ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS: AUTOCAD SKILLS

Introduction:

The attached sketches represent floor plan of office building with two floors. The specifications of the

building are shown below:

Walls: masonry brick walls with 20 cm thickness.

Roof Slab: reinforced concrete with 15 cm thickness.

Column size 20×40 cm

Door width: 90 cm

Ground floor level +0.3 m, first floor level + 3.6, roof floor level + 6.6

Students are required to draw Floor Plan/s (1:50), Building Section A-A (1:50), (1:50), North Elevation

(1:50), South Elevation (1:50) and West Elevation (1:50)

Notes:

Students should suggest any required information and dimensions that are not shown in the

sketches.

Students should use A3 sheet, for printing pdfs.

Objectives:

a. Learn how to do orthographic projections (plan – sections elevations) in AutoCAD.

b. Learn when and how to use different line qualities, weights, and plot styles in AutoCAD.

c. Lear how to do Annotation, Dimensions – Grid – section line – drawing labels in AutoCAD.

d. Learn to deliver the drawings in the required scale.

Submission Requirements

Each student is required to submit 2 files (CAD file and PDF file) before the due

date announced on the submission link on the BlackBoard, the files should include

all drawings