Challenge

Creating an Architectural plan for the provided plot size and develop relevant basic structural drawings

Aim:

To Design and Draft a layout of a residential building with the given details.

Introduction:

Developement of Residential house Drawings which consists of

  • Architectural Drawing
  • Structural Drawing

Architectural Drawing include a Floor Plan, Elevation of the Floor plan and Section of the Building

Structural Drawings include Column Layout, Beam and Footing Plan

As per the requirement the house plan is taken as East Facing.

Given Plot size is 60’x20’(18.3m x6m)

Procedure:

The step by step Procedure for Drawing a Achitectural plan

1.PLAN OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSE

Using Commands starting with

UNITS (Inches)

LIMMAX (To limit the Entire workspace of the as per the Requirement)

Creating Layers like

  • External walls
  • Internal Walls
  • Doors
  • Windows
  • Dimensions
  • Text
  • Columns

XLine command for Drawing External walls to create Boundaries

Line command for Internal walls

Trim command for Trimming all the unnecessary lines

Extend command for Extension of lines where ever required

Dimension Command for Creating all the Dimensions to the drawn Rooms

Dimensionstylemanager command for editing the Dimension styles like Size of the arrows,size of text,Text Fit

Blocks Command For creation of Doors and Windows

Insert Command for Inserting the Door and Window of the suited fit dimension

DynamicBlock Command for creation Dynamic Doors and windows

Flip action for DynamicBlock is assigned and checking in Test Block

2.RESIDENTIAL HOUSE ELEVATION

Elevation of the Residential is created by using Xline Command and Extend command

The lines are traced and respectve elements like Door and Window are drawn with reference to the External walls and Internal walls;

Ground level,Plinth level,Sill level,Lintel level,Slab level,parappet wall levels are imagined and drawn.

Commands used are

Xline to draw reference lines

Trim to remove the unnecessary lines

Extend for the Extension of the lines

Line command for other simple connections

DIMLINEAR and DIMCONTINUE for the drawing dimensions

Array command for marking the lines below the Ground level

3.RESIDENTIAL HOUSE SECTION DRAWING

A section is cut for the Plan Drawing and it is replicated to show the view after cutting the section which is named as SECTION DRAWING,

Same as ELEVATION DRAWING the reference lines are drawn from the section of the PLAN DRAWING and the elements of the cut view are represented in the CUT SECTION DRAWING

All the levels which are mentioned in the ELEVATION DRAWING are placed in this SECTION DRAWING also.

The view has the Clear picture of the cut Footing,Columns,beams,slab,Door,Window elements

Commands used are

Xline to draw reference lines

Trim to remove the unnecessary lines

Extend for the Extension of the lines

Line command for other simple connections

4.RESIDENTIAL HOUSE STRUCTURAL DRAWING

The section of the STRUCTURAL DRAWING includes the Plinth Beam, cloumn and Footing Layout which are drawn from the reference of the Plan Drawing.

Commands used are

REC for Column and Footing

LINE command for Plinth Beams

Centreline Command for marking Centre lines for the reference which are named as GRIPS

5.Some other Commands are used like

ADC command for furnitures and Plumbing Fixtures

RESULT:

ELEVATION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSE

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