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 > 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 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 fillet 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 fillet 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 fillet 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 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 in 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 fillet 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 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 = @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 1st box
• Set rotation angle 0
• Enter > write TYPE in 1st box
• Follow the same procedure for all other texts
• Write down all the necessary texts shown in schedule

• Result :

3. Drawing Template

• 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 > Challenge 5 > OK
• Font name > Arial
• Height > 6''
• And press set current

• Take single line text
• Specify start point in 1st box
• Set rotation angle 0
• Enter > write TYPE in 1st 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 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 = @25'>0
• Specify next point as = @34'>90
• Specify next point = @25'>180
• Close it
• Take offset command
• Offset the vertical line at a distance 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: 4- 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 1st 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 and fill the sub-title Text in table

• 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 :