Creating a Wardrobe detailed drawing, Floor Plan, Kitchen Layout and Column Detail using AutoCad

• Aim - To draw the cabinet, floor plan, kitchen, column details, and raft layout drawings:
• Procedure:

• Tools used in AutoCAD -

1. Line - To draw a horizontal and vertical line of known distance - command "L" - select the start and end points.
2. Rectangle - To draw a rectangle - command "REC" - select the first point - click on a dimension then enter the value of length, press enter, and then the value of the width of the rectangle, press enter.
3. Offset - To draw lateral distance from a specified line. Command "O" - select the line (specified line) that gives the offset distance - click on the desired side where we need to make an offset.
4. Trim - To delete the unwanted portion of a line/object. Command "TR" - select the line/object from which it thas to be deleted - enter - select the line/object to be deleted, and press enter.
5. Extend - To extend the line to another line at a distance. Command "EX" - select the line to which it has to be extended - press enter - select the line to be extended - enter.
6. Fillet - To join the corners or curve the corners. Command "F" - give fillet radius and select the objects. If the radius is specified as zero, then it will form a corner.
7. Horizontal construction line - Horizontal line which extends to infinity, Command "XL" enter - H enter - click where we want to place the line.
8. Vertical construction line - Vertical line which extends to infinity, Command "XL" enter - V enter - click where we want to place the line.
9. Explode - To make polyline objects into single lines. Command "EXPLODE" - select the object - enter.
10. Circle - to create a circle. Command "C" - select the center point and give the diameter. By tan-tan-radius select a circle from the toolbar and select the tan-tan-radius method - here two tangents and a radius are given as input for creating a circle.
11. Mirror - To create a mirrored image of an object. Command "MI" - select the source object - select the base point - draw the mirror plane, the mirror object will be created on the opposite side of the object concerning the mirror plane. If we need to retain the source object, click on "no" for erase option.
12. Copy - To copy an object - command "CO", select the source object then select the base point - then copy the object to the required point. Click on "no" to erase the source object, if we need to retain the source object.
13. Divide - To divide a line into different line segments. Command "DIV" - select the line and give the number of line segments to obtain - enter.
14. Text - To write the specifications/information. Command "TEXT" - enter - specify the point - specify the height - specify the degrees.
15. Dimension - To specify the dimensions of the drawing. Command "DIM" - enter - drag the mouse to the endpoints of the desired object's dimensions.
16. Layer - To place each object in a separate layer so that, all the objects in one layer will be selected with a single selection and we can change the properties of all objects of the layer by changing the properties of the layer. Select layer properties from the toolbar, layer properties manager dialogue box appear - we can create, delete, and change the properties of the layers.

• CABINET DRAWING
• Aim: To draw the plan, elevation, and section view of a cabinet.
• Procedure:

• Drawing the PLAN:

1. Draw a rectangle of size 2800 x 630 mm.
2. Select the offset tool and specify the distance at 12mm.
3. Select the explode tool and explode the rectangle.
4. Select the offset tool and offset the left vertical line at a distance of 364mm.
5. Again select the offset tool and offset the right vertical line at a distance of 600mm, 3 times towards the left.
6. Again offset the partition lines at 12mm each.
7. Draw the lines for the wall surface with the help of the array tool and path option.
8. Specify the dimensions and annotations.

• Drawing the FRONT ELEVATION:

1. Draw a rectangle of size 2800 x 2100 mm.
2. Select the offset tool and specify the distance at 12mm.
3. Select the explode tool and explode the rectangle.
4. Select the offset tool and offset the left vertical line at a distance of 364mm.
5. Again select the offset tool and offset the right vertical line at a distance of 600mm, 3 times towards the left.
6. Offset the top horizontal line at a distance of 500mm.
7. Draw diagonals as specified to represent the door panels.
8. Use layers to specify and annotate the drawing.
9. Specify the dimensions and annotations.

• Drawing the CARCASS ELEVATION:

1. Draw a rectangle of size 2800 x 2100 mm.
2. Select the offset tool and specify the distance at 12mm.
3. Select the explode tool and explode the rectangle.
4. Select the offset tool and offset the left vertical line at a distance of 364mm.
5. Again select the offset tool and offset the right vertical line at a distance of 120000mm, 2 times towards the left.
6. Offset the top horizontal line at a distance of 500mm.
7. Draw the cabinets as per the requirements.
8. Place the objects for the presentation purpose in the drawing with the line tool.
9. Specify the dimensions.

