Creating a Layout, Section and Elevation with dimensions using AutoCad

Aim : To create a Layout, Section and Elevation with dimensions using AutoCad

Introduction :

• Open autocad application
• Type Qnew and open new drawing
• Set units according to drawing
• Switch on object snap and object snap modes : Endpoint, Midpoint, Center, Nearest, Intersection, Perpendicular and Node
• Ortho mode is ON

Problem 1 :

Aim : To create the plan and sections using AutoCad

Procedure :

• Set units to decimal, precision zero and units to scale as "mm"
• Procedure for dimensions setting : Enter command dimstyle
  Click on new and create a new style "STYLE 1"
  1. Now go to Lines section and set the following:
  Color, linetype and lineweight remians "ByBlock"
  Extend beyong dimlines as zero
  Offset from origin as zero
  2. Next go to symbols and arrow section and set the following:
  Arrow size 30
  3. Next go to Text and set the following:
  Text style : Standard : Font style - Arial, Font name regular
  Text color : Byblock
  Text height : 100
  Text placement both vertical and horizontal as centered, View direction as left to right
  Offset from dimline : 1
  Text aligment : Aligned with dimension
  4. Next go to Fit and set the following:
  Use overall scale of 1
  5. Next go to Primary units and set the following:
  Unit format : Decimal
  Precision : 0
  Press okay and click on set current
  Press close
• Draw a vertical line from origin of length 7243mm and draw another line parallel to it using offset at a distance 230mm
• From here draw a line by taking offset distance 3300mm, and then continue drawing lines at a distance 150mm, 3175mm, 150mm by taking offset from last drawn lines
• Draw a horizintal line from origin of length 7005mm and draw another line parallel to it using offset at a distance 230mm
• Draw a horizontal wall of size 2375 x 230 mm at a distance 1000mm from bottom line and also draw 50mm thick line from bottom line (Trim off the extra line)
• From previous wall create another horizontal wall of size 2275 x 150 mm at a distance 3000mm as shown below
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• Draw a room of size 2275 X 1225mm with wall thickness of 150mm as shown below
  
  
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• Above this room create another room 6600 x 2550 mm (drawing room) with external wall thickness 230mm as shown below
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• Above this room create a staircase with tread as 250mm and beside the staircase draw a wall of thickness 230mm as shown below
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• Now draw two bedroom of sizes 3225 x 3200 and 3100 x 3100, and a drawing room as shown below with external wall thickness 230mm and internal wall thickness 150mm. Door opening is taken as 900mm
  
  
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• Now beside drawing room create two toilets of size 1250 x 2400mm with wall thickness 150mm with door opening 900mm and draw a centralline for the common wall between two toilets as shown below
  
  
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• Draw a bedroom of size 3000 x 3225mm beside toilets with external wall thickness 230mm, internal wall thickness 150mm and door opening 900mm as shown below
  
  
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• Now draw another bedroom of size 3225 x 3050 from a distance 2950mm with external wall thickness 230mm, internal wall thickness 150mm and door opening 900mm as shown below
  
  
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• As shown above column (230 x 400mm) is drawn near opening of staircase and 1000mm space is maintained in between
• A centralline is also drawn in of the internal walls as shown in figure.
• Now draw bedroom of size 3100 x 3300 and toilet of size 1250 x 2150 from a distance 2863mm with external wall thickness 230mm, internal wall thickness 150mm and door opening 900mm for bedroom and 800mm for toilet.
• Draw a balcony at right bottom corner of size 1375 x 1150 as shown below.
  
