Exercise 121

Introduction

In today’s exercise, you will work to draw a floor plan and elevations for your cabin (Assignment 105). You should refer to the Assignment 105 handout for design guidelines (size, etc.)

Part I: Site Evaluation

• Download site information (Google Earth File) and explore the site. This should help inform your design.
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Part 2: Plan

• Draw a plan in the same manner as indicated in Exercise 120. North in your plan should be straight up.
• You should draw all windows and doors (minimum) and should include built in interior information (kitchens, bathrooms, etc.).
• You will work with this plan in Exercise 121, 122, & 123, so make sure to save the AutoCAD .dwg file.

Part 3: Turning in your work

• Use the Plot command to make a .jpg file of your work (Publish to Web JPG.pc3 is the Printer/plotter name) (AutoCAD 9.6 [publish to web JPG]).
• Select Window from the “What to Plot” drop down menu and draw a box around your floor plan and elevation(s).  You do not need to set a scale for this plot.  Click “Ok” and save your work.
• Post this image to the course website by the end of class today.
• You should comment on other students' work for this exercise.

Additional Commands for Exploration:

• Fillet, Chamfer, Extend, Mirror, Rotate.
• bHatch (creates a fill pattern for specified regions of a drawing)
• Block import (go to http://www.firstinarchitecture.co.uk/category/cad-blocks-2/ (orsimilarsite) and download objects, then insert into your drawing)

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