Designing Impressive Architectural Plans in AutoCAD
Throughout this training, we'll take the creative path of an architect and develop a set of design drawings from an initial hand sketch. Software required: AutoCAD 2014, Photoshop CS3.
What you'll learn
Throughout this training, we'll take the creative path of an architect and develop a set of design drawings from an initial hand sketch. This tutorial will not only teach you the essential technical skills of drawing architectural plans in AutoCAD and Photoshop, but also give you insight into the creative thinking process that goes into making strategic design decisions. By the end of the training, you will have gained advanced techniques that will boost your ability to create your own impressive design presentations. Software required: AutoCAD 2014, Photoshop CS3.
Table of contents
- Discussing Presentation Methods 6m
- Reviewing Presentation Examples 11m
- Setting up Our Initial Workspace 7m
- Importing Hand Sketches into AutoCAD 9m
- Importing and Refining Site Plans 11m
- Using Layers and Templates 12m
- Importing Plot Styles 5m
- Drawing the First Lines 9m
- Drawing Walls and Labeling Grids 11m
- Drawing Secondary Walls and Slab Edges 10m
- Creating Blocks for Repeated Objects 9m
- Spacing Columns and Window Frames 10m
- Editing Arrays 6m
- Drawing Sliding Doors 10m
- Editing the Lounge Design 12m
- Drawing a Spiral Staircase 11m
- Adding Text Labels, Floor Heights, and Dimensions 10m
- Adding Conventions to Stairs 12m
- Making Large Scale Changes to Plans 12m
- Adding a Room to Your Plans 9m
- Beginning to Draw the Upper Floor 12m
- Drawing the Master Suite 10m
- Finding and Importing Furniture Blocks 9m
- Drawing Kitchens and Bedrooms 10m
- Adding Trees, Plants, and Landscape 12m
- Showing What Is Above and Below 9m
- Setting up Sections and Elevations 9m
- Rotating the View in Plan Using Ucs 5m
- Drawing the First Lines in Section 10m
- Drawing the Upper Floor in Section 11m
- Finishing the Section 12m
- Speeding up the Drawing of New Elevations 8m
- Drawing a Section Line from a Contour Plan 11m
- Preparing Plans for Printing 9m
- Fine Tuning Printable Layouts 9m
- Plotting Files in Layers 3m
- Compositing the Plotted Cad Layers 6m
- Rendering the Walls and Floors 9m
- Adding Drop Shadows Around Furniture 3m
- Rendering the Landscape and Driveway 12m
- Rendering the Section and Elevation 10m
- Creating Title Blocks 11m
About the author
Micha Koren is a designer and 3D Artist. His family roots are in the Czech Republic even though he has lived most of his life in South Africa. He regularly travels between Europe and Singapore while managing international 3D visualization projects done with teams of artists in Asia. He completed his postgraduate degree in Architecture and has since been collaborating with architects in South Africa, France, Spain, and Singapore. Today his focus is on finding new ways of visualizing architecture ... more