show what a submittal must contain. Its cover carries the instruction that matters:
These drawings illustrate details required by W.I. Refer to the Architectural Woodwork Standards, Section 1, Submittals.
Woodwork Institute, sample shop drawings
It also sets a floor most people do not know exists: minimum sheet size 11" × 17". Its title block is the full list — company, address, phone, state licence, job name, job address, construction manager, architect, sheet number, job number, scale, date, drawn by, reviewed by.
A residential submittal, 16 sheets
A real job at SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL, revision 0. It is somebody's house and somebody's contract, so the drawings are not reproduced here. The anatomy is:
| Sheets | What | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Cover | — |
| 02–03 | Floor plans, one per room | 1/2"=1'-0" |
| 04–07 | Elevations, carrying callouts A–P | 1/2"=1'-0" |
| 08 | One item enlarged: plan, front, rear, end | 3/4"=1'-0" |
| 09–16 | Sections and details | 1" and 1 1/2"=1'-0" |
Sixteen sheets to document two rooms. That ratio surprises people coming from architecture, and it is the whole difference between design intent and a set somebody builds from.
The full anatomy, sheet by sheet →
A portfolio of work drawn for other people is the client's drawing, not ours to publish. As sets are drawn here with permission to show them, they go up — annotated, with what was asked and what came back. Until then, the honest page is this one.