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

1. Architectural drawing of a residential building:

Plan of a residential building.

Elevation of a residential building.

Section of a residential building.

2. Structural drawing:

Column plan layout of the building.

Footing plan layout of the building.

Beam plan layout of the building.

Commands used:

Line , Offset , Rectangle, Trim , Extend , Block , Block edit , Dimension , Layer , Hatch , Design centre.

Procedure:

1. First set the units in decimel meters and Set the limits and zoom all (Command -Z-a).Set the dimension to decimal units and set the precision.Architectural drawing of residential building

2. Drawing the plot, and giving setback.Given plot size as 18.3m x6m.Mark the direction N, S, E, W. By rectangle, draw the plot giving dimensions as 6 and 18.3 m.

3. Next give setback from the plot, 4.3m and 3m for the sides.The proposed building should come inside the setback drawn.

4. Drawing wallOffset 0.25 m from the boundary after the setback is taken for the wall thickness.

5. As the orientation is given as East, main door should face East.For living room, give 3m offset horizontally from the West side and size of the room will be 3 x 4 m.

6. As per Vaastu Shastra, North-East is favourable for living room and the entrance should face North or East.

7. Same the dining room Again offset 3m from the living wall for dining room.Width will be 4.5m

8. Offset 2m horizontally from dinning wall and 4m vertically.The size of kitchen is 2 x4 m.Trim 1 m for the door opening. According to Vaastu Shastra the ideal position for kitchen is South-East ,with cooking place facing East.

9. Drawing Master bedroom and toilet From the South wall offset 4m and width of 4m joining the kitchen wall.

10. The size of bedroom is 4x 4m.Create opening of 0.80 m by offset and trim commands.
For toilet, draw an offset horizontal of 1.5 m from the Dinining wall and Size of toilet is 1.5 x2m.

11. Drawing of Puja room From the Toilet offset 1.5m and from master bed room offset 1m and Size of the puja room is 1.5m x1.0m as per North-East should be good for puja room according to Vaastu Shastra

12. Drawing of Bed room with toilet From Living room offset 3m and from dining room offset 2.5m .Size of the bed room is 3m x 2.5m and Draw a toilet of 1.5m x 1.5m inside the bed room.

13. With multiline text, draw the text box, text height as 0.15m and style as Times roman.

14. Place the doors and windows in the respective places.

15. Elevation part the Projecting lines to draw the elevation.Project the wall lines to the top.

16. Draw a horizontal line.Offset 1 m for the plinth level.Offset 2.1m for the Lintel level.Offset 3.5m for the floor level .Offset 0.6m for the parapet wall .

17. Trim off the extension lines and make shutters and panels for doors and windows.For architectural purpose, create some hatches.

18. Project the lines from the elevation for the height and from the section line of plan for the horizontal members. Drawing windows, doors and stairs in section.

19. Using hatch hatch the walls with the bricks hatch and foundation with the concrete hatch.

20. Project the lines from the elevation for the height and from the section line of plan for the horizontal members.

21. Drawing windows, doors and stairs in section.Draw the window and door which we see after cutting the section line.

22. Using hatch hatch the walls with the bricks hatch and foundation with the concrete hatch.
Place the windows and foundations in the respective layers and give colours.