Editing Technical drawing (section)

===Sketching===
[[File:Architekturskizze Verwaltungsgebäude Biel.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sketch (drawing)|Sketch]] for a government building]]

A [[Sketch (drawing)|sketch]] is a quickly executed, freehand drawing that is usually not intended as a finished work. In general, sketching is a quick way to record an idea for later use. Architect's sketches primarily serve as a way to try out different ideas and establish a composition before  a more finished work, especially when the finished work is expensive and time-consuming.

Architectural sketches, for example, are a kind of [[diagram]].<ref name="BoCo04">Richard Boland and Fred Collopy (2004). ''Managing as designing''. Stanford University Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-8047-4674-5}}, p.69.</ref> These sketches, like [[metaphor]]s, are used by architects as a means of communication in aiding design collaboration. This tool helps architects to abstract attributes of hypothetical provisional design solutions and summarize their complex patterns, thereby enhancing the design process.<ref name="BoCo04"/>