1. Creating an Architectural DrawingStarting your project| 00:02 |
In this project you will draw simple
floor plan of a cottage that I sketched
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on site.
In this lesson you will attach a scanned
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image of the sketch in AutoCAD, and then
configure the drawing units, according to
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the dimensions given.
You will also create a few layers to
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represent the different types of objects
represented in the sketch.
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Then you will scale the image to its
approximate real world size to provide a
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basis for the drawing project.
Go ahead and open the cottage one project
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file which is currently blink, and then
type IM for image and press Enter.
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This opens the external references
palette, then open this drop down menu
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and choose attach image.
Select cottage sketch from the project
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explanation one folder and click Open.
Let's leave relative path selected here,
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because AutoCAD will enable to locate the
image.
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Because it's in the same folder as the
cottage one drawing file.
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If the image was in the different folder,
you would have to select full path and
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the entire path would be stored in the
file.
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However, if you at some point in the
future moved into the drawing file or the
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image in AutoCAD wouldn't be able to
locate the image reference.
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So the safest approach really is to,
store your images in the same folder as
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your drawing files, and leave relative
path selected.
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In that way you can move the folder to a
different location, and AutoCAD will
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still be able to find the image.
Now we have some options, here, about how
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we want to insert the image.
Let's leave Specify Onscreen checked for
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both Insertion Point and Scale, so that
we can interactively choose where we want
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to put the image, and how big we want to
make it.
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But we'll leave this unchecked.
Because the image will come in at an
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angle of zero degrees, and that will be
fine.
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Click Okay, and then click a point down
here in the lower left corner, move the
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cursor over to scale the image up, and
click again.
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Incidentally, if you want to turn off the
image, you can right-click Cartridge
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Sketch here in the file references area
and choose Unload.
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The image frame remains but the sketch is
hidden, you can turn it back on by right
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clicking again and choose Reload.
If you detach the image, it will actually
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delete this reference.
So, let's click Reload and then close the
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External References palette.
Let's zoom in and see what we have here.
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This was a pencil sketch that I made on
site.
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As I pan the sketch, you'll see that it
disappears temporarily.
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Notice that all the dimensions given are
in numbers with fractions.
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These are in inches.
So lets choose the appropriate units to
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represent this, type un, Enter.
Architectural units could work, because
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they support feet in inches.
However you will notice that there no
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feet given in these dimensions, that was
because it was easier to measure the site
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with the tape measure and just read off
the number of inches on the tape without
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having to calculate how many feet and how
many inches it was.
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So this drawing could just as well be a
metric drawing perhaps these might be
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centimetres Although they might be larger
numbers.
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If you were using metric, you should
probably choose decimal units, because
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you're more likely to choose 27.25
centimeters, rather than, using a fraction.
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But in this case, I'm going to choose
fractional units, because I am matching
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the units up to what the sketch
information shows me.
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I have 4 inches with fractions so
fractional units will be the best choice.
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I leave inches set as the instruction
scale and tehn click okay.
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Then I will double-click the mouse wheel
to Zoom extents.
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Let's create a few layers to represent
the different types of information in
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this drawing.
On the Layers panel you'll find a button
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right here in the upper left-hand corner
called Layer Properties, click it to open
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the Layer Properties Manager and then
click right here to create a new layer.
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Every drawing has layer zero by default,
but you can create any number of layers
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to represent thr types of objects in your
drawing.
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Type Wall and press Enter, press Enter
again to create another layer.
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Type door, and press Enter twice.
How about Counter?
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We have some of those.
I'll press Enter again, and I'll type Window.
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Press Enter two more times.
Type Stairs.
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We also have some plumbing fixtures and
appliances, but I'll put those on the
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same layer.
I'll call this layer fixtures-appliances.
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Enter.
Now to differentiate the layers on
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screen, it's helpful to choose different
colors.
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So I'll click right here on this color
swatch, on the wall layer and that opens
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the select color dialog box.
I'll choose red and click OK.
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The layer properties manager went to
auto- hide mode.
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So I have to go back here and hover the
mouse over the title bar to show it to me again.
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I'll just click this button here to turn
off auto hide.
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So that this pallet remains open.
I'll click here, and choose yellow for
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the door.
And then click here, choose green for the counter.
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I'll click here and I'll chose cyan for
the window.
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The stairs can be blue, and the fixtures
and the appliances will be magenta.
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Okay, we've set up the layers we need for
the sketch.
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The last step is to scale that sketch to
the approximate real world size.
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I'll close the layer properties manager,
and let's identify the longest dimension
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in the drawing.
It appears to be this number up here, 172.
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I'll zoom in there, and then set the
walls layer current.
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To do that, open this drop-down on the
Layers panel and choose Wall.
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That makes it the current layer so that
anything I draw now, will be on that layer.
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Click the Line tool on the Draw panel.
And then, click the corner of the wall
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here, turn on Ortho and draw a line
horizontally over here.
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You see how the sketch is pretty rough?
It doesn't really follow the horizontal
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line at all.
But we're going to do our best and see if
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we can approximate the real world size of
this wall.
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So, I clicked there and I'll press enter
to complete the line command.
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Now, I'm going to zoom out a bit by
rotating the mouse wheel and I'll use the
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scale command and I want to scale up both
the image by selecting its frame, and the
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red line that I just draw.
So select both objects, press enter.
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The base point of the scale, will be the
left endpoint of the wall.
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Unable to snap to that because I have
Running endpoint snap-on down here.
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I'll click right there to specify the
base point for the scale, and then I'll
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use the reference option.
The reference link is unknown, but I can
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specify it graphically on the screen.
By clicking two points.
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So, I'll click this same end point and
then the opposite point over here and
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then the new length is going to be 172.
So, I'll type that in and press enter.
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Now, the sketch got much bigger and I
need to zoom extents to see it.
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And it looks the same, but it's a
different scale.
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You can verify that by using the Measure
tool right here on the Utilities panel,
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and click the two endpoints of the red
line, and you'll see that it is 172 inches.
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So, now the sketch is to real world
scale, and let's go ahead and save it as cottage2.dwg.
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So I will click the Save As button on the
quick access tool bar and I will go into
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the My file sub folder and just change
this to cottage2, and click Save.
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In summary you learned how to attach an
image to drawing, and how to scale that
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image to its approximate real world size.
You said the units appropriately and also
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created layers and assigned colors to
them.
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| Drawing strategies| 00:02 |
In this lesson, we will begin drawing the
cottage floor plan from the measurements
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given in the attached image.
In the course of drawing, you will see
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the strategies I use to solve the
geometric challenges presented in the sketch.
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Open the Cottage 2 project file, and
click the Line tool.
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Click the right end point of the existing
red line and zoom in.
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With Ortho on, move the cursor down and
type 71.
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Move the cursor to the right and type 49.
I'm going to move these lines up because
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the sketch is a little bit off from what
I'm drawing, and I think it will become
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confusing if I try to draw over this
pencil sketch.
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So, I'm going to zoom out, type M for
move, make a window around the three
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lines, and move them up.
Then I'll zoom in a little closer here,
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and to get an accurate zoom I'll type Z
Enter Enter, and drag the mouse up or
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down to do a real-time zoom.
Then I can get the zoom level just where
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I want it.
Press Enter to end the command.
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Then I'm going to assume that the walls
are about five-inches thick.
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I'll move the cursor up from that last
point that I clicked and type 5 Enter.
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I'll draw a line over this way some
arbitrary distance, and then I'll use the
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offset tool with a distance of five
inches, Enter.
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I'll select this line and click on the
right.
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I'll select this line and click above it
to offset those lines.
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I'll then select this upper line and move
its script over some orbitary distance to
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represent the entire cottage wall.
Press Esc to deselect.
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Click the line tool, and draw a line
down.
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It looks like the dimension is 39 and a
half.
