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Al Whitley/1 min read

Understanding the Interior Design Drawings: Public Area Finish Schedule and Tagging Details

Blueprint Reading Essentials

Title Block

Project name, scale, date, drawing number.

Plan Views

Top-down view of each floor — walls, doors, windows.

Elevations & Sections

Vertical views and cuts revealing wall and floor construction.

Detail Drawings

Zoomed-in views of specific construction conditions.

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This tutorial walks through understanding the interior design drawings: public area finish schedule and tagging details, covering essential tools and techniques for your projects.

This is the first of the interior design drawings: its sheet ID, 100, the public area finish schedule. When we were reviewing the lobby drawings, we saw codes attached to many of the walls, floors, and other elements. These codes are the tags used for identification.

Here’s the tag for the acoustical ceiling tile. On the finish schedule, the Interior Designer calls out the tag, the type of item, a description, the manufacturer, if needed, a finish, the locations, any special notes, and the source of the materials. One thing that's really nice is that the Interior Designer has gone to this level of detail to make it easy for everyone to understand what to order and exactly what will be installed in the different rooms.

So, other than zooming in and reading everyone’s names, just understand that here’s the finish schedule: it’s tagged, the item is specified, materials are selected, and sources for procurement are established.