• Drawing the SIDE ELEVATION:

1. Select the copy tool by typing CO in the command box and enter.
2. Select the Carcass elevation and select its inside objects and copy it for drawing the SECTION-1 of the side elevation.
3. Select the offset tool and offset the vertical line at 400mm.
4. Select the trim tool and trim the excess lines.
5. Again select the copy tool and draw the SECTION-2 of the side elevation`.
6. Specify the dimensions.
7. Attach the objects to layers and annotate.

• RESULT:

• FLOOR PLAN DRAWING:
• Aim: To draw the Floor Plan of a building
• Procedure:

1. Draw construction lines with command "XL-H" and "XL-V".
2. Give an offset of 230mm from the vertical line to draw the wall thickness.

• Drawing family room:

1. Give an offset of 3880mm from the wall thickness and offset of 230mm for the other side.
2. Draw an offset of 300mm as wall thickness from the horizontal construction line.
3. Draw another offset of 4350mm from the 300mm wall thickness for drawing the room.

• Drawing toilet:

1. Give an offset of 1750mm from the right wall of the family room, also offset of 150mm to show wall thickness.
2. Draw an offset of 250mm from the horizontal construction line for the wall thickness of the toilet on the outside side.
3. Draw an offset of 300mm from the wall thickness, so that the toilet is formed.
4. From the offset line, draw 150mm for the wall thickness inside.

• Drawing Guest bedroom:

1. Draw an offset from the wall of toilet at a distance of 3830mm.
2. Also offset the wall thickness of 230mm.
3. Offset 4500mm from the horizontal wall and also offset 230mm from that line.

• Drawing DH toilet:

1. Take offset from the guest bedroom wall of distance 1900mm towards the right side.
2. Also offset wall thickness of 150mm from that line.
3. Offset a distance of 1700mm from the horizontal line, wall thickness of 230mm.
4. Also offset a wall thickness of 150mm.
5. Trim off the rest of the line of horizontal construction line.

• Drawing utility room:

1. Take an offset of 2100mm downwards the wall of DH toilet.
2. Also offset the wall thickness of 150mm.

• Drawing dishwasher utility:

1. From the utility wall take an offset of 2150mm downwards and also wall thickness of 150mm.

• Drawing Kitchen:

1. From the left wall of dishwasher utility room, take an offset of 4300mm to the left and wall thickness of 230mm.
2. From the wall of guest bedroom draw an offset of 3200mm downwards and also wall thickness of 230mm.
3. Extend the topwall of kitchen up to a distance of 1462mm excluding wall thickness.

• Drawing cupboard and powder room:

1. From the extended line, give a distance of 1000mm for the cupboard and wall thickness of 150mm.
2. Give an offset of 1800mm from the wall and also wall thickness of 230mm.
3. Make the above wall of powder room as 150mm.
4. Take offset of 1650mm from that wall to the bottom.
5. Rest of the portion duct and open space is given.

• Drawing living/dining room:

1. Draw an offset of 9710mm from the wall of powder room and also 230mm for the wall thickness.
2. Trim off the rest of the vertical construction line.

• Drawing foyer:

1. Draw offset from the wall of living room 2000mm to the right and wall thickness of 230mm.
2. Draw the width of room 3220mm offsetting from the line (wall) extended from the living room.
3. Offset the wall thickness of 150mm.
4. Again offset 230mm for the lift wall and extend it to the right end.

• Drawing patio:

1. From the wall thickness of 230mm (extended lift wall) draw an offset of 2100mm downwards.
2. From the wall of the foyer draw an offset of 2150mm and a wall thickness of 150mm on the right side.

• Drawing lumber-room:

1. From the wall of patio draw an offset of 1600mm towards backside.
2. Offset a wall thickness of 230mm.
3. To left side give an offset of 150mm as wall thickness.

• Drawing duct and lift:

1. Draw an offset of 500mm from the 150mm wall of lumber room and wall thickness of 230mm.
2. Take an offset of 1620mm from the wall for lift.
3. Draw the side walls and front walls of 230mm.

• Drawing Stairs:

1. Tread 300mm and 150mm.
2. Divide the stair room and offset 200mm to two sides by offset from the center line.
3. Draw the first step, then offset 300mm (tread) up to 11 divisions (12 steps in a flight), number of treads will be 11.
4. Rest of the portion forms landing, draw 10 treads from the landing on other side of division.

• Creating outside ducts and steps:

1. Create ducts at the front and backside.
2. Steps on back with tread 350mm and side 250mm.

• Create openings for doors and draw doors and windows:

1. Openings are given by trim command wherever the doors are required.
2. For D1 - 1000mm, D2 - 900mm, D3 - 800mm, D4 - 750mm, D5- 700mm the width are trimmed for opening.
3. By creating hinge and with circle command circle with points (2 point method) with midpoint of hinges are drawn.
4. Vertical line showing the shutter is shown and the rest of the circle is trimmed off.
5. Creaye windows of size W1 - 2700mm, W2 - 2500mm, W3- 900mm, W5 - 1000mm, W9 - 800mm, V1 - 800mm, V2 - 750mm.
6. Fillet the corners and trim off the unwanted lines.