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I'll move it over five inches and draw it
up.
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Then I'll use the fillet tool, and I'll
set the radius to zero and click these
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two lines to join them together into a
corner.
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I will repeat that and join these two
lines together as well.
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Down here at the pocket door, it looks
like the opening is 27 and a quarter.
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I'll use Offset, and I'll type 27.25
Enter.
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Select this line and click on right side.
Then I'll click another line from here
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over 38 inches and then up.
Again, Offset five and offset these
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lines, and then fillet, F enter.
Click the two lines you want to join.
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Now, up here I need to draw an another
line to connect the dots and another line
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going across here some distance.
Now here is an example where the
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measurements looks like little of a
little bit.
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You see there is a mismatch here.
And this is typical of dimensions taken
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in the field.
What I need to do is make a decision
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about what I am going to trust.
I think this is probably too thick.
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So what I'm going to do is erase it.
Use Fillet to join these two lines precisely.
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Draw a line from here, over.
And then Fill It these two lines together.
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So I have eliminated that slight
mismatch.
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Now I'm just going to zoom out a bit, and
let's draw on this window opening.
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I'll draw a line from this corner up to
be perpendicular to the top line, and
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then I'll type M for move, Enter, L for
last object created, Enter, Enter again.
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Click a point, move to the left and type
4.25.
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Than Offset 22 and move this over like
that.
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This represents a window, and later on
I'll come in and draw things on different layers.
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Right now just focus on the wall layer.
Okay, down here, we have a counter that's
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49 inches from the wall, so the easiest
way to get that is to use the Offset
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command and offset this line over that
distance.
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We also see in the sketch that this
counter is 49 inches up from this wall.
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So, again, I'll use Offset, Enter, click,
click.
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And then, I can move this over,
horizontally and then fillet with two
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lines into a corner.
Now, right here it says 42 and a half
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from the counter to the wall.
So I'll offset, type 42.5 Enter and
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offset that over.
Hit Enter, Enter, and then type 5 Enter
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to set a different offset distance, and
then offset that line over.
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And then I'll use Fillet to fillet these
lines into corners.
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I'll use Stretch, and stretch these two
end points down.
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I don't know how far yet, but I'm just
going to go down some arbitrary distance.
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It looks like we have another window
opening here, and it is fifteen and a
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quarter from the top wall.
So I will offset 15.25.
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This line down.
And now I need to move that over.
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I'll just move it through the wall like
that.
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Then I'll use Trim.
I'll select these two objects as cutting
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edges, Enter.
And click here and here to trim away the line.
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Then I will offset 47 inches.
Move that down.
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And it's getting hard to see here, so I
think what I need to do now is clip the
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image, so I don't have the whole image on
the screen.
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To do that, go to the Insert tab, and
click Clip in the Reference panel.
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Select the image, and then press Enter to
accept the default option, which is New Boundary.
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And then press Enter again to use a
rectangular boundary.
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Then you need to draw a rectangle over
the image to represent where you're going
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to clip.
The whole image is still there, but I'm
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hiding the rest of it so that I can have
a little bit more room on the screen to work.
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I will move all of these objects that I
have drawn over here, and I'll turn off
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Ortho and move them above here so I can
see what I am doing a little bit better.
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Then I'll use Offset.
And I'll offset this line down 49 and 3 quarters.
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So I'll type in 49.75 Enter.
Offset that down.
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And again, Enter Enter.
Type 46.75 to represent this window
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opening down here.
And then offset again five inches to
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represent the thickness of the wall, and
then I am going to stretch these two
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lines over.
And I need to use Ortho to make sure I do
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that horizontally, and then I will fillet
these two sets of lines together to make
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a corner.
It looks like I also need a line from
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here to go perpendicular, to represent
that window.
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Let's draw in more of the counters in the
kitchen.
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Now, right here we have a dimension that
says 15, 5 and 3 quarters.
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I think that's the width of the counter,
offset 15.75 Enter.
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Click this wall, and offset to the left.
