Challenge

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

1.

AIM: Create an architectural plan of 60ft*20ft house plan .keeping the orientation EAST Draw the Elevation ,section of the plan.For the structural part draw the beam,column footing plan.

PROCEDURE:

  • To Draw the floor plan of the house (60ft x 20ft) by taking the width of the exterior wall as 9" and inner walls as 6"
  • To draw the elevation of the house plan and taking the ceiling depth as 1'.
  • Cutting the section as AA' for the section view.
  • Taking placement of the coulm in the floor to make the column plan.
  • Creating the plan of Beam line running throughout the walls of the house.

MAKING FLOOR PLAN

STEP1

Command:XLINE

  • Draw a vertical and horizontal line for the house plan.

Command :OFFSET

  • Take an offset of 60ft of vertical XLINE and 20ft offset of horizontal line as the house plan boundary.

Command :TRIM

  • Trim the extra lines outside the house plan.

STEP2

Command:OFFSET

  • Take offset of 9" to make the exterior wall. //From all the side towards inside
  • Starting from the down left side,Take offset of 9' from horizontal line and 12' from vertical line //for the BEDROOM 3 &2
  • Take 6" offset for interior wall.

Command:TRIM

  • Trim the extra lines of the bedroom

Command:OFFSET

  • TAke offset from vertical line of 6" for interior wall.
  • Take offset of 8' and 5'6" from vertical and horizontal wall respectively. //For common TOILET size
  • Take offset of 5' and 5'6" from vertical and horizontal wall respectively. //For attached toilet
  • Take offset of 6".

STEP3

Command:TRIM

  • Trim all the xtra edges of the walls.

Command:OFFSET

  • Take offset of 21' and 9' from vertical and horizontal line from the toilet wall. //For the drawing and dining hall
  • Take offset of 6" for interior wall.
  • Now take offset of 11' and 9' from the vertical and hosrizontal line respectively. //For BEDROOM1
  • Take offset of 6".

//Again use the trim command after making of each room/HAll.

Command:OFFSET

  • Take offset of 9' &8'4" from vertical and horizontal walls. //For making kitchen
  • Taking 6" offset for the walls.

//Like wise make the study room and living room from the above used methods.

STEP4

Command:TRIM

  • Trim all the xtra edges of the walls.

RESULT:

STEP5

Command:RECTANGLE //To make the door

  • make a rectangle of 2"x9"

Command:LINE

  • Make a line of length 3' from the center of the rectangle.

Command:MIRROR

  • Select the rectangle.
  • choose the center of line a axis and make the mirror of rectangle

Command:LINE

  • Make an horizontal line of 1" from the rectangle and then vertically upwards.

Command:CIRCLE

  • From the pivot poin of the door draw a circle till the radius meets the other rectangle //To make the width of door panel

Command:TRIM

  • Trim the extra circumference of the circle other than the door panel swing.

STEP6

Command :RECTANGLE //To make the windows

  • make arectangle of 4'x9"

Command: OFFSET

  • TAke an offset of 3"
  • Connect the lines to the edges of the rectangle

STEP7

Command:COPY

  • Copy the doors and windows to the rooms walls and entrance.

Command:TRIM

  • Trim the lines doors panels

STEP8

Command:LAYER

  • Create a new layer of DOORS,WINDOWS,TEXT,VENT,SECTION LINES,CENTER LINES
  • Select different colors for the different layers

//SELECT THE RESPECTIVE NAME LAYER WHEN WORKING ON THAT

  • Select the doors and go to layers and select the layers to giver the corresponding properties //Similarly do it witht the vents

RESULT:

STEP8

Command :LAYER

  • Select the dimension layer.
  • select starting point and end point to show the dimensions. //To give the dimsion to the rooms
  • "DIMSTYLE" ,to change the text style and size to the visible size. //To change ,create or modify the dimesion according to the need

Command: DIMCONTINUE

  • To continue the dimesion along the path .

Command :TEXT

  • Use single line text to write down the text on the plan .
  • click on the area,specify the angle u need the text to be shown and type the text.

//USing the above command write the texts and dimension to the plan.

RESULT:

HOUSE ELEVATION

STEP9

Command:XLINE

  • Extend and infinite line from the left and right side of the house plan below
  • Draw a horizontal line for the ground floor.

command:OFFSET

  • Take an offset of 13'3" from the ground level and to the top. //For total height of the elevation
  • take 1' offset from top ceiling and ground level. //For ceiling and ground floor depth

Command:XLINE

  • Extend and infinite line from the windows and vents of the plan to the elevation //For reference line
  • draw a horizontal line at a height at the height of 4' from the start of the floor //For the height of the windows

STEP10

command:OFFSET

  • Take offset of 5' from the floor level above for thr bouundary wall. //For the boundary wall of the house

Command:TRIM

  • Trim the extra extruding line for the corner of the boundary wall

RESULT:

STEP11

Command:RECTANGLE

  • Create a rectangle of width 4'x3' from the intersection point of the XLINE we created. //For the sizeof window
  • Create a rectangle above the window of size 5'x6". //Creating slab for chhajja

COmmand:COPY

  • Copy the window, chhajja and paste it in the side for other windows at the same elevation using polar tracking.

