Creation of Column Schedule and Drawing Template using AutoCad

Creation of Column Schedule and Drawing Template using AutoCad

1. Column Schedule

• Aim : To Create a Column Schedule as shown in below fig by using AutoCAD Software

• Procedure :-

Step : 1 – To Draw the Table

• Click on AutoCAD application and open this application
• Type QNEW in command bar and enter
• Select default setting as Imperial ( feet and inches )
• Press Enter
• I have kept snap and grid setting off
• Keep ortho on
• Press UN and enter and set unit
• Type – Engineering
• Precision – 0’0”
• Enter
• Take line command
• Specify first point anywhere
• Specify next point as = @90’>0
• Specify next point as = @20’>90
• Specify next point = @90’>180
• Close it

• Take divide command from command bar
• Select the object by selecting the horizontal line
• Enter the no of segment as 6
• Now change the point style to locate the dividation part
• Take object snap as ON
• Take line command
• Specify first point as > select a point on horizontal line
• Specify next point > on the opposite horizontal line, where object snap showing the perpendicular symbol.
• Take copy command
• Copy it at other points as shown below

• Again take point style command
• Select point style as regular
• Use offset command
• Specify offset distance > 4’
• Select the object > click on upper horizontal line and lower horizontal line
• Use offset command
• Specify distance as 7.5’
• Specify next point > until the end of table
• Trim the unwanted part

Step : 2 – To create and fill the Text in table

• Click on Annotation tab > Single line
• Manage textile > New
• Style name as > Challenge 5 > OK
• Font Name > romans.shx.
• Height > 8”
• And press set current

• Write down all the necessary texts shown in schedule
• Keep rotation angle 0 for all the text
• Justify > left
• Take text edit command
• Select object > Click on TERRACE TO MUMTY
• Make rotation as 90
• Enter

Step : 3 – To Draw Column

• C1

• Take rectangle command
• Specify first point > anywhere
• Dimensions > 9” X 24”
• Take offset of rectangle at inner side by 1”
• Explode the last object
• Take divide command
• Divide in four segment
• Select the object as inner vertical line
• Use the line command to show the dividation
• Take a circle command
• Specify first point anywhere out of rectangle
• Specify radius as 0.5”
• Take hatch command
• Take a solid
• Specify object by clicking on the circle
• Copy that circle wherever it is necessary to show the bars
• Use filet command and select radius as 0.5”
• Select the object by clicking the sides of the inner sides of rectangle just like shown below

• C1 a :

• Take rectangle command
• Specify first point > anywhere
• Dimensions > 9” X 24”
• Take offset of rectangle at inner side by 1”
• Explode the last object
• Take divide command
• Select the object as inner vertical line
• Divide in five segment
• Use the line command to show the dividation
• Take a circle command
• Specify first point anywhere out of rectangle
• Specify radius as 0.5”
• Take hatch command
• Take a solid
• Specify object by clicking on the circle
• Copy that circle wherever it is necessary to show the bars
• Use filet command and select radius as 0.5”
• Select the object by clicking the sides of the inner sides of rectangle just like shown below

• C2 :

• Take rectangle command
• Specify first point > anywhere
• Dimensions > 9” X 24”
• Take offset of rectangle at inner side by 1”
• Explode the last object
• Take divide command
• Select the object as inner vertical line
• Divide in five segment
• Use the line command to show the dividation
• Take a circle command
• Specify first point anywhere out of rectangle
• Specify radius as 0.5”
• Take hatch command
• Take a solid
• Specify object by clicking on the circle
• Copy that circle wherever it is necessary to show the bars
• Use filet command and select radius as 0.5”
• Select the object by clicking the sides of the inner sides of rectangle just like shown below

• C2 a :

• Take rectangle command
• Specify first point > anywhere
• Dimensions > 9” X 10”
• Take offset of rectangle at inner side by 1”
• Take line command
• Specify first point > click on midpoint of the inner rectangle
• Join all the midpoint of the rectangle by line command
• Take filet command
• Click > Multiple > radius as 0.5
• Click on all the sides
• Take a circle command
• Specify first point anywhere out of rectangle
• Specify radius as 0.5”
• Take hatch command
• Take a solid
• Specify object by clicking on the circle
• Copy that circle wherever it is necessary to show the bars as shown below

• C3 :

• Take rectangle command
• Specify first point > anywhere
• Dimensions > 9” X 21”
• Take offset of rectangle at inner side by 1”
• Explode the last object
• Take divide command
• Select the object as inner vertical line
• Divide in five segment
• Use the line command to show the dividation
• Take a circle command
• Specify first point anywhere out of rectangle
• Specify radius as 0.5”
• Take hatch command
• Take a solid
• Specify object by clicking on the circle
• Copy that circle wherever it is necessary to show the bars
• Use filet command and select radius as 0.5”
• Select the object by clicking the sides of the inner sides of rectangle just like shown below

• Move all these diagram and place it in a proper way as shown below
• Take the scale command
• Select the object
• Specify base point as centre of object
• Move the curser to get the increase size
• Enter

• Result :-

2. WINDOW SCHEDULE

• Aim : To create Window Schedule as shown below by using AutoCAD Software

• Procedure :

Step : 1 – To Draw the Table

• Click on AutoCAD application and open this application
• Type QNEW in command bar and enter
• Select default setting as Imperial ( feet and inches )
• Press Enter
• I have kept snap and grid setting off
• Keep ortho on
• Press UN and enter and set unit
• Type – Engineering
• Precision – 0’0”
• Enter
• Take line command
• Specify first point anywhere
• Specify next point as = @20’>0
• Specify next point as = @6’>90
• Specify next point = @20’>180
• Close it

Step : 2 – To create and fill the Text in table

• Click on Annotation tab > Single line
• Manage textile > New
• Style name as > Challenge 5 > OK
• Font Name > Arial
• Height > 4”
• And press set current

• Take single line text
• Specify start point in 1^st box
• Set rotation angle 0
• Enter > write TYPE in 1^st box
• Follow the same procedure for all other texts
• Write down all the necessary texts shown in schedule

• Result :-

3. Drawing Template :

• Aim : To create Drawing Template as shown below by using AutoCAD Software.

