Okuzeka
Architecture vocabulary · Drawings and Representation

Mark up

Meaning in architecture, with examples

phrasal verbCommon term

In architecture, mark up means: To add comments, corrections or changes by hand or digitally on a drawing or document so that someone else can update it.

In Turkish: düzeltmeleri işaretlemek, üzerine not düşmek, kırmızı kalemle düzeltmek

How it is used

Common between senior architects, junior staff and consultants. Corrections are traditionally made in red, so marked-up drawings are often called redlines. The noun is markup or mark-up, and PDF tools are widely used for digital markups.

Example sentences

  1. I've marked up the plans with the client's comments; can you update the CAD by tomorrow?

  2. The engineer sent back a marked-up section showing the new beam sizes.

Common collocations

  • mark up a drawing
  • marked-up drawings
  • redline markups
  • PDF markup
  • working drawingsThe detailed, fully dimensioned set of drawings that a contractor uses to build a project, including plans, sections, elevations, details and schedules.
  • CADShort for computer-aided design: software used to produce precise two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional models instead of drawing by hand.
  • pin upTo fix drawings and boards to a wall with pins so that a tutor, jury or team can look at them and discuss them together.
  • detailA large-scale drawing that shows exactly how parts of a building are put together, such as a window frame, roof edge or wall junction, with materials and dimensions.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

More terms: Drawings and Representation

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: