AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Getting Started with AutoCAD Architecture March 2007
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Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Using this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Opening the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Managing Your Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Getting Started 1 Welcome to AutoCAD® Architecture 2008! In this short tutorial, you learn how to use the features of AutoCAD Architecture to design and document a small office building. Working from a two-dimensional AutoCAD floor plan sketch, you quickly create a presentation plan, a floor plan layout, door and window schedules, a section, and a detail, all within a coordinated set of drawings.
Using this Guide To complete the tutorial in this guide, you must have AutoCAD Architecture installed on your system. As you progress through the tutorial exercises, you access tutorial drawings and other content from the default installation directories. If you cannot locate a file in the location that this guide suggests, it may be installed in a different location. Contact your CAD Manager for more information.
On this screen, you can choose the workspace that you use to begin your project. Each AutoCAD Architecture workspace includes the specific user interface components that you use in the appropriate phase of your project. For example, the Design workspace contains all the basic tools that you need to create building components in your design drawings. After you close this screen, a Workspaces toolbar, located under the drop-down menus at the top of the screen, lets you switch between workspaces.
The 4 tabs on the side of the Project Navigator let you create, access, and organize the drawings in the current project. 2 If it does not already display, click the Project tab. The Project tab reports information that has already been added to the project: the project name and number, and the levels and divisions that it contains. Levels are the floors of the building, and divisions are wings or horizontal segments of the building.
The Views tab organizes view drawings in which constructs and elements are referenced to provide specific views of a building. Views allow you to tell AutoCAD Architecture in architectural terms what types of drawings you want to assemble, such as first floor plans, second floor framing plans, or building sections. Views may contain any number of constructs, which in turn, may reference elements. After you create views, you can organize them on sheets.
Creating Spaces to Calculate Floor Plan Area In this exercise, you use the automated space planning tools in AutoCAD Architecture to calculate area on a preliminary floor plan. You use the linework in a 2D floor plan sketch created in AutoCAD to quickly generate 2D spaces complete with tags that report each room area. After you create the spaces, you place a room schedule that automatically reads the area information from the space tags, and reports it in the schedule table.
■ Under Assignments, for Level 1, select Division 1. This setting assigns the 01 Space Plan to the first floor (level) of the building, in division 1 of the building. By default, each building has a single division. Because this building does not have multiple wings or other horizontal segments, it contains only the single default division. ■ Click OK. Notice the open drawing has been renamed 01 Space Plan, and displays in the Constructs folder on the Project Navigator.
A tagged space is created. 7 Autogenerate the remaining spaces on the plan: ■ Right-click in the drawing, and click Generate all. Tagged spaces are created in the remaining rooms. ■ Press ESC to end the Space command. 8 Reposition 1 of the tags in the upper-left space: ■ Zoom to the 5 spaces in the upper-left corner of the floor plan. ■ If necessary, on the application status bar, click OSNAP to turn it off, as shown. ■ Select the tag that overlaps the 2 spaces on the lower-left.
A light blue Location grip displays on the tag. ■ Select and move the Location grip to reposition the tag centrally on the space. ■ Press ESC to hide the grip. 9 If necessary, reposition the tags in the other spaces on the plan. The space tags on the floor plan report that all the rooms are the same type of space. Next, learn how to use the different space tools to create space objects for other room types on the plan.
TIP Make sure you select the space and not the tag. ■ Press ENTER, and press ESC. The space tag now identifies each selected space as a corridor, and the space displays with a colored fill. ■ Use the other space tools on the Getting_Started tool palette that correspond to the names in the plan shown below to redefine the remaining spaces on the plan. When you finish, all spaces on the plan will display with colored fills.
IMPORTANT Press ESC after creating each space type to end the previous space command. 11 Create a preliminary room schedule that reports the name and area of each room: ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the Room Area Schedule tool. ■ On the command line, enter all, and press ENTER twice. ■ Move the cursor to the left of the floor plan until the bottom of the schedule table aligns with the bottom conference room wall, and click to place the upper-left corner of the schedule.
12 Modify the dimensions of a space on the plan, and observe changes in the schedule: ■ Select the large conference room on the right side of the space plan to display editing grips. ■ Press and hold SHIFT, and select the 2 round bottom conference room grips so they display as red. ■ Release SHIFT, and select and drag 1 of the red grips down to enlarge the room. The exact dimensions are not important, but ensure that the conference room is noticeably larger.
14 On the Standard toolbar, click (Undo) until the space is restored to its original dimensions. 15 Update the schedule again. 16 On the Standard toolbar, click (Save). Creating Color-Filled Presentation Plans In this exercise, you use a feature in AutoCAD Architecture called a display theme to rapidly create 2 different graphic reports of the spaces on the floor plan. When you create each report, the space data is read, and the spaces fill with color depending on the current report criteria.