  
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• Now draw foundations, windows as shown below
  Foundation of size 230 x 400mm, Hatch the foundations using hatch pattern AR-SAND and scale 1
  Window sizes W1 = 600mm
  Window sizes W2 = 1000mm
  Window sizes W3 = 1500mm
  Window sizes W4 = 400mm
  Window sizes W = 800mm
  
  
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• Draw text in each room according to the given figure
  Text height is taken as 250mm and text style as arial
• Also draw text for doors D, D1 (800mm), D2(900mm)
• Draw sections "A" and "B" as shown below and take line type as center
  
  
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• Now create layers and assign it accordingly
  Windows
  Doors
  Staircase
  Text
  Dimensions
  Section (Linetype - Centre)
  Layer 1 for the windows (ACAD_ISO03W100)
• Mark the dimensions using dimlinear

Result :

Problem 2 :

Aim : To create section AA of a building using AutoCad

Procedure :

• Set units to decimal, precision zero and units to scale as "mm"
• Procedure for dimensions setting : Enter command dimstyle
  Click on new and create a new style "STYLE 1"
  1. Now go to Lines section and set the following:
  Color, linetype and lineweight remians "ByBlock"
  Extend beyong dimlines as zero
  Offset from origin as "3"
  2. Next go to symbols and arrow section and set the following:
  Arrow size 100
  3. Next go to Text and set the following:
  Text style : Standard : Font style - Arial, Font name regular
  Text color : Byblock
  Text height : 150
  Text placement both vertical and horizontal as centered, View direction as left to right
  Offset from dimline : 1
  Text aligment : Horizontal
  4. Next go to Fit and set the following:
  Use overall scale of 1
  5. Next go to Primary units and set the following:
  Unit format : Decimal
  Precision : 0.00
  Press okay and click on set current
  Press close
• Draw a line representing "GL" and draw two lines offset to GL at a distance 25mm using XL command
• Now take any point on GL and draw a line vertically of length 14100 and draw another line parallel to it with offset distance 250mm
• Draw a column of size 250 x 2306.25mm at distance 4400 from the wall starting from GL
• Draw a horizontal line of length 4650 at a distance 150mm GL
• Draw a horizontal line of length 10000 from a distance 2450 GL
• From previous line draw 3 horizontal lines one above the other of length 10000 at a distance of 2850 each
• Now start the staircase at a distance 1450mm from the column and above 150mm thick line
• Rise of the staircase is taken as 143.75mm and tread as 250mm
• Upto 7 steps are drawn and connection landing (1200 x 100mm) to the wall at a distance 1200mm and draw stringer parallel to the staircase
• Now mirror the staircase towards up keeping the original copy also
• Draw two rectangles of size 250 x 750mm and 250 x 400mm as shown below
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• Similarly draw the staircase at 1st floor, 2nd floor and 3rd floor with rise 158.33 and tread 250mm upto 8 steps
• Draw sunshades at mid landing of 1st floor, 2nd floor and 3rd floor using dimensions given below
  
  
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• Draw one more sunshade at a distance 1000mm from the top floor
• Draw windows below sunshade of size 250 x 1000mm
• Above groundfloor column, draw columns for 3 floors of thickness 125mm along with a centreline inside
• Draw doors of size 900 X 2440 in floor beside staircase at a distance 1200mm from the column
• Draw newel (height 900mm) and handrail for the staircase (Linetype : ACAD_ISO02W100)
• Draw a another column and projections in the 1st floor as shown below
  
  
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• Copy and paste these projections at top of 1st floor, 2nd floor and 3rd floor
• Now draw two columns in each floor, windows, sunshades as per given dimensions shown below
  
  
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• Draw a section line (Linetype : DASHEDX2) taken from centre of diagram upto top of the diagram
• On the top floor draw a door (900 x 2300), column (250 X 2500mm) and other projections shown below
  
  
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• Now draw over head tank of size 2575 x 1200mm above 600mm columns as shown below
  
  
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• Draw a vertical line 12000mm from GL towards up and continue to draw a horizontal line 1500mm which connects left side of the diagram
• Draw sunshades at left side aligning to each floor
• Using leader draw (maximum leader point as 3) and write a text "25TH. I.P.S OVER 100TH P.C.C OVER 75TH. B.F.S at the GL (text height 150 and arrow height 150)
• Using leader draw (maximum leader point as 3) and write a text at top floor as (text height 150 and arrow height 150)
  125TH PARAPET WALL
  75TH LT OVER
  115TH R.C.C SLAB
• Mark the dimensions using dimlinear