I will fillet with these two lines together.
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And then we also have a dimension 63 and
a half.
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I will offset, 63.5 Enter, and bring this
line down.
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Again I can fillet these two together, to
form a corner.
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The stove looks like it's about 30 inches
wide, so I will offset 30, Enter, and
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move this down.
And I will draw another line, here, down.
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It looks like 27 and a half.
And then we have a line that goes at a 45
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degree angle that's 15 inches long, so
for that, I need to turn on Polar and set
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my angle to 45 degrees.
Draw a line from here down, and I'll type
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in 15, and then I'll move over
horizontally and type 16.25 and then draw
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it down here perpendicular.
Now, I need to draw in another line here
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down to the perpendicular to the lower
line and then offset it by typing O Enter 46.5.
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Then I'll click this line and then click
on the left side.
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Press Enter Enter to end and restart the
offset command.
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Type 7.25 Enter and then offset this line
over.
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Again, Enter Enter, 27.5 Enter.
And then offset this line over.
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I'll use the Trim command.
Press Enter to select everything, and
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then do a crossing window to cut away
that door opening.
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So to summarize, you have seen how I am
using the line, offset, fillet, and
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stretch tools to lay out the walls on the
cottage floor plan.
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Don't worry if you are not as fast as I
am at drawing.
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That is to be expected.
Your drawing speed will increase as you
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gain more experience with AutoCAD.
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| Fitting together the pieces of the puzzle| 00:02 |
In this lesson, you will discover that
you are missing a needed dimension in
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this sketch.
This will necessitate drawing the rest of
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the floor plan from another angle.
This situation is typical of many
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measurements taken in the field.
It's a bit like fitting the pieces of a
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puzzle together.
Don't get stuck if you can't find a
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particular piece.
Improvise.
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So in this case, we have a dimension
right here that says 6 and 1 half inches,
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but that's going in the vertical
direction.
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We don't really know how far it is from
the door opening to the wall, so let's
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approach this plan from the other side.
Let's zoom out and move all these objects
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up out of the way.
Then go to the Insert tab, and click the
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Clip tool on the Reference panel.
Select the image and choose Delete.
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Now, we can see the whole image again.
Press Enter, select the image again.
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Make a new boundary, rectagular.
And then, select the image from this
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corner down to about here where we are at
the French doors.
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Now, I'll move the plan over so that we
can see the plan and the sketch on the
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screen at the same time.
Okay, I'll go back to the Home tab, and
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choose offset.
And let's enter a 45 and a quarter, and
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offset this window down.
And then, I don't know how wide this is
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here, but I do know the total width of
both windows together.
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So, let's use that value.
That's 96 and a quarter.
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I'll offset this down and then enter,
enter to end and repeat the Offset command.
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45 and a quarter, Enter.
Click this line and click it up, and now
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we have that distance.
I'll go ahead and draw in a couple of
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lines here and I'll draw them down, oops,
I'll say Undo and go down here like that,
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that's some arbitrary distance.
You can always trim or fill in lines
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later, when we have other dimensions
input.
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Now, it looks like I can draw a line
across here that measures 78 units across.
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This is upside down here in the sketch.
And I need to move that down 23 and 3
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quarter inches.
So, I will chose Move, select this Enter,
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click a point, move it down and type
23.75, Enter.
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Then I can use the Fill It tool to join
these two lines in to a corner, scroll
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down a bit, and then I need to draw a
rectangle that represents this post
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that's 6x8.
So, I'll use the Rectangle tool and I'll
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draw it over here off to the side.
I'll type in at 8,6, Enter.
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Then move the rectangle over from its
endpoint to match up with the endpoint of
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the wall.
Next, let's stretch this line down a bit.
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Let's assume that all the walls are 5
inches thick, so offset, 5 Enter, click
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this line down.
I need to trim that away.
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Trim, Enter, click right there, and then
I will draw another line down here.
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I don't know how far, then I am going to
offset this 67 and a quarter.
