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TRANSPARENT BLUEPRINT [1 record]

Record 1 1999-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
OBS

blueprint: a print commonly used as a working drawing in architecture and engineering. ... In the blueprint process, ... the paper is ... exposed to light under transparent paper on which the material to be transferred is drawn.

OBS

Although both blueprint and whiteprint machines often require special translucent originals to be made, they are used to print few copies ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
DEF

Reproduction d'un motif, d'un dessin, par transparence sur un papier calque.

DEF

Copie sur support translucide obtenue par héliographie à partir d'un calque original.

CONT

Il est recommandé [...] de faire plusieurs plans [...] consacrés chacun à un corps d'état. L'emploi de contre-calque obtenu héliographiquement est alors indiqué. Le calque de base sera celui de la maçonnerie [...]. Sur des contre-calques tirés d'après ce dessin, on pourra alors indiquer l'emplacement des appareils sanitaires et des canalisations de plomberie [...]. On opère de même pour la menuiserie, le chauffage central, l'électricité [...]

OBS

héliographie : Reproduction d'originaux transparents ou translucides sur papier aux diazoïques.

Spanish

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