• Dimensions and Texts:

1. Select the dimension tool from toolbar and select the lines for which the dimension has to be displayed.
2. Dimension all the rooms and wall thickness.
3. Text is written with the multiline text tool.
4. Select multiline text - draw the text box - make text height as 300mm and degree as 0.
5. Give the designations of doors and windows.

• Layers:

1. Click on layer properties in toolbar layer properties manager dialogue box appears - click on create new layer.
2. Layers are created for 230mm outer walls, 150mm inner walls, doors, windows, ducts, stairs, text.
3. Different colors are assigned to different layers of identification.
4. Each of the items is selected and is assigned respective layers.

• RESULT:

• KITCHEN LAYOUT:
• Aim: To draw a Kitchen layout
• Procedure:
• Below counter plan

• Drawing the WALL

1. Draw a rectangle of 4300 x 3200mm
2. Draw an offset of 230mm as wall thickness towards outside.

• Drawing Cabinets:

1. Fridge is drawn on leftmost side by rectangle tool.
2. Take an offset of 1000mm and start drawing slab showing cabinet below.
3. Offset 600mm for cabinet below for microwave oven, give an offset of 20mm to show the partition of cabinet below.
4. For width of cabinet give 600mm offset, give 20mm inside offset and 10mm offset for thickness.
5. From 600mm offset of microwave cabinet, give an offset of 450mm for A1.
6. From that give 300mm offset A2, A3, A4.
7. From 300mm offset give another offset of 900mm for A5, A6, A7.
8. Draw 35mm offset from the right side for the hinge and give thickness of 20mm.
9. From the 35mm draw an offset of 300mm towards left for the cabinet below sink drain and rest will be cabinet below sink (assumed 300mm from right).
10. Erase the extended line and trim the horizontal line for opening of doors.

• Drawing right cabinets and hob:

1. Give 35mm offset from the left and create a hinge.
2. For width of cabinet give 600mm offset, give 20mm inside offset and 10mm offset for thickness.
3. For 35mm give 900mm offset.
4. Give an offset of 450mm from the 900mm offset.
5. Again offset at a distance of 900mm.
6. Offset a distance of 450mm three times from the respective preceding offset.
7. From right side offset 35mm for hinge and rest distance will be 630mm which shows the top of cabinet.
8. Offset a distance of 20mm on both sides of all offseted lines (from all divisions).
9. To create doors, extend the line of all the divisions and give 10mm offset on both sides in the 10mm offset given for thickness.
10. Erase the extended line and trim the horizontal line for opening of doors.
11. Extend the center line to the thickness for 3 cabinet from left.
12. Hob is drawn by rectangle and circle tool in the plan of third cabinet from the left.
13. Layer the objects and do the dimensions and annotation.

• Above Counter plan: Copy the wall of the below counter plan as the dimension are same.

• Drawing right side counter:

1. draw a width of 350mm from the wall, to inside offset 20mm to show the thickness.
2. Offset a distance of 35mm from the left side of wall.
3. Next offset 450mm for the top of the cabinet.
4. offset 900mm 3 times for the next cabinets.
5. From the right side offset 35mm, the rest distance of 1095 will be cabinet.
6. For the second 900mm offset, draw rectangle and from a distance of 1650mm from the left side of wall, draw a circle for the chimney.
7. For rest of the offset, offset 20mm on both sides for the thickness.

• Drawing left side counter:

1. From the left side wall take 35mm offset to draw the hinge.
2. Draw 600mm offset as width from the horizontal wall.
3. Draw 10mm offset to dhow the door.
4. Draw an offset of 38mm from the 10mm door for the cabinet.
5. From 35mm hinge offset 965mm to the right A11.
6. From that offset 600mm for the next cabinet A12.
7. Take offset of 350mm from the horizontal wall as width of next cabinets.
8. Offset a distance of 35mm from the right.
9. The rest distance is 2665mm which is divided into 3 equal parts A13, A14, A15.
10. Then offset 20mm on both sides of divisions and also 20mm in front for doors.
11. offset 10mm in backside for showing thickness.
12. Layer the objects and do the dimensions and annotation.

• RESULT:

• COLUMN DETAILS:
• Aim: To draw column details.
• Procedure: Open AutoCAD and set it to imperial units, as the drawing is in feet and inches. Set the limits - Zoom - All.

