Creating 3D Isometric view of various structural elements in AutoCAD

1. Aim is to create the 3D Isometric View of the building with plan and elevation given using 3D Modeling Workspace . I am going to use the drawings from the plan and elevation to quickly create boundary or regions and extrude the floorin,walls,windows and slab. I am going to use UCS Icon, View Cube and Navigation Bar to work easily in different sides of the drawing.

• First step is to open a new page and set the Drawing Units as shown.

• I set the maximum limit of the screen

Command:Limmax 35’,35’

Command:Zoom>All

Workspace switching to 3D Modeling

• Command>Plan>current ucs

Using commands Rectangle, Offset,Line,Dimstyle, Dimlinear, Circle,polygon with 3 sides, text

I draw the Plan as shown.

• Using the same commands I draw in XY plan the Elevation at A and Elevation at B.

• I create 3d layers corresponding to floor, walls, window frame, window mullion, window glass,slab…

• At the Plan I Boundary the walls using layer 3D Wall

• Again at the plan using Layer 3D FLOOR I create a rectangle which includes the whole plan and Boundary>Region it in order to create the thicknes of the floor in the next step.

• I EXTRUDE the walls with high 10’ and the flooring with high 4”.

• I put 0 LAYER off : LAYOFF and that is the view named 1.
• V>VIEW>NEW to create a new view named 1 .

• I copy the elevation at A and rotate it with

Rotation axis:Y

Rotation angle -90 degree

• I use commands: Region, surface trim to trim the extra surfaces and extrude 3” the window frame and the window mullion 1.2”,

In order to create the region for the window mullion I freez and turn off the layer window frame. The same I do to window mullion LAYOFF and freez, in order to create the window glass. Next I use command

3d Move 0,6” for the window mullion and 0.8” for the window glass.

• This is a view of the corner of the window after the use of 3dMove

• I use again 3DMove to move the window from where I created it, to the building.

• Using command rectangular and placing the UCS as shown I create 2 rectangles in two extremitetes of the wall above and below the window, and then Extrude them 3’ each as shown.

• I group the window and then 3DMove it 2” inside the wall

• I create a view 2

• This is a view of the building from inside.

• I create View 3 and freez and Layoff 3D Floor layer.

Same as above I create rectangles on both sides of the wall where the window is going to be placed, I extrude 3’ each side, and unfreez and Layon 3dfloor layer.

• I copy the elevation at B 3DRotate it

Axis of rotation: X, ROTATION ANGLE 90 degree.

• Same as the other window I create the window of the elevation at B.

• Then using 3DMove I move it at the place required.

• This is a view of the drawing at this point.

• In the field I draw a rectangle with dimensions of the Plan 10’9”x10’9” and I put layer 3DSlab current. Then I Extrude it 6”.

• Using command: 3DMove, I place the rectangle on top of the wall as the slab with 6” thicknes.
• This is a view of the building finished from outside.

• This is a view of the building finished from inside.

2. Aim is to create the 3D Isometric View of the building façade with plan and elevation given using 3D Modeling Workspace . I am going to use the drawings from the plan and elevation to quickly create boundary or regions and extrude the walls and windows . I am going to use UCS Icon, View Cube and Navigation Bar to work easily in different sides of the drawing.

• Command>Plan>current ucs

Using commands Rectangle, Offset,Line,Dimstyle, Dimlinear, text….

I draw the PLAN, WINDOW AND ELEVATION as shown.

• I CREATE 3DLayers for the window frame, window mullion and window glass, and a layer for the 3DWall.

• Next I copy the plan of the building and Boundary the walls using layer 3DWall.

• I extrude the walls with WALL HIGH 9’11”.

• Placing UCS as shoun and using command Rectangle I create 2 rectanglesin the bottom and above the space where the window is going to be placed, and I extrude the bottom rec with WALL high 4’6” AND the above wall high is 1’5”.

• I copy the window drawing on the plan and I use command 3DRotate to rotate it.

Axis of rotation is X with a 90 degree rotation.

• I use commands: Region, surface trim to trim the extra surfaces and extrude 3” the window frame.

• In order to create the region for the window mullion I freez and turn off the layer window frame.

Then I use commands: Region, surface trim to trim the extra surfaces and extrude the window mullion 1.2”,

The same I do to window mullion LAYOFF and freez, in order to create the window glass. Next I use command

3d Move 0,6” for the window mullion and 0.8” for the window glass.

• Using command 3DMove, I move the window as required.
• Then I group the window and use again the command 3DMove to move the window inside the wall with 2”.

