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Creating Working Drawings for Your Construction Documents in AutoCAD

by Pierre Derenoncourt

In this set of tutorials I'll walk you through creating your first working drawing that you can attach to your construction documents. Software required: AutoCAD 2014.

What you'll learn

In this set of tutorials I'll walk you through creating your first working drawing that you can attach to your construction documents. We'll begin by creating the basic form of the section we want to detail. From there, we'll take an organized approach to drawing by setting and naming the layers of each element we plan to include in the drawing. We'll start with the exterior brick wall and work our way in towards the interior. We'll learn how to add hatching and line work that will make our drawing easy to read. From there, we'll learn how to detail a roof as well as some of the structural components that hold it together. Finally, we'll put some finishing touches on the drawing by adding text and leaders to label each element within our drawing. With these tools and tips, I'm confident you'll be able start putting together your working drawings with ease. Software required: AutoCAD 2014.

About the author

Pierre is a Pluralsight training pioneer. Since becoming the first CAD and BIM author at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company), Pierre has played a major role in building the training library. With a productive background in the CAD industry, working as everything from a drafter to project manager, Pierre has long had a passion for the creativity and hard work that goes into designing architectural projects. Pierre is proud to be able to share his mastery of Revit and AutoCAD with the P... more

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