• Procedure :

Step : 1 – To Draw the Table

• Click on AutoCAD application and open this application
• Type QNEW in command bar and enter
• Select default setting as Imperial ( feet and inches )
• Press Enter
• I have kept snap and grid setting off
• Keep ortho on
• Press UN and enter and set unit
• Type – Engineering
• Precision – 0’0”
• Enter
• Take line command
• Specify first point anywhere
• Specify next point as = @60’>0
• Specify next point as = @10’>90
• Specify next point = @60’>180
• Close it
• Take offset command
• Specify distance > 20’
• Select object as both the vertical lines
• Take offset command
• Specify distance > 2’
• Select object as horizontal line and take 4 offsets as shown below

• Again take offsets of third vertical line such as shown below
• Trim the unwanted lines

Step : 2 – To create and fill the Text in table

• Click on Annotation tab > Single line
• Manage textile > New
• Style name as > NEW > OK
• Font Name > Arial
• Height > 6”
• And press set current

• Take single line text
• Specify start point in 1^st box
• Set rotation angle 0
• Enter > write TYPE in 1^st box
• Follow the same procedure for all other texts
• Write down all the necessary texts shown in schedule

• Result :-

4. List of Drawing Schedule

• Aim :- To create the list of drawing schedule as per shown below using AutoCAD software.

• Procedure :

Step : 1 – To Draw the Table

• Click on AutoCAD application and open this application
• Type QNEW in command bar and enter
• Select default setting as Imperial ( feet and inches )
• Press Enter
• I have kept snap and grid setting off
• Keep ortho on
• Press UN and enter and set unit
• Type – Engineering
• Precision – 0’0”
• Enter
• Take line command
• Specify first point anywhere
• Specify next point as = @25’>0
• Specify next point as = @34’>90
• Specify next point = @25’>180
• Close it
• Take offset command
• Offset the vertical line at a distances one at 2’ and another at 10’
• Take offset command
• Specify distance > 1’
• Select object as horizontal line and take 33 offsets as shown below

• Trim the above unwanted lines as shown below

Step : 2 – To create and fill the Title Text in table

• Click on Annotation tab > Single line
• Manage textile > New
• Style name as > Title> OK
• Font Style > Bold
• Font Name > Arial
• Height > 10”
• And press set current
• Take single line text
• Specify start point in Title box
• Set rotation angle 0
• Enter > write List of Architectural Drawings in Title box

Step : 3 – To create and fill the Sub-Title Text in table

• Click on Annotation tab > Single line
• Manage textile > New
• Style name as > Sub-Title> OK
• Font Style > Bold
• Font Name > Arial
• Height > 6”
• And press set current
• Take single line text
• Specify start point in Title box
• Set rotation angle 0
• Enter > write Project in the required box
• Some more sub-titles add by using above steps

Step : 3 – To create the other Text in table

• Click on Annotation tab > Single line
• Manage textile > New
• Style name as > NEW> OK
• Font Style > Regular
• Font Name > Arial
• Height > 6”
• And press set current
• Take single line text
• Specify start point in 1^st box
• Set rotation angle 0
• Enter > write 1 in the required box
• By using same procedure fill all the boxes as per above pic

• Result :-

5. Beam Details

• Aim :- To create Beam Details as shown in below fig by using AutoCAD Software

• Procedure :

Step : 1 – To Draw the C/S

• Click on AutoCAD application and open this application
• Type QNEW in command bar and enter
• Select default setting as Imperial ( feet and inches )
• Press Enter
• I have kept snap and grid setting off
• Keep ortho on
• Press UN and enter and set unit
• Type – Engineering
• Precision – 0’0”
• Enter
• Take line command
• Specify first point anywhere
• Specify next point as = @1’6”>0
• Specify next point as = @6’>90
• Specify next point = @1’6”>180
• Close it
• Take offset command
• Specify distance > 3’
• Select object as bottom horizontal line
• Take offset command
• Specify distance > 2’
• Select object as top horizontal line
• Draw the Cross-Section as shown below using line command

Step : 2 – To Hatch the C/S

• Take hatch command from draw panel
• Select pattern for brickwork as ANSI32
• Pick internal point
• Click inside the diagram, where we have to show brickwork
• Select that brickwork part > Open properties
• Pattern > Scale > 8
• Enter
• Take hatch command from draw panel
• Select pattern for beam as AR-CONCRETE
• Pick internal point
• Click inside the diagram, where we have to show concrete
• Enter

Step : 3 – To Create Text

• Take offset command
• And offset horizontal line at 3” distance

• Take dimensions command
• Provide the dimensions as per the diagram
• Click on Annotation
• Select leader command to direct the point and to text
• Select properties
• Arrow and text height as 3”
• General and leader colour as Cyan and Yellow
• Enter

• Result :-