• Drawing column cross-section:

1. Select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 24".
2. Select the offset tool and specify the distance at 0.5" and offset the rectangle on out side.
3. Select the explode tool and explode the inside rectangle.
4. Select the offset tool and specify the distance as 6".
5. Offset the vertical and horizontal lines to create the column mesh.

• Drawing P1 Column:

1. In the column mesh, draw a circle with 0.75 linetype to show the main bars of 25mm dia and copy it on the four corners of the column.
2. Again draw a comparatively smaller circle and copy it on the other reinforcement positions as 12 bars of 16mm dia are required as per the drawing.
3. Draw a rectangle around the column section and form sections with the help of line tool for column detailings.
4. Type TEXT in the command bar, specify the height as 2" and degrees as 0.
5. Give all the annotations for the drawing.

• Drawing P2 Column:

1. Draw the smaller circle and copy it on all the reinforcement positions as 16 bars of 16mm dia are required as per the drawing.
2. Draw a rectangle around the column section and form sections with the help of line tool for column detailings.
3. Type TEXT in the command bar, specify the height as 2" and degrees as 0.
4. Give all the annotations for the drawing.

• Drawing P1 Column:

1. In the column mesh, draw a circle with 0.75 linetype to show the main bars of 25mm dia and copy it on the four corners and also the middle positions of the column. So a total of 8 bars of 25mm dia.
2. Again draw a comparatively smaller circle and copy it on the other reinforcement positions as 8 bars of 16mm dia are required as per the drawing.
3. Draw a rectangle around the column section and form sections with the help of line tool for column detailings.
4. Type TEXT in the command bar, specify the height as 2" and degrees as 0.
5. Give all the annotations for the drawing.

• RESULT:

• RAFT LAYOUT:
• Aim: To draw Raft layout.
• Procedure: Open AutoCAD and set imperial units and change the units as architectural so that the dimensions are in fractions of feet and inches.

• Drawing Grid lines:

1. Draw a vertical and a horizontal construction line with "XL-V" and "XL-H".
2. Offset the vertical line by offset command with offset distances 5'9", 2'0", 7'0", 4'0", 4'6", and 5'7.5".
3. Offset the horizontal lines by offset command with offset distance 5'7.5", 3'7.5", 4'9", 5'10.5", 5'7.5", 3'9", 5'9", 13'10.5", and 10'4.5".

• Change the line type of these lines as ISO DASH by clicking on line type and selecting load from the dialogue box and make ISO DASH current linetype.
• Mark the horizontal lines from 1 to 9.
• Mark the vertical lines from A to G.
• Draw the bottom thickness of wall as 9" with the grid line at the center.
• A thickness of 4.5" is drawn from the grid line inside the left vertical grid line.

• Drawing Columns:

1. Select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 24" between grid line A & B and 1 & 2.
2. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
3. From the column offset 2' vertically and 3' horizontally.
4. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
5. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 9" between grid line C & E and 1 & 2.
6. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
7. From the column offset 2'6" vertically and 3' horizontally.
8. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
9. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 9" x 18" and 9" x 24" between grid line E & G and 1 & 2 and between grid lines F & G and 2 & 3 respectively.
10. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
11. From the column offset 2'6" vertically and 2'6" horizontally.
12. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
13. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 9" x 24" between grid line C & E and 2 & 4.
14. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
15. From the column offset 2'6" on all sides.
16. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
17. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 9" x 18" between grid line A & D and 1 & 5.
18. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
19. From the column offset 2'6" on all sides.
20. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
21. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 24" between grid line A & B and 4 & 5.
22. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
23. From the column offset 3' on left and right sides and 2' towards front.
24. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
25. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 9" between grid line C & E and 5 & 6.
26. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
27. From the column offset 2'6" on all sides.
28. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
29. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 18" x 9" between grid line F & G and 4 & 6.
30. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
31. From the column offset 3' on one side and 3' towards front.
32. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
33. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 9" between grid line F & G and 6 & 8.
34. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
35. From the column offset 3' on left and right sides and 3' towards front.
36. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
37. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 9" between grid line D & F and 6 & 8.
38. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
39. From the column offset 2'6" on all sides.
40. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
41. Again, select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle of 24" x 9" and 24" x 24" between grid line A & D and 5 & 8.
42. Explode the rectangle by command EX.
43. From the column offset 2'6" towards front from the wall and column and 3' towards right and left side.
44. Use fillet tool with radius zero and join the lines to draw the mat.
45. Trim the excess offseted lines.
46. Specify the dimensions.
47. Specify the layers and annotations.

• RESULT: