Creating Kitchen layout, Hatching of Architectural elements and sectional view of an Industrial Building in AutoCad

  PROBLEM 1.

  Aim :- To create the Kitchen layout plans as shown in the figure using AutoCAD. 

  Introduction :-

• The general commands used for the drawing are as follows :- 
  1. Line
  2. Rectangle
  3. Circle
  4. Erase
  5. Copy
  6. Trim
  7. Arc
  8. Breakpoint
  9. Mirror
  10. Offset
  11. Extend
  12. Array
  13. Move
  14. Rotate
  15. Dimension
  16. Text
  17. Fillet
  18. Hatch

• Size of Doors and Windows are as followed :-

• Door 1 or D1 as 1000mm X 2100mm
• Door 2 or D2 as 1000mm X 2100mm
• Window 1 or W1 as 900mm X 1500mm

  Procedure :-

• Open new file in AutoCAD and Type 'un' in command box and press enter.
• Change unit type to decimal and precision to 0.00 and insertion scale to millimeters.

  Step 1 :- Creating Layers

• Type "LA" in the command box and press enter.
• Open layer properties and create new layers by clicking on new layer icon.
• The layers created are as follows :-

  Step 2 :- Creating Below contour plan

• Type "rec" in the command box and press enter.
• Specify first corner point by selecting any point on the grid.
• Click on dimensions in command box.
• Specify length for rectangle as 4300 and press enter.
• Specify width for rectangle as 3200 and press enter and set the direction as first quadrant.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 230 and press enter.
• Select the rectangle drawn earlier and click inside of the rectangle.
• Type "Explode" in command box and press enter and explode both rectangles.
• Create door opening using Line and Trim command.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 600 and press enter.
• Select the bottom edge of inner rectangle and click on the top.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 40 and press enter.
• Select the last offsetted line and click on the top.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 35 and press enter.
• Select the line drawn earlier and click on right.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 900 and press enter.
• Select the last offset line and click on right.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 450 and press enter.
• Select the last offset line and click on right.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 900 and press enter.
• Select the last offset line and click on right.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 450 and press enter.
• Select the last offset line and click on right.
• Select the last offset line and click on right.
• Select the last offset line and click on right.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 630 and press enter.
• Select the last offset line and click on right.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 10 and press enter.
• Select the bottom edge of inner rectangle and click on top.
• Type "O" for offset and press enter.
• Specify offset distance as 20 and press enter.
• Select the line offset at 35 from left and click on right.
• Repeat the same procedure for all offset lines drawn above with the given offset distance.
• Create hob using rectangle and circle commands.

  Creating Blocks :-

• Draw the fridge as shown in the question figure and convert it as block.
• Type "I" for insert command and press enter and insert the fridge block and place at the required space in the plan.
• Draw the Door  D1 of size 1000mm X 2100mm as shown in the question figure and convert it as block.
• Type "I" for insert command and press enter and insert the D1 block and place at the required space in the plan.
• Similarly create the windows and convert it as blocks and save them with different names.
• Type "I" for insert command and press enter and insert the window blocks and place at the required space in the plan.

  Step 3 :- Creating Above contour plan 

• Follow the same steps done in the below contoure plan of kitchen.
• Just the offset distance are changed.
• Use the text command and type the required text.
• Choose the text style.    

   Step 4 :- Creating Hatch :

• Type "H" in the command box and press enter.
• Create the close area inside the wall thickness of given offset distance and create "Hatch".
• Select the type of hatch in hatch seting and see the preview.
• After finalizing close the hatch window.

   Result :-

  PROBLEM 2.

  Aim :- To Create the elevation of the plan created in the Challenge 7 and apply proper hatch in the walls, doors, windows, and other architectural elements using AutoCAD.

  Introduction :- 

• The Plan view of flat A and B of challenge week 7 is taken and by using projection lines elevation view is drawn as per the question figure from plan drawing.
• Hatching is to be done for the doors, windows and other architectural elements such as walls, columns etc.
• Dimensions and text are placed accordingly.

  Procedure :-

• Open new file in AutoCAD and Type 'un' in command box and press enter.
• Change unit type to decimal and precision to 0.00 and insertion scale to millimeters.

  Step 1 : Creating Layers 

• Type "LA" in the command box and press enter.
• Open layer properties and create new layers by clicking on new layer icon.
• The layers created are as follows :-

  Step 2 : Creating Elevation

• The Plan view of flat A and B of challenge week 7 is taken and by using projection lines elevation view is drawn as per the question figure from plan drawing.
• Take XL command and draw the projection as per the question.
• Use offset command for creating the lines.
• Use trim command for trimming the extra lines.
• Hatching is to be done for the doors, windows and other architectural elements such as walls, columns etc.
• Dimensions and text are placed accordingly.
• Use the line command to show the handgrills for balcony.
• Use the line command to show the chajjas.
• Use rectangle command to show the design to the parapet.

  Step 3 : Creating Hatch

• Type "H" in the command box and press enter.
• Create the close area inside the wall thickness of given offset distance and create "Hatch".
• Select the type of hatch in hatch seting and see the preview.
• After finalizing close the hatch window. 

  Result :-

•  WINDOW :-

•  ELEVATION :- 

• ELEVATION AFTER HATCHING :-

  Aim :- To create the section view of an industrial building as shown in the question figure using AutoCAD.

  Introduction :- 

• The section view is of underground components of an industrial building is created.
• Underground of industrial building consists of pump room, manhole for filter feed, dust below the floor, fire pipe etc. Pump room is 5850mm below the ground.
• Level where as filter feed is 555O mm below the ground level.
• Floor thickness is given as 300mm.
• Hatching is done to the walls and slabs of underground structure

  Procedure :- 

• Open new file in AutoCAD and Type 'un' in command box and press enter.
• Change unit type to decimal and precision to 0.00 and insertion scale to millimeters.

  Step 1 : Creating Layers 

• Type "LA" in the command box and press enter.
• Open layer properties and create new layers by clicking on new layer icon.
• The layers created are as follows :-

  Step 2 :- Creating Outer Walls 

• Draw a horizontal Xline at any point on the screen.
• Offset the line to top to a distance of 5850mm.
• Offset the last offset line to a distance of 300mm to the top.
• Draw a vertical xline on any point on the top horizontal xline.
• Offset the line to right to a distance of 10635mm.
• Offset the last offset line to distance of 3900 to the right.
• Offset the last offset line to distance of 5740 to the right.
• Offset the last offset line to distance of 5025 to the right.
• Offset the left and right edges to a distance of 500mm to left and right respectively.
• Trim off the outer edges.
• Offset the bottom edge of the top floor to a distance of 30mm to the bottom.
• Offset the last off set line to a distance of 70mm to the bottom.
• Offset the last offset line to a distance of 100mm to the bottom.
• Draw the sprinkler pipe as shown in figure along with the duct pipe with given dimension and duct pipe th ickness is 300mm.
• Draw the man hole cover of 750mm wide at the right top edge of filter feed wall.

  Step 4 :- Creating Hatching

  Type "H" in command box and press enter and Click on settings in the command box.

• Select hatch and type as predefined.
• Select pattern as AR-CONC for the walls and colour as white.
• Set angle as 0 and scale as 1 as per the grid settings of drawing.
• Click on preview for checking the hatch.
• Press ok to assign the hatch.
• Select the regions of wall for hatch.

  RESULT :-