ADS - Architect's Design Studio; An
application to make product selections easy and to get meaniingful budget
estimates and material lists. Designed to open the communication between
architect's and contractors.
Annealed - (Glass) heating a piece of glass to
remove stress
Argon Filled - (Glass) Gas filler for insulated
glazing units to increase the insulating ability of the glass for thermal
purpouses.
Astragal - An astragal is commonly used to seal
between a pair of doors. Exterior astragals are kerfed for weatherstripping. Also flush bolt
hardware is commonly mortised into the astragal to hold the inactive door in
place at the top and bottom.
Bill of Material - A comprehensive list of material
needed for assembly.
BIM - Building Information Modeling;
a modeling file for constructing 3D models of buildings for review.
Common BIM Modelers are AutoDesk REVIT and Bentley.
Budget - A monetary estimate on cost of materials
and labor associated with a job.
CAD - Computer-aided design
(CAD) is the use of computer technology for the design of objects, real
or virtual. The design of geometric models for object shapes.
However CAD often involves more than just shapes. As in the manual drafting of technical and engineering
drawings, the output of CAD often must convey also symbolic information
such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to
application-specific conventions.
Closer - is a mechanical device
that closes a door, in general after
someone opens it, or after it was automatically opened. There are two general
styles of door closers: manual and automatic. Manual door closers come
in two main forms, overhead and jamb mounted. Overhead door closers, such as
those from Briton, Dorma and Geze, can be concealed or surface mounted,
whereas jamb mounted closers, such as Perko-Powermatic, fit between the door
and the door frame and are totally concealed when the door is closed.
Ceiling - is an overhead interior surface that
bounds the upper limit of a room. It is generally not a structural
element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof
structure above.
Configurator - Online selection tool that updates
as components are selected.
Curtain Wall - Curtain Wall is a term used to
describe a building façade which does not carry any dead load
from the building other than its own dead load, and one which transfers the
horizontal loads (wind loads) that are incident upon it. These loads are
transferred to the main building structure through connections at floors or
columns of the building. A curtain wall is
designed to resist air and water infiltration, wind forces acting on the
building, seismic
forces (usually only those imposed by the inertia of the curtain wall), and
its own dead load forces.
Dead Load - Dead loads are weights of material,
equipment or components that are relatively constant throughout the
structure's life. Permanent loads are a wider category which includes dead
loads but also includes forces set up by irreversible changes in a structure's
constraints - for example, loads due to settlement, the secondary effects of
pre-stress or due to shrinkage and creep in concrete.
Doors - is a moveable barrier used to cover an
opening. Doors are used widely and are found in walls or partitions of a building or space, furniture
such as cupboards, cages, vehicles, and containers. A door
can be opened to give access and closed more or less securely using a
combination of latches and locks. Doors are nearly universal in
buildings of all kinds, allowing passage between the inside and outside, and
between internal rooms. When open, they admit ventilation and light. The door is
used to control the physical atmosphere within a space by enclosing it,
excluding air
drafts, so that interiors may be more effectively heated or cooled. Doors
are significant in preventing the spread of fire. They act as a barrier to noise.
Door Frame - Material used around the door.
Door Stile - Term used for Storefront and Curtain
Wall Entrance doors. They determine the standard thickness of the rails
of the door, such as narrow, medium and wide stile. Narrow stile are for
low traffic while wide stile is for medium to heavy traffic.
Entrances - Entrance is an opening that
contains a door. Typically entrances can have sidelites and a transom
lite around the door.
Error Checking - The process of checking for common
mistakes. Error checking for ADS checks for both BIM modeling errors as
well as product selection incompatibilities.
Export - Taking information from one source and
transferring it to an alternate source such as reports or external
applications.
Exterior Wall - Any wall that resides on the
exterior of a building.
Exterior Layer - Exterior Layer is the layer of
material closest to the exterior of the wall.
Fire Rating - The time a product can maintain it's
function in specific temperatures.
Floor - is the walking surface of a room or
vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using
modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal, or any material
that can hold a person's weight.
