Project 1 _Creating an Architectural plan for the provided plot size and develop relevant basic structural drawings

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AIM: To create Architectural plan of a Residential building of plot size 60'X20' or 18.3mX6m Facing East, sectional drawing, elevation, and Structural drawings column, beams and footing layout

Steps:

1. Type units command and select decimal and meters, and set limits from (0,0) to (100,100)

2. First create Layers, by going to layers in layer properties and create new layers as

3. Set the current layer as Walls and Draw one vertical and horizontal line using Xline command.

The thickness of external walls is taken as 0.230m and internal wall is 0.150m

Use Offset command and offset the vertical line in right direction by 0.23, 2, 0.23, 3, 0.15, 8.71, 0.15, 3.6, 0.23

Use Offset command and offset the horizontal line in upward direction by 0.23, 1, 0.23, 4.31, 0.23

Trim all the extra lines then we get,

4. To create Utility ann Kitchen, Offset the top horizontal line in downward direction by 1.2, 0.15m

And create a door D3 from kitchen to utility width is 0.9m, and the Opening door from Hall to kitchen is D2 width is 1m

5. To create Master bedroom of size 4X3.09m and Guestbedroom of size 3.6X2.3m

And Toilet 1, attached to master room has size 1.65X1.54

And Toilet 2, attached to guest bed room has size 1.65X1.4

First the top inner horizontal line in offsetted inward direction by 2.3,0.15,1.4,0.15 and trim the extra lines

Now use Breakatpoint and break the right inner vertical line at 2.3 from top and offset that line to 1.65,0.15, 4, 0.23. And trim all the extra lines.

The Door D2 of width 1m is kept for two bedrooms

The door D4 width 0.8m is kept for both toilets

6.Door D1 of width 1.2m is kept for Hall at an offset of 0.5m from kitchen

To create Stairs, Set the Current layer as Stairs

Provide step width= 1m, Thread= 0.3m and rise=0.15m

Offset the top inner horizontal line by 1.2m and then by 0.3, then Copy and use Array for 10 numbers at placed it at a distance of 0.3

Trim and remove all the Extra lines.

7. The windows taken sizes are, and change the layer to Windows

W1=1.5m

W2= 1.2m

W3=0.6m

For kitchen window is W2 and is placed at 0.9m from left vertical wall use offset and trim command

For Hall, W1 window is placed at a distance od 1m from master bedroom , and on top horizontal wall W1 is placed at 1m from guest bed room

on top horizontal wall of hall W2 is placed at a distance of 1.5 from left vertical wall

For guest bedroom, W1 is placed on top horizontal wall at a distance of 1m from hall and W2 is placed on right vertical wall at a distance of 0.5 from horizontal

For Toilets W3 window is provided at adistance of 0.5m from the common wall of both toilets.

Trim all the extra lines.

8. Change, Set current layer as Doors and place droors

D1 width= 1.2m provided at main entarance

D2 width= 1m provided for two bed rooms and opening for kitchen

D3 width= 0.9m provided for utility

D4 width= 0.8m for two toilets

9. Change the colours of the different layers as you like and then

Set current layer as Dimensions and measure dimensions

10. Set current layer as Text, Provide the text using Mtext and use Times New Roman Greek font style and height of Font is 0.4

Type DC and keep the furniture you wanted

Change the colours as you like

Elevation:

1. To draw elevation, Setcurrent layer as walls and draw XLines from the plan vertically

and take horizontal Xline and Offset upward direction by 3, 1.35

height of the floor is 3m

2. Window W1 size is taken as 1.5X1.1m and placed at 1m from bottom

W1 is at bedroom and living room

3. Xline lines are drawn from door and W2 window of kitchen

W2 size is 1.2X1.1 and placed at 1m from bottom

Door size is 1.2X2.1 is placed

4. Change the current layer to Stairs and place the steps at a rise of 0.15m

The green colour represents hand rails

the step size is 1mX0.3X0.15

5. Select the windows and go to properties and change the layer as windows

similarly select door and change the layer as doors

6.The floor height provided is 3m and parapet wall height is 1.2m

Delete all the Xlines and trim all the extra lines

7.Set current layer as dimension and measure dimensions and edit where required

Section:

1. Consider section A-A as shown in the below figure

`2.Draw the Xlines from the plan and and draw the hrizontal line and offset it upward by 3,1.35

3. The doors for Toilet 1 and master bedroom can be seen when we cut A-A section

First Set the current layer as Door and draw

the toilet has door D4 size 0.8X2.1

the bedroom has door D2 of size 1x2.1

Trim the Xlines

4. Set current layer as window and draw W2 of size 1.2X1.1 at 1m from bottom

and a part of W1 can be seen so w1 size 1.5x1.1 by using xlines draw w1

Set the current layer as Door and draw the utility door of size 0.9X2.1m

Place the front view of soft, drawn by using line and rectangle command

5. Set the current layer as stairs,

now as the section passes after the second step, we cant see the first two steps so draw without twosteps.

place the steps at a rise of 0.15m

The green colour represents hand rails

the step size is 1mX0.3X0.15

6. Set the current layer as dimensions and measure dimensions

7. Provide the slab thickness as 0.125

and change the current layer as beams and provide beams

the crosssection of right most beam is 0.23X0.3

The second beam from right has cross section 0.3X0.3 and the mid of beam is a distance of 3.905 from outer right vertical wall

the crosssection of left master bed room beam is 0.23X0.3

the crosssection of Kitchen beams are 0.3X0.3

Trim the extra lines

Structural drawings:

Columns:

1.First Set the current layer as columns and hide the dimension and text layer

Column size of 0.4X0.23 is placed on top and bottom corners on left

And column size of 0.3X0.23 is placed at the corners of Kitchen and utility

2. Place a column of size 0.4X0.23 from 4m of living room left inner vertical wall

and a place a column 0.4x0.23 on bottom left corner of master bedroom

column size 0.23X0.4 is placed at junction of living and master bedroom

Column size 0.3X0.23 placed at the top left corner of guest bedroom

3.Column size of 0.4X0.23 is placed on top and bottom corners on right vertical wall

column size 0.4x0.23 placed at right bottom corner of guest bedroom

column size 0.3x0.23 placed at right bottom corner of master bedroom

4. Total column layout

5.Provide hatch inside the column with red colour

Column layout:

1. Hide all the layers, only on columns and join all the columns at coners by drawing mid of external wall thickness

2. Draw the lines using Line command from the center points and extend the lines and join

3. Make all the lines ad dash lines and hatch columns

Beam layout:

1..First Set the current layer as Beams

Take column layout and draw

The beam cross section of 0.4X0.3 is provided at the left ,

The beam cross section of 0.3X0.3 is provided for utility and kitchen

The bottom and top beams as cross section 0.23x0.3

2. The beam cross section of 0.23X0.3 is provided for top and bottom horizontal and right vertical beam

The beam crossing master bedroom column is 0.23X0.3

The beam cross section of 0.3X0.3 is provided for guest bedroom that connects to beam

3.

4. Join beam from master bedroom left upper column beam to next beam and

using hatch command, hatch the beams with concrete

Footing layout:

1..First Set the current layer as footings

Take column layout

A footing size of 1X0.8m is placed for columns of size 0.4X0.23

A footing size of 0.8X1 is placed for columns of size 0.23X0.4

Combined footing is provided at masterbedroom of size 1X2.03m and the column sizes are 0.4X0.23 and 0.23X0.4

2. A footing size of 0.8X0.8m is placed for columns of size 0.3X0.23

3. Provide hatches for columns and change the colour of footing by going to layer properties