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

Aim: To draw the layout of a residence plan.

Commands used:

1. XL-V OR XL-H.
2. Offset.
3. Fillet.
4. Extend.
5. Trim.

Procedure:

First, create a new AutoCAD file with imperial settings.

Make sure that in units the type is "Engineering" (as the dimension is in feet and inches) and also set the precision.

Set the limits with the command "LIMITS" specify the left corner points and right corner points and enter zoom all ("z-a").

Draw construction lines by command "XL-V”, for vertical and "XL-H" for horizontal.

Drawing bed1:

Take offset of both construction lines of 9” by using command "O"- give offset distance as 0'9 in the command box.

Then take the offset of 11'7.5" to the +x direction and offset of 12' -y direction so that the room is formed.

Again, give offset to both lines with 4.5" so that the wall thickness is created.

Trim off the unwanted lines.

Drawing bed 2:

Give offset from the wall thickness of bed 1 towards + x direction of 11'6”.

Offset the 9" to create a wall on the right side.

Extend the line of 12’ from bed 1 towards this line. Command "EX" and select the line to where it should be extended 4.5" offset line of bed 2.

Trim off the rest of the lines.

Drawing toilet 1:

Offset 4'6" downwards then also offset 4.5" wall.

Extend the left side wall towards the line 4'6" and the wall

From that line, offset 8'3" towards + x direction and offset the wall of 4'5" also.

Trim off the unwanted lines.

Drawing toilet 2:

Extend the wall thickness of bed 2 to the 4'6" line.

Offset a distance of 8'1.5" towards - x direction and also 4'5" wall thickness.

Trim off the unwanted lines.

Drawing dining and living room:

Give offset of 11' from the wall of the toilet and also the wall of 9"

Extend the left wall towards the 11' line and 9" line.

Use fillet to join this line and the wall of toilet 2.

Give an offset of 8'7.5" to understand the partition between the dining and living

Trim off the wall thickness of dining and offset it as 4.5".

Drawing kitchen:

Give an offset from the dining wall of 6'8" and give an offset of 9" for the wall thickness.

Extend the left wall towards this line.

Give an offset of 11" towards + x direction and offset the wall thickness as 9".

Drawing parking and staircase room:

Draw an offset of 12'6" to draw the parking, then give an offset of 9" towards the inside.

Give offset 13'9.5" from the living wall towards downwards.

Extend both sidelines towards this line.

Extend the outer wall of the kitchen, so that the staircase room is defined.

Drawing staircase:

Given: thread: 1'

riser: 6"

Give a wall thickness of 9" for the staircase room.

Divide the staircase room by giving an offset of 3' from the front wall thickness.

Give an offset of 1.96" to show the handrail (Assume,5cm is usually given)

Draw an offset of 1'(thread) to draw the stairs in plain view.

Draw 9 offsets as there are 9 risers for 8 steps.

Trim the lines between the handrails and give the other side as dotted lines (it indicates that it is the upward stairs, not visible when viewing the ground floor plan)

For that select the lines and change the line type to ISO dash.

Mark the direction of the stairs.

Drawing doors:

Trim all the door openings with their respective widths D1- 3’, D2- 2'6", D3 -3'3".

For the open kitchen, trim the line retaining a distance of 6'4" from the right side of the kitchen.

Draw doors creating a hinge of 0.5" from the midpoint of both walls, then draw a circle with one point on the midpoint of one hinge and the other at the midpoint of another hinge.

Place the windows:

For living, take an offset of 1'3”, this is where the window starts (as it is given)

Using the line command draw a line of 6' from the center of the offset line inside the wall thickness.

Draw windows wherever necessary: from the middle portion of a wall draw a line, from the midpoint of that line give the distance i.e., the width of the window, then join the other side. w1-6' w2-4' v-2'

Trim all the unwanted lines and fillet the corners with fillet radius zero. Command: "F" - select both the lines (fillet radius is zero by default)

Drawing the kitchen slab and cupboards:

Offset a distance of 2' to make the kitchen slab.