• I use command 3DCopy to copy the entire floor and create 3 more floors on top of each other.

• I turn off all the layers, I keep only 0 layer on. Now I delete the extra lines in between floors.
• Then I use command Union to union the building floors.

• PLAN>Current UCS
• Using layer 3D wall I create the wall on top of the building with high 6’5” and 4” wall width.

• I Boundary the walls created and Extrude with 9” thickness.

• This is the final look of the building façade with 4 floors and a window in each floor.

3. Aim is to create the 3D Isometric View of the stairs with railing, with plan and elevation given using 3D Modeling Workspace . I am going to use the drawings from the plan and elevation to quickly create boundary or regions and extrude the steps and the railing . I am going to use UCS Icon, View Cube and Navigation Bar to work easily in different sides of the drawing.

• Command>Plan>current ucs

Using commands Rectangle, Offset,Line,Dimstyle, Dimlinear, text….

I draw the PLAN AND ELEVATION of the stairs as shown.

• I create layers for the 3DSlab of the stairs and 3DHandrail.

• I copy the plan of the stairs and Region it using 3DSlab layer.

• Using command 3DRotate I rotate the stair plan with:

ROTATION AXIS X, 90 DEGREE.

• I extrude the slab of the stairs with 3’.

• I place the UCS at the step, draw a circle of 1” diameter and extrude it with high 3’1” using layer 3DHandrail.

• I use command 3DMirror to mirror it in the other side of the stair and then I use command 3DCopy to copy it in each step.

• I place UCS as shown, and draw polyline in each side of the handrail.

I draw two circles in the field as well with diameter 1” using layer 3DStair Handrail 1.

• I use command Sweep to sweep the circles into the path of the polylines.
• And this is the 3D Model of the stairs with railing.

4. Aim is to create the 3D Isometric View of the wall with spread footing, with plan and section of wall footing given using 3D Modeling Workspace .

Next I have to create a rendered view of the wall with spread footing with matirials of my choice.

I am going to use the drawings from the plan and elevation to quickly create boundary or regions and extrude the steps and the railing . I am going to use UCS Icon, View Cube and Navigation Bar to work easily in different sides of the drawing.

• I open a new page and set the drawing units in milimeters .
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• I set the maximum limit of the screen:

Command : Limmax > 15000,15000 mm

Zoom>all

• Command>Plan>current ucs

Using commands Rectangle, Offset,Line,Dimstyle, Dimlinear, text Hatch….

I draw the PLAN and SECTION OF WALL FOOTING as shown.

• I create Layers for the 3D Wall with spread footing.

• I copy the plan of the wall footing and create Boundary out of each different component of the wall footing including walls, slabs, floor, footing , concrete footing and damp proof course.

• I use command 3DRotate to rotate the plan of the wall footing:

ROTATION AXIS X, 90 DEGREE.

• Now I copy the plan of the wall, and place the section of the wall footing at the section in a 3d view.
• Then I extrude each element of the section in one side, and use command Presspull in the other side to create the walls, flooring, slabs, footing, damp waterproof course… where possible.

• Then I place the UCS as shown, and create 2 rectangles with layer 3dwall on.

• I EXTRUDE each rectangle 3300mm on both sides as shown and the 3d wall with spread footing with the door opening is created.
• Is left only the slab on top of the door.

• I Exrude the slab on top of the door up to the corner of the drawing in plan, and in the other side I use command Presspull.

• I Turn Off and Freez all layers, I only keep on layer 0, and delete the extra lines of the section of the wall footing.
• This is the view of the 3D Wall with e Spread Footing.

• Now I go to Visualize>Material Browser and choose the materials I am going to assign to the 3d object.

• While in the Material Browser table, I select the elements of the 3d object one by one and assign the materials as shown.

• To create a camera view I create a cylinder where I am going to place the camera, go to Visualize>Create Camera and name it Camera1.

Double click at the camera to see the camera preview.

• Now I put on Sun Status, Full Shadow on, Sky and Background and illumination on with the time of the day 13:00.

• Visualize> Render
• To realize the Rendering the field have to be in a PRESPECTIVE mode.

I adjust the rendering details as shown.

• Command RR to Render the 3D Wall with Spread Footing in different positions as saved in views render 1 and render 2.

• Visualization>Render>Render Environment and Exposure
• I choose Plaza and Snow Field as a background image.

• Command RR to Render the 3D Wall with Spread Footing with a Village Background and a Snow Background.

• Note: Thank you very much for the grades and notes. I am gratefull.