Exercise 3 – Detailing

LA 408/508 Intermediate CAD Workshop * Spring 2001 * Barwood

Last Updated on: 05/08/01 12:44 AM

Due at the beginning of class on May 15, 2001 in:

"Courses on Andromeda" K:\LA408-CADworkshop\Student Folder\Submitted Exercises\Exercise3\Ex3-YourInitials.dwg

Background

You and your design team have been working diligently on the community park project started earlier this term.  The time has come to construct a simple set of construction drawings for your project.

Using the site plan, floor plan and section you generated for previous assignments, develop a simple detail of an important part of your project.  One way of constructing digital section drawings is to isolate outline from detail information with layers.  By doing this, you can set up paper space viewports to display a drawing section at 1/8" = 1'0" and a construction detail at 1" = 1'-0", all from the same model.  To keep the building section view clean, freeze in the section viewport more detailed information that would plot as a "black smudge".  Then, in the detail viewport, thaw that information so that it displays correctly.  One model; lots of drawings.  I will demonstrate this method in class. Prepare paper space layouts as necessary to communicate your ideas to someone else.  That is, organize your drawings with site plan, floor plan, section and detail so they read as a whole.  Choose drawing scale that is most appropriate to your project.

Section Drawing from Exercise 2

Working from the simple section drawing I generated for exercise 2, I added detail information in model space and added dimensions and notes in papers space to generate the drawing below.

Sample of Possible Site Detail In the example above, the detail information, including hatch patterns were drawn in model space. A viewport was scaled appropriately in paper space.  The dimensions and annotations were drawn in paper space. (Color was added in PhotoShop)

Lineweight of Possible Site Detail

Be sure to assign lineweight in your drawings to enhance the legibility of the printed document.  Standard drafting conventions apply:  section lines are heavy, hatch patterns are light, etc.  Make it READ well.

A couple of suggestions:

The intent of this assignment is to explore high-quality printing with AutoCAD.  I recognize this is not a building technology class and do not expect you to invest large amounts of time in designing this detail.  Keep it simple and move on to printing technique. Do some test plotting to be SURE your printed drawing looks good.  Pay attention to font, lineweight, linetype scale, arrowhead sizes, etc. Give yourself time to experiment.  The chances of getting it right the first time are pretty small... Ask for help if you need it. I've shown the above drawings in color to enhance the intent.  I don't expect you to print in color.