Command:LINE

  • Make a line of 9" horizontal n the left wall and OFFSET it at a distance of 6". //For the side view of the chhajja
  • From the level of lower side of chhajja,extend a line of 2' horizontal and 3" vertical.
  • Now join the line .

STEP12

Command:TEXT

  • Make the text layer as current layer.
  • Use single line text to write down the text on the plan .
  • click on the area,specify the angle u need the text to be shown and type the text.

Command:DIMLINEAR

  • Selcet the dimensions layer.
  • Select the point on the windows and vents and height of the elevation //To give dimensions to the elevations

Command:DIMCONTINUE

  • It will start taking dimension continously from the last position

RESULT:

SECTION A-A'

STEP13

Command:XLINE

  • MAke a horizontal line from top and bottob side of the house plan. //As a reference of the width of house

Command:ROTATE

  • Rotate the elevation 90degree right and extend the height refernce line from the elevation.

Command:TRIM

  • TRIM the extra line of the xline . //to make the section visible clearly.

STEP14

Command:OFFSET

  • TAke an offset of 1' from the top ceiling and ground level
  • Take offset as a height of 3' from the ground as kitchen slab.

Command :RECTANGLE

  • Make a rectangle of 3'x7' and some smaller size door panel design //For the door

Command:CIRCLE

  • Make a small circle for the door knob

STEP15

Command :RECTANGLE

  • Make a rectangle 9"x3' for the window For making the section of windows
  • TAke offset for the 3" from both the sides and join the edges

//Take reference for the height of chhajja from the ground level (from the elvation)

Command:OFFSET

  • Take offset from the base of the chhajja to the upward direction of 6"
  • Join the upper base of chhaja to the lower side of it

Command:TRIM

  • TRIM the inside line of the chhajja

STEP16

Command:LAYER

  • Select the "section line" layer and draw the section change plan line on it //To show the section plane change
  • select the doors and windows layer and apply it to the doors and windows of the section plane.

RESULT:

STEP17

Command:TEXT

  • Make the text layer as current layer.
  • Use single line text to write down the text on the plan .
  • click on the area,specify the angle u need the text to be shown and type the text.

Command:DIMLINEAR

  • Selcet the dimensions layer.
  • Select the point on the windows height,chhajja and doors

RESULT:

COLUMN FOOTING LAYOUT PLAN

STEP18

Command:COPY

  • Copy all the columns from the plan of house.
  • select a base point and paste it

Command:RECTANGLE

  • make a rectangle boundary from top left corner to down right corner //To make an outer boundary for the footings

STEP19

Command:LAYER

  • Select the "center line" .

Comand:LINE

  • Draw a line from the center of the columns. //Keep a single line for the columns that are in same line
  • Draw lines both vertically and horizontally direction of columns. //To make the grid position of the columns

Command:OFFSET

  • Select the column and make an offset of 2'6" of each column //To make the footing size of the column

Command:TRIM

  • Trim the outer portion of the column which are outside the boundary

Command:EXTEND

  • Extend the center lines of columns to about 7' outside the boundary //Extension for the number of columns

STEP20

Command:CIRCLE

  • Create a circle at the end of the center lines

Command:TEXT

  • Got to TEXT layer
  • Enter the text A,B,C,D.... in the vertical centre lines and 1,2,3 in horizontal //For perfectly identifying the individual column
  • Write the topic of the drawing and column size.
  • C1=9"x12" & C2=12"x9"

Command:DIMLINEAR

  • Select the "dimensions" layer and make it current.
  • select the point from center to center of the column
  • enter "DIMCONTINUE" to continue the dimension //Select from center to center of the columns

RESULT:

BEAM LAYOUT PLAN

STEP21

Commmand:COPY

  • select all the walls of the plan and column //To take the exact position of walls
  • select a base point an paste it .

Command:OFFSET

  • Offset all the beams width to 9" (including inside walls) //as the width of plan of beam is 9"x12"
  • The beam which are not connected to the column are hidden beams //Hidden beams are hidden inside the slab.

STEP22

Command:LAYER

  • Selet the "beam" layer,make it as current.
  • select one beam and make it the current layer. //It will make the beam into the beam layer

Command:MATCHPROP

  • select the source object //The actual beam layer object
  • select the destination object. //It will copy the properties of the source objet to destination object.

STEP23

Command:LTSCALE

  • Enter a value to make the dashed lines visible accordingly.

Command:TEXT

  • Change the layer to TEXT , and select a point on the beam plan(0 degrees).
  • Type B'N' 9"x12" //specifying the beam number to the beams ,N= number of the beam
  • Type the name of the beam plan

RESULT:

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