Result:

Problem 3

Aim : To draw section BB using Autocad

Procedure :

• Set units to decimal, precision zero and units to scale as "mm"
• Procedure for dimensions setting : Enter command dimstyle
  Click on new and create a new style "STYLE 1"
  1. Now go to Lines section and set the following:
  Color, linetype and lineweight remians "ByBlock"
  Extend beyong dimlines as zero
  Offset from origin as "3"
  2. Next go to symbols and arrow section and set the following:
  Arrow size 100
  3. Next go to Text and set the following:
  Text style : Standard : Font style - Arial, Font name regular
  Text color : Byblock
  Text height : 150
  Text placement both vertical and horizontal as centered, View direction as left to right
  Offset from dimline : 1
  Text aligment : Horizontal
  4. Next go to Fit and set the following:
  Use overall scale of 1
  5. Next go to Primary units and set the following:
  Unit format : Decimal
  Precision : 0.00
  Press okay and click on set current
  Press close
• Draw a rectangle of size 12000 x 10250 using line tool
• Left side of rectangle is considered as GL
• Draw a offset on bothsides of GL at distance of 50mm and hatch this area
• From GL draw a vertical line by taking offset at a distance 150mm and from there draw another vertical line at a distance 25mm towards left
• Now draw 4 vertical lines
  1. At a distance 2450 from GL
  2. At a distance 2850 from 1st floor
  3. At a distance 2850 from 2nd floor
  4. At a distance 2850 from 3rd floor
  
  
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• Draw a vertical line by taking offset at a distance 2106.25 from GL and from this line draw another line by taking offset at a distance 250mm
• Draw a vertical line by taking offset at a distance 93.75 from 1st floor towards left
• Draw a vertical line by taking offset at a distance 158.33 from second floor towards left
• Similary draw these lines by taking offset of 3rd floor and top floor
• Now draw a horizontal line by taking offset distance of 250mm from the rectangle at the top and bottom
• Draw a column of size 2300 x 300mm distance of 1500mm as shown below
  
  
  
  
• Similarly draw 3 columns at a distance gap of 1500mm and last column i.e 4th column at a gap of 2700mm
• At 1st floor 2nd floor and 3rd floor draw one column (size 2441 x 125) each at a distance 1500mm and draw a center in each one of the columns
• Continue to draw next set of columns on each floor (1st, 2nd, 3rd floor) with thickness of 125mm at a distance 2000mm
• Last set of column is at a distance of 1000mm (1st, 2nd, 3rd floor)
• Now draw windows of size 1000 x 250mm on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor
• Draw sunshades above windows as per dimensions given below. These sunshades are drawn above and below of the rectangle (12000 x 10250)
  
  
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• Now draw 5 rectangles in each floor
  4 rectangles of size 1000 x 500 mm (from a distance 750mm from column) and last rectangle is of size 400 x 400 (from a distance 275mm from column)
• At the bottom draw some part of staircase as shown below
  
  
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• Drawn projections of size 250 x 250mm at every 1750mm distance on a vertical line drawn by taking offset at a distance 93.75 from 1st floor towards left and a vertical line drawn by taking offset at a distance 158.33 from second floor towards left as shown below
  
  
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• Draw columns at top floor of size 1000 x 250 mm
• Using leader draw (maximum leader point as 3) and write a text "25TH. I.P.S OVER 100TH P.C.C OVER 75TH. B.F.S at the GL (text height 150 and arrow height 150)
• Using leader draw (maximum leader point as 3) and write a text at top floor as (text height 150 and arrow height 150)
  125TH PARAPET WALL
  75TH LT OVER
  115TH R.C.C SLAB
• Write a text SECTION BB at bottom(font style arial and text height 150)
• Mark the dimensions using dimlinear

Result :