Before
you begin: First, create a “lastname_autoCAD_15” folder
on your network space for this assignment. Save all of
the following drawings into this folder.
Objectives: In
this assignments, students will learn how to use the AutoCAD Quick
Setup, draw with Architectural Units,
and work with Large Size Plots.
Architectural Drawing: Make sure to properly set up your units before each drawing. PLEASE NOTE: With our older version of AutoCAD, settting up a large scale drawing was much more difficult than it is now. The first two problems in this assignment are to allow the student to practice setting up large workspaces, which we do not have to do, but the practice in completing the drawings is a good refresher regarding dimensions, so complete them anyway.
DRAWING 1: Page 829, Figure 60-1 (TURN YOUR BOOK SIDEWAYS FOR THIS PROBLEM!:
Replicate this figure.
Use ARCHITECTURAL Units and Width 20’ (feet), Length 15’ (feet)
Area in your Quick Setup.
Set
your POLAR TRACKING to 5 degrees
if that makes finding the angles any easier.
Dimension exactly as
in the book. Use the QUICK LEADER to write "USE REDWOOD"
in the upper right corner. When using QUICK LEADER, use a TEXT WIDTH
of 2", to make your letters large enough to read.
Make sure to use your DIMENSION STYLE button (the magnifying glass) to
make your text size readable (maybe 4-5” or so), your arrows
big enough to see and your dimensional units to Architectural.
DRAWING 2: Page 394, Figure
26-4:
Replicate this figure.
Use ARCHITECTURAL Units and Width 70’ (feet),
Length 50’ (feet) Area in your Quick Setup.
Dimension exactly as
in the book.
Make sure to use your DIMENSION STYLE button (the
magnifying glass) to make your text size readable (maybe 8-10” or
so), your arrows big enough to see and your dimensional units to
Architectural.
DRAWING 3: Page 447, Figure
29-9.
Replicate this figure as closely as possible.
Use ARCHITECTURAL Units for this drawing.
Draw the OUTSIDE lines of this figure with POLYLINES and use the OFFSET
Command set to 4” to draw the inside of the double line walls.
Add internal wall lines as shown in the book in the same way that the video tutorial demonstrates. The
dimensions in the book are from the OUTSIDE of a wall
to the MIDDLE of a partition (interior wall).
Before you work on the DOORWAYS, watch this Video
Tutorial:
Draw the Doorways to match the original drawings as closely as possible. Convert the DOOR into a BLOCK, as outlined in
the Tutorial above. COPY, ROTATE and MIRROR your doors as outlined in the video, so that you have all necessary door placements, then COPY the proper door blocks to the proper places on the drawing.
Make sure that you include all TEXT in this drawing!
Dimension the figure, make sure to use DIMENSION
STYLE to make your text size readable, your arrows visible
and your dimension units to Architectural.
Draw the walls as outlined in the video tutorial, along with the windows and doors (COPY the door figures as best you can, they ARE different from the last problem!).
Add the internal text, exactly as in the book.
The CLOSETS in this drawing are NOT dimensioned and are not included in the room sizes as labelled. Do your best to place them in your drawing to size.
Dimension the figure, make sure to use your DIMENSION
STYLE button to make your text size readable, your arrows visible
and your dimension units to Architectural.
Submitting
Your Work: Make sure to create your files in your “autoCAD_15” folder
on your network space.