2 Create a different theme that identifies the spaces by size: ■ On the Getting Started tool palette, click the Theme - Space Size tool. ■ Specify a point to the left of the room schedule to place the upper-left corner of the legend. ■ Press ENTER to place the legend. Notice that the legend associated with the 1st theme displays a line across it, signalling that it is out of date.
function like their real-world counterparts, you have complete control over your design as you define their dimensions and placement. 1 Open the AutoCAD drawing that contains a floor plan sketch: ■ Click File menu ➤ Open. ■ Navigate to C:\My Documents\Autodesk\My Projects\Getting_Started_I [Getting_Started_M]. ■ Select 01 Walls Layout.dwg, and click Open. A sketch similar to the one that you used to create the space plan displays.
■ On the command line, enter y (Yes), and press ENTER. The exterior linework is converted to walls that display editing grips. ■ Press ESC to hide the grips. The walls clean up automatically, and the software places them on the correct layer. Now that the exterior walls have been created, the height of the walls needs to be adjusted to accommodate the 10' [3300 mm] floor-to-floor heights in the building. Making this change is easy - just select the walls and change their properties.
■ Select the black linework that represents the interior partition walls, and press ENTER. ■ On the command line, enter y, and press ENTER. ■ On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Base height, enter 9' [3000 mm]. ■ For Justify, select Center. ■ Press ESC to hide the interior wall grips. The interior walls display on the floor plan and clean up automatically with the exterior walls. Now that the walls are complete, you can add doors and windows.
Because you selected Offset/Center for the Location property of the door, dynamic dimensions display the door as centered in the wall, or as offset an automatic distance from the end of the wall segment. ■ Move the cursor horizontally. By moving the cursor horizontally, you can change the swing side of the door. ■ When the door is centered in the wall, and the door swings into the interior of the corridor, click to place the door.
■ When the door is centered in the exterior corridor wall between the left and right interior corridor walls, click to place the door. 9 Add an exterior door to each stairway: ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the Hinged - Single - Exterior door tool. ■ On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Standard sizes, select 3'-0'' X 7'-0'' [900 mm X 2000 mm]. ■ Under Location, for Position along wall, select Offset/Center. ■ For Automatic offset, enter 10'' [200 mm].
10 Add interior doors: ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the Hinged - Single - Full Lite door tool. ■ On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Standard sizes, select 3'-0'' X 7'-0'' [900 mm X 2000 mm]. ■ Using a 6'' [150 mm] automatic offset and the center option, place the doors on the floor plan as shown: 11 Add exterior windows: ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the Window tool.
■ Place windows on the floor plan as shown, using a 6'' [150 mm] automatic offset and the center option. ■ When you finish placing the windows, press ESC to end the command. 12 Place a stair in the stairway in the upper-left corner of the floor plan: ■ Click Format menu ➤ Options. ■ On the AEC Object Settings tab, under Stair Settings, for Calculator Limits, select Relaxed, and click OK.
■ Press ESC to end the stair command, and select the stair to display its grips. ■ Select and move the square Location grip to adjust the position of the stair in the stairway. ■ Press ESC to hide the stair grips. 13 Use the same method, place another stair in the stairway in the upper-right portion of the building. Now that you have added walls, doors, and windows to the floor plan, apply different display configurations to the floor plan.
15 Add spaces to the floor plan: ■ Click Format menu ➤ Options. ■ On the AEC Setting tab, under Space Settings, verify that Automatically update associative spaces is selected, and click OK. ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the Reception space tool. ■ On the Properties palette, under General, for Style, verify that Reception is selected. ■ For Tag, select Aec7_Space_Tag [M_Aec7_Space_Tag]. ■ For Create type, select Generate. ■ For Associative, verify that Yes is selected.
In the next exercise, you make revisions to the floor plan and learn how you can quickly update these schedules, keeping your drawing information up to date across the project. 1 Create a view drawing in which to dimension the floor plan: ■ On the Project Navigator, click the Views tab. ■ Select the Views folder, right-click, and click New View Dwg ➤ General. ■ On the Add General View worksheet, click the Name field, enter 01 Plan, and click Next. ■ For Level 1, select Division 1, and click Next.
■ In the Edit Property Set Data dialog, click OK. 4 Verify that the door tags are numbered sequentially. If they are not, use the Renumber Data Tool on the Getting_Started tool palette to renumber the tags: ■ Click the Renumber Data Tool. ■ In the Data Renumber dialog, for Property Set, verify that DoorObjects is selected. ■ For Property, verify that Number is selected. ■ For Start Number and Increment, verify a value of 1.
■ Select the bottom window in the left exterior wall of the conference room on the lower-left corner of the plan, move the cursor slightly to the left of the wall, and click to place the tag. ■ In the Edit Property Set Data dialog, click OK. ■ On the command line, enter m, and tag the remaining windows. If necessary, adjust the position of some of the window tags so they are located on the outside of the walls.
Making Floor Plan Revisions In this exercise, you make several revisions to the 01 Floor plan. You take advantage of the many features of AutoCAD Architecture that make it easy to adjust any of the objects in your design. To edit the objects on your floor plan, you can change object properties, use object grips, or use dynamic dimensions. 1 On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator, double-click the 01 Floor construct.
