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

Aim - Sketch the layout of a residence plan, seating plan and plan for toilet & utility room in Autocad given in the question sheet. Sketch the layout of a residence plan, seating plan and plan for toilet & utility room in Autocad given in the question sheet.

Instructions common to all drawings:

Assume any suitable origin for all the drawings.
Keep object snap and ortho mode on throughout the drawing

Challenge 1 - Residence plan

Commands Used

1. Units
2. Rectangle
3. Explode
4. Offset
5. Extend
6. Line
7. Copy
8. Rotate
9. Fillet
10. Hatch
11. Dim (dimension)
12. Layer

Steps

1. Set the units to "Engineering" and select inches as insertion scale.

2. Create a rectangle of 25' by 43'-6.5", offset it inwards by 9" and explode the rectangle.
3. Using the offset tool, make the horizontal lines.
4. Using the offset command, create the vertical lines.
5. Remove the unwanted part (get the drawing shown below) using the trim and extend command.
6. Make the doors, window, kitchen platform and cupboards in their respective layers.
7. Make the staircase using the array in copy command and line command.

Result

Challenge 2 - Seating plan

Commands usedCommands used

1. Circle
2. Rectangle
3. Offset
4. Arc
5. Fillet
6. Move
7. Xline
8. Array

StepsSteps

1. Make a rectangle of 500*280.
2. Make a semicircle above it, its diameter being the upper side of the rectangle.
3. Offset this semicircle with an offset distance of 20 and 70.

4. Fillet the two bottom corners of radius 100
5. Using the offset and extend command create the two rectangles as shown.

6. Trim the upper side of the rectangle.

7. Create 2 concentric circles of radii 452 and 1398 and make a vertical construction line passing through the center.

8. Move the chair and align it using the vertical construction line and delete the construction line.

9. Using the array command (polar type), make 4 copies of the chair each separated by 90 degrees.

ResultResult

Challenge 3 - Plan for toilet and utility roomChallenge 3 - Plan for toilet and utility room

Commands usedCommands used

1. Rectangle
2. Offset
3. Fillet
4. Line
5. Circle
6. Trim
7. Extend
8. Scale
9. Move
10. dc (Adcenter)
11. Hatch

Steps

1. Make a rectangle of 2350*4550 and create the smaller sections of 1900*1700 and 1900*2100 considering the wall thickness.

2. Make the following doors, window, and ventilator of the following dimensions.

3. Place these drawings at their respective places.

4. From the dc command > Sample > en-us > Design Center > House Designer.dwg > Blocks, drag and drop the toilet-top and sink - top into the drawing. Scale them and move them to their respective place.

Result