Draw the cupboard by creating a rectangle Command "REC"-specify base point - click on dimension -give dimension as 5' x 2'.

Copy the rectangle to another bedroom also.

Placing each component in Layer:

From layer property- create a new layer - create 8 layers each for the wall, door, window, stairs, kitchen slab, and cupboard.

Name each layer as a wall, door, window, stairs, kitchen slab, dimensions, text, and cupboard, and give different colors, so that it can be identified separately.

Select the objects and place them in their respective layers.

Result: The layout of a residence plan is drawn.

Aim:To draw the seating plan for an outdoor canopy.

Commands used:

1. Circle.
2. Offset.
3. Fillet.
4. Extend.
5. Trim.

Procedure:

Creating circles:

Select metric units as the dimensions are in mm.

Draw a circle with the command "C" select a center point and give the radius as 1398mm.

Draw another circle with the same center with a radius of 452mm.

Draw an offset of 200mm from the inner circle to determine the position of the chairs.

Draw lines along the diameter of the more giant circle.

Drawing chairs:

Draw a rectangle with the command "REC" giving dimensions as 400 mm and 200 mm.

Draw an arc with the start-center and end method with the endpoints and center of the side(400mm) of the rectangle.

Draw another rectangle of 55mm x100mm for the handle of the chair Command: "REC" -select the base point and click on the dimension and give as 55mm and 100mm.

Copy it on the other side so that both handles are formed.

Fillet the corner of the rectangle by 50mm Command "O”- give the fillet radius as 50mm and select the two lines. and trim off the unwanted line.

Move the chair and place it in such a way that it touches the offset 200mm circle. By using Command "M"- select the base point and move it.

Mirror the chair to the opposite side -Command "MI" - select the base point and draw the reference line where we need to mirror.

Rotate the chair and move it so that the chair on the left side is created Command "RO" -select the base point and rotate to the desired angle.

Again, mirror the chair so as to create a chair on the right side.

Delete the lines and offset circles.

Result: The seating plan for an outdoor canopy is drawn.

Aim: To draw a plan for the toilers and utility room.

Commands Used:

1. XL-V OR XL-H.
2. Offset.
3. Fillet.
4. Extend.
5. Trim.
6. Design center.

Procedure:

First, create a new Auto Cad file with metric units.

Set the limits with the command "LIMITS".Specify the left corner points and right corner points and enter zoom all.

Draw construction lines by command "XL-V" for vertical and "XL-H" for horizontal.

Trim the left side and bottom position of the construction lines.

Drawing utility room:

Draw an offset of 300mm from the left side of the vertical construction line and an offset of 150mm from the bottom horizontal construction line.

Draw an offset of 2100 mm upwards and an offset of 1900 mm towards the right side and give the wall thickness of 150 mm and 300mm respectively.

Drawing DH Toilet:

Draw an offset of 1700 mm upwards and a wall thickness of 300 mm as it is the external wall, and a room is formed.

Trim off the rest of the construction lines.

Create an opening for doors:

From the toilet, after an offset of 100mm, give another offset of 832mm and trim to form the door opening by creating a 12.5 mm hinge, and then draw a circle to the midpoint of the other side of the wall. Trim off the rest of the circle to form an arc.

Draw a window of 728mm in the utility room and a ventilator of 631 mm in the toilet room.

Draw the duct shown behind the toilet room by offset at a distance of 201 mm and 150mm wall thickness upwards.

Extend the wall of the toilet towards it and offset 402 mm, offset wall thickness as 150mm.

Fillet the corners of the room.

Drawing of utility symbols:

In the command line enter "DS" and select en-us -home utility -select the symbols by dragging them into the AutoCad screen and place them wherever required.

Result: The plan for the toilers and utility room is drawn.