■ Click the left arrow grip to flip the hinge side of the door. ■ Press ESC to hide the grips. Next, change the dimensions of the exterior wall of the conference room on the right side of the building to see how it affects the floor plan design. 5 Grip-edit the right exterior wall of the conference room on the right side of the building: ■ Select the right vertical exterior wall of the conference room. ■ Select and drag the square Location grip to move the wall to the right.
Notice that the dynamic dimensions display the changing dimension of the wall. ■ Click to place the wall, or enter a larger value in the dynamic dimension. The spaces are associative to the walls, so they update when you place the wall. The space tags also report the new area for the room affected by the change. 6 On the Standard toolbar, click (Undo) until the wall is restored to its original dimensions.
■ Drag the grip down until the dynamic dimensions display a width of 6' [1800 mm], and click to resize the window. ■ With the window still selected, on the Properties palette, for Height, enter 6' [1800 mm]. ■ Press ESC to hide the grips. 8 Change the size of the remaining windows: ■ Select one of the other windows on the floor plan, right-click, and click Select Similar. ■ On the Properties palette, for Standard sizes, select 6'-0'' X 6'-0'' [1800 mm X 1800 mm].
11 View the changes in the 01 Plan view. ■ Click Window menu ➤ 01 Plan. ■ At the lower right corner of the screen, click the blue link in the yellow bubble that displays to reload the changes that you made in the 01 Floor construct to the current view. Notice the windows are resized, but the windows that you placed in both stairways are not tagged or added to the schedule, and the windows sizes are not updated in the schedule.
■ Select 01 Floor (2), right-click, and click Rename. ■ Enter 02 Floor, and press ENTER to rename the construct. ■ Using the same method, rename the other copies 03 Floor and 04 Floor. 3 Place a callout in the 01 Plan view to define and generate a section view: ■ On Project Navigator, click the Views tab. ■ Under Views, double-click 01 Plan view. ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the Section Mark A2T tool. ■ If necessary, on the application status bar, click ORTHO to turn it on.
Notice the section view displays exterior doors on the second, third, and fourth floors, and a stair on the fourth floor. The exterior doors are only necessary on the first floor of the building, and the stairs to the roof are not needed. 5 Save and close the Building Section view. 6 Remove all exterior doors in the 02-04 Floor constructs: ■ On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator, double-click 02 Floor. ■ Select the 2 exterior stairway doors and the sliding door, and press DELETE.
After you draw the detail components, you create another view for the detail, and add reference keynotes to the detail in this view. You use a smart keynoting tool to select the component, draw a leader line, and the reference key and related note automatically display. The key and note are extracted from the property set data of the detail component. NOTE To complete the metric version of this exercise, you must have the UK metric content installed on your system.
■ Zoom in around the top of the first floor window on the right exterior wall. 3 Begin detailing by adding a course of bricks to the view: ■ On Getting_Started tool palette, click the Standard Brick - 3/8'' Jt [Standard Brick - 10mm] tool. ■ On the application status bar, verify that ORTHO and OSNAP are on, and an endpoint osnap is selected. ■ On the command line, enter c (Count) to insert a course of bricks. ■ Enter 10 to specify the number of bricks in the course, and press ENTER.
■ Press ESC. 5 Add a CMU course above the bond beam in the detail: ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the 6'' x 8'' x 8'' CMU [140 x 200 x 400mm Block] tool. ■ On the command line, enter c (Count) to insert a CMU course. ■ Enter 2 to specify the number of CMUs in the course, and press ENTER. ■ Select the upper-right endpoint of the bond beam, and click to place the lower right corner of the CMU course. ■ Move the cursor up, and click to place the course. ■ Press ESC.
■ Turn off OSNAP, move the cursor until the right side of window head aligns with the bottom right of the angle, and click to place it. ■ Press ESC. 8 Add hat channels to the detail: ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the 7/8'' Hat Channel [22mm Hat Channel] tool. ■ On the Properties palette, for View, select Elevation. ■ On the command line, enter near to, and select a point on the underside of the bond beam, perpendicular to the upper-left corner of the window head.
■ Select the lower-left endpoint of the wall board that you just placed, enter y (Y flip), press ENTER, move the cursor up, and select the top left endpoint of the vertical hat channel. ■ Press ESC. 10 Detach the section view that you referenced to create the detail. ■ On the drawing window status bar, click . ■ On the External References palette, under File References, click Building Section. ■ Right-click, and click Detach. ■ Close the External References palette.
■ Select a point above the detail components to specify the cut line extents. The detail is now properly framed and is ready to be annotated. 13 Add keynotes to the detail components: ■ On the Getting_Started tool palette, click the Keynote (Straight Leader) tool. ■ Select the top brick in the brick course as the component to keynote, and select any point on the brick. ■ Move the cursor to the right, and click to select the second point of the leader. ■ Press ENTER twice to place the keynote.
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