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Auto Cad

Week 7:

Layers & Line Weight

Layer properties manager

Displays all layers and layer properties

Layers palette can be found in the home menu

 

 

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I can switch to different layers with the above drop down menu.

Layer 0 is a standard layer - Try not to use it or use it only for construction lines. The line weight for this layer is 0.25 and the colour is always white.

If  I  draw  any  objects  in  layer  0  I  can  also  move  them  to  another  layer  by  selecting  the  objects  and  then  clicking  on  preferred  layer.  This  will  also  affect  the  colour.          

 

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Defpoints – This layer holds the definition points for the dimensions and cannot be made to print. The layer is automatically created.

School Ground Floor Plan

Drawing a grid - Start at 0, 0 on the Y/X axis

After   drawing   one   line   I   used  the  offset   command   to   repeat  lines.  I  wanted  to  have  a  gap  of  1000mm  between   the   lines   so  this  was  useful.  

 

The  grid  is  1400mm  by  2100mm.  I  lengthened   some   of   the   lines   by  500mm  to  make  it  easier  for  me  to  read.  

 

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Array places a specified number of copies in a line.

Copying without overlaying on an existing line

Select the number of objects you want to copy and point of displacement. The remaining copies are placed beyond that point. This is very useful if you don’t want to overlay existing lines.

 

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Fillet – Rounds and fillets the edges of objects

To Execute

§ Select first object or (Undo/Polyline/Radius/Trim/Multiple) § Select second object or shift-select to apply corner or (Radius) § Enter or Spacebar to end command

The square can be used in drawings to separate different areas. E.g. door frame.

200mm Square

 

 

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MA – MATCHPROP – This command applies the properties of a selected object to other objects for example colour, line weight and others.

To Execute:

§ Select source object § Select destination object(s) or settings § Enter or Spacebar to complete command

 

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Doors – The Standard size for doors is 100mm/800mm

Week 8:

Continuing with school drawing

To save time I can copy doors and place them in the appropriate places.

 

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Stairs

The  floor  plan  is  now  starting  to  take  shape  

and  all  the  entrances  can  be  easily  identified.  

 

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School drawing: Completed Floor Plan

Layout & Printing

Click  on  Model  at  the  bottom  to  switch  between  the  Model,  

Layout  1  and  Layout  2  

 

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Another way to access the different Layouts is by clicking the ‘Quick view drawings tab at the bottom right of the page’ to access them.

Layout 1 for printing

 

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Right click on layout 1 tab at the bottom of the page then choose Page setup manager.

 

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The  first  thing  to  do  is  check  the  plot  size.    

 

 Then  click  on  modify.  

This  page  should  appear.    

 

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Printing

To print on the first floor, print using ‘Student Follow You’ and ‘Adobe PDF’ printing preferences. On the ground floor choose T1100 for room HT012 and DJ500 for room HT005.

Setting  printing  colour    

 To  print  out  in  black  and  white  choose  ‘monochrome’.  Default  is  normally  set  to  ‘None’.        

 

 

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After setting the colour, click on Layout and choose what to plot.

What they do

• Display: Current display in model space • Extents: Whole drawing in model space • Layout: Your current Layout/Paper space • Window: Selects a portion of the drawing to print

 

Make sure the Scale is adjusted to 1:1 as this may alter and ruin the plan in different formats of other programs when editting the print. This is where a vast majority of printing errors occur.