Glazing - is a transparent part of a wall, usually made of glass or plastic (acrylic and polycarbonate). Glazing also describes the work
done by a professional "glazier". Common types of glazing used in
architectural applications include clear and tinted float glass, tempered glass, and
laminated glass as well as a variety of coated glasses, all of which can be
glazed singly or as double, or even triple, glazing units.
Ordinary clear glass has a slight green tinge but special clear glasses are
offered by several manufacturers.
Glazing Wall - Any wall that contains glass.
Glazing Position - The position in which the glass
meets the aluminum storefront or curtain wall material. Front Glaze,
Center Glaze or Back Glaze are the typical.
Hardware - Any component used in the assembly or
function of a unit. Door Hardware
Head Member - The upper
horizontal part of a door, window, or other opening.
Hinge - A piece of door
hardware that permits the opening and closing of a door by joining the door to
the jamb with a flexible device.
Import - To bring into one
software program form another.
Interior Layer- The finishing
of the interior of a building, such as casings, baseboards, and stairs.
Interior Wall- Walls that
support roofs and ceilings and divide spaces, providing security against
intrusion and weather.
Jamb Member - The verticle
side of a door.
Kickplate - A metal plate or
strip that runs along the bottom edge of a door to protect against the marring
of the finished surface.
Low-E - Low emissivity
glass.
Lock Type- A mechanism for
fastening a door with a bolt that requires a key of a particular shape or
combonation of movements to work it.
Mulled Window- A combonation
of windows set as a single unit.
Panel - A distinct, usually
rectanglar, section of the surface of a door, cabinet, wall ceiling or
roof.
Parameters - A variable that
must be given a specific value during the execution of a program or of a
procedure within a program.
Push \ Pull- Door pill handle
shaped from a round bar stock or tube.
Ribbon Window- Framing designed
for horizontal window application.
Sheathing Layer - The rough
covering applied to the outside of the roof, wall, or floor framing
structure.
Sidelite - A tall, narrow
window alongside a door.
Sill Member - The lowest
member of the frame of a structure, resting on the foundation and supporting
the uprights of the frame.
Spandrel - The wall area
between the head of a window on one story and the sill of a window on the
floor above.
Specifications - A building
code where all allowable and required materials and methods are specified in
detail.
SSG Structural Silicone Glazed-
A method that allows architects to adhere glass, ceramic, metal, stone and
composite panels to building frames using silicone adhesive/sealants.
Storefront - The facade which is constructed
on the street side of a building or structure into which persons can enter and
transact business.
Structured \ Stud Layer- The
layer of the wall that is composed of the stud type and optional
insulation.
Tempered- The degree of
hardness and strength imparted to a metal, as by quenching, heat treatment, or
cold working.
Thermal Break- A separation
that effectively seperates the interior of the window from the exterior in
both frame and vent members.
Threshold - The wood or metal
beveled floor piece at door openings which commonly seperates noncontinuous
floor types.
Traffic - The movement of
people or vehicles through an area.
Transom - A window above a door
or other window built on and commonly hinged to a transom.
Values - Relative worth,
merit, or importance.
Wall Texture- A measure of the
variation of the intensity of a surface, quantifying properties such as
smoothness, coarseness and regularity on a wall.
Wind Speed- The speed of wind,
the movement of air or other gases in an atmosphere. It is a scalar quantity,
the magnitude of the vector of motion.
Wind Load- In building
construction, the estimated pressure or force exerted upon a structure by the
wind, especially the wind pressure which must be provided for when
constructing the roof of a building.
Window- An opening in an
outside wall, other than a door, which provides for natural light and
ventilation. Such an opening is covered by transparent material inserted in a
frame conveniently located for admitting sunlight and constructed so that it
can be opened to admit air.
Window Wall- An outside wall of
which a large portion is glass. Glass area may consist of one or more windows.
A window wall may be made up entirely of windows.
Wrap Layer- Products
specifically designed to resist bulk water and air penetration, while allowing
moisture vapor to pass through.