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So, I will type 0, Enter, 67.25, Enter,
then I will click this line and click on
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the right side.
Enter, Enter again to repeat offset with
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a value of five to represent the
thickness of that wall, Enter, Enter, and
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then 12 and a quarter to offset this line
down.
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Then I'll use Fill It to join these
together.
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Again, to join those together.
Again, to join these together.
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And then finally, up here, I think I'll
just use a Grip Edit to move this down
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perpendicular, and press Escape.
Zoom back out, and then we have an
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opening that's 30 and a quarter, offset
30.25.
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Draw a line by typing L+Enter, down, 25
inches.
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That will allow us to complete this area.
Can offset the wall 5 inches.
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And then fill it, these edges, together.
I'll click these two lines, press Enter,
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and click these two lines.
Now the door opening, it doesn't say how
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far it is from the wall, so I'm going to
assume that it's 5 inches away.
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I'll draw a line right here perpendicular
to the outer wall.
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Then move Enter, L+Enter to select the
last object I created, Enter again.
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Click and move it down 5 inches, and then
Offset 32 and 1 half.
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And then, click and click below, Trim,
Enter, crossing window select.
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And then, stretch this line over.
I'll zoom out, and I don't know how far
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it's going to go at least that far.
And then, we will draw another line down
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here, and then I will offset a distance
of 5 inches up and fill it, these two
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lines together to make a corner.
Actually, we have a couple of more things
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we can put in right here.
I'll draw in a line from here down.
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And then move last over 4 inches, and
then Offset 34.75 and offset this to the
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right, and then again 36.
Offset that over to represent the door.
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Now, I need to see more of the sketch, so
I'm going to zoom out, move all of the
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things that I've drawn up.
I'm going to place them right about here.
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And then, I'm going to go back to the
Insert tab and choose clip, select this,
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and then delete.
Again, select the image, make a new
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boundary, rectangular, and I'll select
this part that I want to retain.
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And I can zoom in, it looks like I need
to offset so I go back to the Home tab.
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Click Offset and type in 36 to offset
this line over to represent that second
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French door, and then again Enter, Enter.
31.5, Enter, and then it's hard to see
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the cursor because it's white on the
screen.
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Click and click on the right side.
It looks like the first step is 155
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inches from this wall, so I'll go ahead
and offset it.
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Offset 155, Enter.
Click this line, and then click on the
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right side.
So, now we have this stair located.
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We can then draw in this wall, it looks
like.
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So, let's go ahead and offset 9 and a
quarter from the stair to the left.
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And that's going to represent the edge of
this wall here.
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So, I'll draw a line up.
And it looks like it's 4 and 3 quarters
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of an inch thick, so 4.75 up.
And then, I'll just go ahead and erase
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this temporary line below the wall, and
draw a new line in right there.
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And it's going to go over 29 and 1 half
to the edge of this partial height wall.
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And then, this is going to go up some
distance.
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I don't know how far.
I'll just click an arbitrary point.
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And then, I'll go ahead and draw another
line here over, and I'll offset 5 inches
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this wall to the left.
And then fill it, these two lines together.
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Now, these two posts are on the same
beam.
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So obviously, they are horizontally on
the same line.
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So, I'm going to draw a line here right
across horizontally.
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And then, I'm going to go ahead and draw
a rectangle from some arbitrary point.
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And I'll type at 6,6.
So, I have a 6 inch square post.
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And then, I will move that up so that it
is on that line.
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Another thing I can tell from the sketch
is that the right end of the post seems
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to be flush with this wall.
So, if I extend the wall up to this line,
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then I'll have an intersection point
where I can place the post.
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Let's move that over, right there.
We also have a dimension from the lower
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edge of the post to the edge of the wall
here.
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Let's make sure that's correct.
I'll draw a line from this edge down,
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35.75 down.
And it's not correct.
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It looks like it goes to this side.
We have to move these objects up.
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And then, let's move them again.
Move previous to grab the same things
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that I moved just a moment ago.
