Creating a Residence Layout, Seating plan, Toilet and Utility room plan using AutoCad

Introduction: 

For the creation of given Residence plan, Seating plan, Toilet and Utility room using AutoCAD software, various tools used are construction line, offset, Trim, Circle, Line, Arc, Text, Dimensions, Fillet, Layers etc. 

The detailed explanation of tools is as follows: 

Construction Line: 

• Command used: XLINE  
• These are temporary linework entities that can be used as references when creating and positioning other objects or linework. 
• Construction lines are very important to draw the outline of the drawing plans 

Offset: 

• Command used: OFFSET 
• It is used to create parallel lines, concentric circles, and parallel curves. We can offset any object through a point or at a specified distance. 
• It has different options like Through, Erase and Layer option 

Trim: 

• Command used: TRIM 
• It is used to remove the objects, which meet the edges of other objects. It is used to remove extra lines or extra parts of an object.  
• We can also perform trim using different selection methods. We are required to select the portion of the object to trim. 
• Different options available are Fence, Crossing, erase, undo, project (for 3D objects), edge. 

Fillet: 

• Command used: FILLET 
• Fillet is an arc that is created tangent between two 2D objects. A curved transition between two surfaces or adjacent faces on a 3D solid. 

Circle: 

• Command used: CIRCLE 
• The circles are widely used in design and drawings. The circle command is used to draw a circle by specifying the center point and radius. 
• Different options available are center and radius, center and diameter, two point, three point, tangent tangent radius, tangent tangent tangent. 

Arc: 

• Command used: ARC OR A 
• The arc is defined as the smooth curve formed by joining two or more points. The arc of a circle is defined as the portion of the circumference of a circle.  
• By default, the arc is drawn counter-clockwise. We are required to press the Ctrl key to change the direction of the arc in the clockwise. 

Layers: 

• Command used: LA 
• Layers are the primary method for organizing the objects in a drawing by function or purpose.  
• Layers can reduce the visual complexity of a drawing and improve display performance by hiding information that you don't need to see at the moment. 

Line: 

• Command used: L 
• The line object is the most basic and common object in AutoCAD drawings of any discipline.  
• Each segment is a line object that can be edited separately, assigning properties such as layer, line type, and line weight. 

Text: 

• Command used: TEXT 
• Text in an AutoCAD drawing is the means by which you communicate information.  
• The ability to give text in an easy-to-read format is critical for good communication.  
• The methods for accessing and formatting text provide greater efficiency and control of the text objects in your drawings. 

Dimensions: 

• Command used: DIM 
• It is used to display the dimensions of drawings or models in AutoCAD. We can modify the dimensions in different drawing units according to the requirements.  

1. AIM: To sketch the layout of Residence using the tools in AutoCAD software 

Procedure: 

• Initially set the units of drawing as Engineering 
• Now set the limits of drawing 
• Specify the lower left corner: (0’,0”,0’0”) 
• Specify the upper right corner: (50’,0”,75’0”) 

• Now, use the construction line to draw the wall of residence 
• Use command XLINE 
• Choose a vertical option to draw the construction line vertically 
• Choose a horizontal option to draw the construction line horizontally 
• Now, offset these lines to obtain the room according to the given sketch  
• External wall is 9” hence initially offset these lines to obtain walls horizontally and vertically. Hence, corner of the walls is formed 
• Internal wall thickness is 4.5” 
• Now these horizontal lines are offsetted according to given plan 
• Now the vertical lines are offsetted according to given plan 
• After this, openings are created by trim option and also the unwanted lines are trimmed off 
• Finally, the outline of the residence is obtained 

• Now, using the line tool and offset draw the staircase, kitchen, slab, cupboard and window 
• Then, using circle and line tool draw the doors 

• Now complete the drawing by dimensioning it and add text 
• Create different layers like exterior walls, interior walls, text, dimensions etc and assign colors by which it can be easily selected.  
• The complete sketch of Residence layout plan is  

2. Aim:  

To create the sketch of a seating plan for an outdoor Canopy 

Procedure: 

• Initially set the units of drawing as Decimal 
• Now set the limits of drawing 
• Specify the lower left corner: (0,0) 
• Specify the upper right corner: (5000,5000) 
• Now, choose the circle command, specify center point of the circle (1400,1400) and the radius of circle as 1398 
• Again, choose circle command, specify center point of the circle (1400,1400) and the radius of circle as 452 

• Now, draw the construction line horizontally and vertically passing through the center of the circle and trim off the portion extending out of the first circle 

• Now using the offset option, the center line is offsetted at a distance of 200mm on either side to obtain a rectangular portion of the seat on all four sides 
• Then Trim off the unwanted portion 

• Using line command draw one side of the seat. Later on, the corners of the edge towards the center are then filleted with a fillet radius of 50 mm 
• Now choose the arc option a draw an arc on the flat edge of the rectangle for all the four seats 
• The arc is drawn using start, end, direction option 
• Trimm off the inside seat portion 
• After this, use the offset option to offset the arc and line portion. 
• Offset distance taken is 30mm for the first offset and 50mm for the next offset and add dimensions 
• The completed figure is 

3. Aim:  

 To create the sketchfor utilities room

Procedure: 

• Initially set the units of drawing as Decimal 
• Now set the limits of drawing 
• Specify the lower left corner: (0,0) 
• Specify the upper right corner: (4000,4000) 
• Now, use the construction line to draw the wall of residence 
• Use command XLINE 
• Choose a vertical option to draw the construction line vertically 

• Choose a horizontal option to draw the construction line horizontally 
• Now, offset these lines to obtain the room according to the given sketch  
• External wall is 300 hence initially offset these lines to obtain walls horizontally and vertically. Hence, corner of the walls is formed 
• Internal wall thickness is 150 
• Now these horizontal lines are offsetted according to given plan 
• Now the vertical lines are offsetted according to given plan 
• After this, openings are created by trim option and also the unwanted lines are trimmed off 
• Finally, the outline of the figure is obtained 
•  
• Draw doors and windows as given in the sketch  
• Now include water closet and wash basin in toilet  
• Add dimensions and texts 
•  
• Create layers with different names and assign their properties and create hatch using Hatch command 
•  

RESULT:

The final drawings for the given sketches using AutoCAD is as follow

1. Residence plan

2. Seating plan for outdoor Canopy

3. Utilities room plan