Challenge

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

AIM-

Design and Draft a layout of a residential building with the following details:


a. Plot Size: 60’x20’(18.3m x6m)


b. Orientation- Facing East

c. Develop the following: 1. Architectural Drawing (Floor Plan, Elevations, and Sections) 2. Structural Drawing (Column, Bean, Footing Plan)

  • Open new drawing
  • Type command UN
  • Set unit as decimal
  • Precision as 0.0
  • select rectangle from top ribbon menu
  • draw a rectangle of 18.3x6m
  • now select line from the top ribbon menu
  • draw external walls of 0.2m using line tool and offset command
  • draw internal walls of 0.1m using line tool and offset command
  • draw doors using circle ,line , trim command
  • trim any additional parts
  • draw window of size 1.5x1.5m
  • draw vent of size 0.5x0.9m
  • Add text right click and select properties and set height to 0.2m
  • Draw arrow shows diection
  • Main door is facing east direction.

  • Go to ribbon menu
  • select layer properties
  • click on new layers for external wall,internal wall, doors, windows, vent and select colour as required.

  • Now to draw elevation reference lines are marked
  • From the ribbon menu construction line is drawn parllel with the refernce to developed plan.
  • Draw a horizontal line
  • from the ribbon menu select offset command
  • set offset at 0.6m,3m,0.20m for plinth , room height upto ceiling,slab thickness.

  • For the column and footing plan refer develpoed plan
  • Type REC command draw 0.30x0.30 column
  • With copy command provide coumn at each corner
  • Type REC coomand and draw 1.5x1.5m footing
  • copy and provide footing below each column
  • Select linear dimension and provide center to center distance of the column.

  • For the plinth beam
  • using line tool draw horizontal and vertical lines
  • provide beam of size 300x500mm below each wall
  • gow to annotate option and from the ribbon menu select centerline
  • provide center line of the beam
  • using linear dimention tools provide center to center distance of the plinth beam

  • To draw section plan
  • Draw line A B on the developed plan where you want to show the section
  • using construction line draw parallel line refering to develped plan and the elevation plan
  • draw internal walls, external walls
  • using hatch tools to show walls, concrete, soil, dado tiles

RESULT:- Using various autcad tools architectural plan, structural plan is drawn for the given plot area

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