And then, I'll grab them from this
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intersection point which I need to snap
to.
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And then, move them down to the endpoint
of the line.
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Now, the dimension is correct.
I'll extend the stair line up and then
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fill it, these lines together.
Actually that's not correct.
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Undo and erase this temporary line.
And fill it, these two lines together.
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There we go.
Now, we're almost there.
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We have to input the width of the stairs
which is 31 and 3 quarter inches.
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So, Offset 31.75, Enter.
Offset this line to the right.
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And then offset again 5 inches to
represent the thickness of the wall.
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Now, I think we have everything we need
to complete the puzzle as it were.
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I am going to type IM and right-click on
the cottage sketch and unload it temporarily.
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Then I'm going to go ahead and fill it,
these lines together.
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And again, these lines together.
Again, up here, I'll fill up these lines together.
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I will finally extend this line up to
meet the other line.
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And I would trim by holding down Shift
with the Extend tool, and get rid of that
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line that goes across the space.
Again, we need to trim away this line and
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raise this final little segment.
And I've completed all the lines for the
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cottage project.
I'll just move them up out of the way of
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the sketch.
And there you have it.
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By following my drawing process, you will
learn how one approaches challenges and
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solves them on the fly.
As you draw this plan yourself, see if
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you can find other ways to fit the plan
together Given the dimensions in the sketch
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| Completing the floor plan| 00:02 |
In this video you will complete the floor
plan according to the cottage sketch.
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This includes drawing doors, windows,
counters, stairs, fixtures, and appliances.
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Open the cottage four project file to
begin.
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Let's work on the doors first.
Open the Layers drop down and select door
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to make it a current layer.
And draw a line down here, at this point.
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I'm using Ortho to make sure that the
line is vertical.
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I'll type in thirty six, Enter, Enter, to
draw in that door.
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Next, open the Arc fly out and choose
Start Center End.
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Click the start, center, and end points,
to draw in the arc's swing.
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Then mirror the door, and its swing,
around this point.
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And take the default option not to erase
the source object.
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Then go ahead and draw another door over
here.
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And I'm not sure how wide this door is,
so I'm just going to draw the door from
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one end of the opening to the other, and
then I'll rotate the door from its hinge
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point down 90 degrees.
Then I'll draw another arc from the
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start, which is in this case, over here,
center, and end point.
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Remember arcs are created
counter-clockwise.
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Over here we have another door that we
need to draw.
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I'll draw a line from here, over.
And then again, rotate it from it's hinge
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point up.
It doesn't look like I quite got it.
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I'm going to move that over from it's end
point to the corner.
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And then, again, make an arc from the
start, to the center, to the end.
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And look, the line I drew is too long.
That's no matter, I can trim it off just
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as easily as having to redraw it.
Up here, we have a pocket door that we
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need here.
So I'm going to draw a line right across
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from here to here.
And again an another line from the
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midpoint over.
Now this is probably a bit large for a
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pocket door, so I'm going to move this
up, just a little bit, right about there,
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to represent the pocket door.
Then I will draw a rectangle across here.
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So now we have two lines and a rectangle
there.
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Well I want to get rid of everything but
the rectangle.
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So I'll say Erase, and I'll select all
three objects.
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And then I'll type R Enter to go to a
remove objects prompt, and then type L
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Enter to remove the last object that I
created, which in this case was the rectangle.
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Then press Enter Enter, and I got rid of
the two lines.
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Now, I can move this rectangle, from its
midpoint, to the midpoint of the door
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opening here.
And I could move this over to show that
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it was partially open.
And then I'll trim away this little
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segment in the middle to indicate that
it's a pocket door.
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Next, let's work on the counters.
I'll select these lines here and change
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them to the Counter layer by opening the
Layer drop-down and selecting Counter.
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Press Escape to go back to the current
layer.
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I need to switch this back to the corner
layer to make it current also.
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On the plan, I think we have a dimension
over here that we can use, 20 and a
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quarter inches for that counter.
