Creating a Layout, Section and Elevation with dimensions using AutoCad
1. Create the Plan and Sections as shown in the Figures. Use proper dimension techniques and dimension styles to document the project. Assume the sizes of the doors and windows as per construction standards. Refer to sections for stair details if required.
Aim: - To draw the floor plans and sections using the proper dimension techniques and dimension styles to document the project.
Introduction: -
- Plan and Sections are different types of drawings used by architects to graphically represent a building design and construction.
- A plan drawing is a drawing on a horizontal plane showing a view from above.
- An Elevation drawing is drawn on a vertical plane showing a vertical depiction.
- A section drawing is also a vertical depiction but one that cuts through space showing what lies within.
Commands used: -
- Limits command
- Line command
- Offset command
- Hatch command
- Dimlinear command
- Dimstyle command
- Units command
- Extend command
- Fillet command
- Trim command
- Join command
- Line weight command
- Line type command
- Object snap command
Procedure: -
Step: -1
1st, 2nd and 3rd floor plan:
- First, we have to open the AutoCAD and set the limits using the limits command.
- Next, we have to draw a line with the length of 16388mm from down to up horizontally.
- Next, we have to draw the line from the previous line with the length of 12150mm horizontally forwards.
- Next, we have again drawn the line from the previous line with the length of 16388mm downwards vertically.
- Next, we have to draw the line from the last line to the first line to form the rectangle.
- Next, we draw the rooms with the help of line command and offset command and trim command, with the lengths given in figures.
- Next, we have to trim the unnecessary lines and objects.
- Then we draw the columns with the size of 250mm x 350mm.
- The columns are placed wherever they are required in the floor plan.
- Next, we have to draw the windows and doors.
- Finally, we indicate the rooms using the single text command.
- And again, we have to provide the dimensions for the given floor plan using the Dim linear command.
- And also draw the section lines as given in the figure, and also indicate the doors and windows.
Step: -2
Section-AA
- First, we have to draw a line with a length of 8900mm horizontally forward.
- Next, we have to draw another line from the previous line vertically with the length of 1mm.
- Next again draw the line from the previous line with the length of 11000mm horizontally backwards from the previously drawn line.
- Next draw the line from the first line and the last line we drawn previously.
- Next do the offset to the particular lines with the given offset values.
- The inner wall offsets are 125mm and outer wall thickness is 250mm.
- And ground level thickness is 200mm and 150mm.
- Next, we have to draw the windows in their required places on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors.
- Here next we have to draw the stairs with tread of 250mm and the riser with 143.75mm and 158.33mm.
- And take the line type as dashed lines and set it to the particular value of the dashed lines for the staircase.
- Next, we have to draw the remaining parts, we draw the parapet wall and water tank (O.H.T) at the top of the building.
- Next, we draw the doors at their required places in the first, second and third floors.
- Next remaining we draw the windows and sunshades in their particular places.
- Next, we put the dimensions wherever they are required in the section drawing as shown below.
- Next, we have to select the single text command to indicate the parts in the section plan.
- Finally, we have to draw the section line in the section plan as shown in the below figure.
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Step: -3
Section-BB
- First, we have to draw a line with the length of 11000mm horizontally forward.
- Next, we have to draw another line from the previous line vertically with the length of 16388mm.
- Next again draw the line from the previous line with the length of 11000mm horizontally backwards from the previously drawn line.
- Next draw the line from the first line and the last line we drawn previously.
- Next do the offset to the particular lines with the given offset values.
- The inner wall offsets are 125mm and outer wall thickness is 250mm.
- And ground level thickness is 200mm and 150mm.
- Next, we have to draw the windows in their required places on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors.
- Next, we have to draw the windows in their required places on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors.
- Next, we have to draw sunshades upside of the window to protect us from the sunlight.
- Next, we have to put the dimensions wherever they are required.
- And write the text to denote the parts in the section plan using the single text command.
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RESULT: -
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor plan and sections using the proper dimension techniques are drawn successfully in the AutoCAD in detailed manner.