I'll come over here and offset 20.25, and
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then I'll offset this line over.
And then draw another line from here, all
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the way to perpendicular to the wall.
Then fillet these lines together, change
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this line to the Counter laye,r and press
Escape.
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I'll set the Fixtures and Appliance layer
current.
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Zoom in.
Draw a rectangle here to represent the refrigerator.
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Perhaps I'll make that a little bit
longer, so it sticks out, and then
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deselect by pressing Escape.
Now, normally, the refrigerator wouldn't
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abut the counters perfectly, it would be
a little smaller than that.
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So I'm going to offset this half an inch
inward.
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And then I will erase the outer
rectangle.
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Oops, undo.
I think I got the wrong one.
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Undo, and erase again.
There we go.
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And again over here I am going to create
a stove in much the same way.
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I'll create a rectangle, and then offset
half an inch in, and then erase the outer one.
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And then select the object and pull it
forward a bit.
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Let's go over to the bathroom and draw
some of the fixtures in there.
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We have a tub that's 32 inches wide.
So let's just offset 32 and have this go
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over like that.
This line needs to be changed to the,
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Fixtures and Appliances layer.
I'll hit Escape.
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I'll draw another rectangle here, and
then I will offset it in a short distance
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to represent the tub.
I'm not sure how far that should be, so I
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will just click two points to represent
that distance.
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And then I'll click here and click inside
to offset it.
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Enter it to end the command.
Erase the outer rectangle.
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And then it would be nice if this was
curved.
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I'll use the Fillet command for that.
Set the Radius value, again, I don't know
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how far.
I'm just going to click two points to
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represent a short radius.
And then I'll use the Poly Line command,
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within the Fillet command, to put four
fillets on that rectangle.
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Okay, and I can also put in a drain up
here by drawing a circle.
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Right at the midpoint here, I'll just
zoom in and draw a little circle there
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and then I'll move it down vertically to
represent the drain.
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Over here, we have some other dimensions
to take care of, 31 and a half, and 37.
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Okay offset, 31 and a half, and again 37.
The counter appears to be 22 and a
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quarter in depth.
So I will offset 22 and a quarter, like that.
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I'll use the Trim command, press Enter,
and then select all these edges I don't want.
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I'll get rid of these two little edges by
selecting them with an enclosing window
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and pressing the Delete key.
Now over here, this should be on the
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Counter layer.
Select it, change to the Counter layer
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and press Escape.
We should draw a sink, and an ellipse is
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good for that.
I'll use the Access End option.
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I'll select these two midpoints and then
I'll click up here.
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That's a bit large perhaps.
I'll bring this in, and then Escape to deselect.
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Offset, click two points to determine the
distance, and then offset it inward, and
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then erase the outer ellipse.
The toilet is very simple.
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We can just copy the existing ellipse,
put it over here, rotate it 90 degrees,
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move it down.
And then we need to draw a rectangle to
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represent the tank.
And I'm just eye balling it, so if I
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wanted to be a little bit more accurate I
might move this ellipse from its endpoint
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to the midpoint of the tank.
And if I want to get really fancy, I
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could fill it with a small radius value,
using the Polyline option.
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And that will soften the tank a little
bit.
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I could also move this up just a little
bit so it's not on the bowl.
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Okay.
Now, we need to add some windows.
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I'll go to the Window layer and draw in
some lines across these midpoints.
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I'll also trim away these red lines that
are in the door opening and get rid of
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this little red segment here.
Over here it looks like we need a couple
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more lines to represent the windows.
I will do that here.
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And we're almost done.
I'll just zoom out here.
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I will leave it up to you to fill in any
remaining details.
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When you have completed this project,
congratulations are in order for
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completing your first floor plan.
I recommend that you go ahead make a
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sketch of your apartment, house, or
office.
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And with the help of a friend, take
measurements, and annotate the sketch.
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Then scan the sketch, sit down and bring
it into AutoCAD.
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Make an accurate drawing.
And this will really bring your drawing
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skills up to the next level.
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