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CHAPTER 1

Preface

Learning to use AutoCAD software is similar to

learning a new language. Sometimes when you say

something in a foreign language to somebody, youexactly know and understand it but maybe your

partner does not. The intention was clear but the

execution was not. It is the same with AutoCAD.

Although learning AutoCAD is not an easy style, you

will have fun learning this exciting technology, even

sometimes you will not understand why the program

does not run or freeze. Your intention was obvious

and clear, only command prompt was not correct, or

the approach was wrong. Please do not give up in

this situation! I promise you will sit back satisfied

drinking a good glass of cold beer!


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CHAPTER 2

Organizing WorkspaceBefore starting the exercises, pay attention of the organizing workspace like in the figure.


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CHAPTER 3

Starting Tutorial Project

In this work section planning

project of the sample building will

be created, starting data will be

filled in, and then the levels and the

divisions of the future building will

be defined.


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CHAPTER 4

Overview of Planned Building

South-West

Overview


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Entry Level Floor Plan

Floor Plan


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CHAPTER 5

Creating Drawings of Building Model


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CHAPTER 6

Creating Ground Floor Drawing


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CHAPTER 7

Creating and Shaping Ground Floor

Walls


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SECTION 1

Creating Ground Floor

External Walls

1. Press the top Close button and hide the

Project Navigator, and press Ctrl+3 to display the

Tool Palettesat the left side of the screen.

2. As earlier learned (Right-Click on the palette title

bar and select from the flyout) turn to the Design

palette group, and choose the Wallspalette.

3. Check in the drawing area if the column grid is on

the full screen; zoom in on itas much as the drawing

area size allows it. The simplest way is to click double

with the middle button of mouse (scroll) (Zoom

Extents).

At the same time check

if the OSNAP and the

ORTHO toggles are

turned on (if they are

active) in the status bar.

4. Check at the lower right corner of the drawing

area (on the label before the Cut Plane), if the Medium

Detail is active, if it is not click on display

configuration and turn on the Medium Detail in the

flyout.

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5. Left-Click on the Tool Palettesof the CMU-8wall

type to start creating such a wall type.

6. By observing parameters of being drawn walls are

displayed on the Properties palettedocked at the rightside and at the lower Command window (and by the

cursor), program prompts to specify the start point of

the first wall.

7. Before selecting the start point check on the

Properties palette that the Width parameter is

8 (fixed parameter), the Base heightparameter value

is 10-0, and the Justify parameter is set to

Baseline.

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8. If parameters are correct, draw the external walls

with the INTersection of the column grid. First draw

the walls of the Main Building, use as the start point A

and 1grid lines INTersection. To the wall end points

use the INTersection ofAand 2grid lines.

The last wall segment is made by the Close option,

which means program will automatically closes the

wholly drawn wall chain.

Use the novelty of AutoCAD 2013 options became

selectable in command window and click on the

Closeoption in command line.

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First Wall

Second Wall- INTersection of Eand 2grid lines.

Third Wall- INTersection of Eand 1grid lines.


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If it would not be successful to draw the four walls in

a whole, then restart to draw the wall command (e.g.:

by pressing ENTER), and from the last right end point

continue to draw the walls. In this case do not use the

Close option because the last wall segment will be

closed to the start of newly created wall chain.

9. In the following you draw the passage connecting

two divisions. Select one of the drawn walls, and then

select the Add Selected option from the Ribbon

Contextual Walltab.

This command allows placing completely the same

Properties element from which you started.

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Fourth Wall - (with Close)

The finished external walls.


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10. Specify the INTersection of Cand 2grid lines as

the start points and as end points the INTersection of

Cand 3grid lines.

Then finish wall drawing with Right-Click or by

pressing ENTER.

11. After drawing the wall the original selected wall

remains selected until selection is discarded with

ESC , so Right- Click and the Add Selected

command will be also there, and select it.

12. The start points of the new wall will be the

INTersection of Dand 3grid lines, the end points will

be the INTersection of D and 2 grid lines, and then

close the drawing wall by pressing ENTER.

Save the drawing with the Save icon.

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SECTION 2

Creating Internal Walls of

Main Building Entry Level

In the following internal walls of the Entry Level will

be created. Before it some settings are made.

1. First open the Options...panel by clicking on the

Customize icon on the title bar of the command

window.

2. On the displayed Options panel search for the

AEC ObjectSettingstab by stepping to the right, and

set on it the value of the Autosnap Radiusparameter

to 1-8.

Make sure that the Autosnap New Wa ll

Justification Lines and the Autosnap Grip Edited

Justification Linesare turned on.

3. Press OKto close the Option panel.

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4. Save the drawing with the Save command for

safety reason.

5. Start to add the Brick-4 Brick-4 type wall from

the Walls palette.

6. Before specifying the

start point check again on

the Properties palette if the

Widthparameter is 8 (fixed

value), the Base height

parameter value is 9-0, and

the Justify parameter is set

to Center.

7. As the start point by turned on OSNAP specify

the intersection of the external wall and Cgrid line as

shown in the figure.

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8. As the end point, specify the intersection of the

facing wall and Cgrid line, and then press ENTER.

9. The next step is to modify the wall that you make

a copy of the existing wall. Select the last inserted

wall, and start the Copy Style command from the

Contextual Wall tab of the Ribbon.

10. As a result the Wall Styles Properties panel

opens at once, the name of the style is completed by

a (2) number, and the new style is assigned to the

originally selected wall.

11. Click in the Name cell and type the new wall

style Brick-4. At the same time delete the content of

Descriptionand Keynotecells not to be confusing.

12. After renaming turn to the Components tab.

Then go to the line of the Brick Veneer (Structural)

signed 2, and then press the toggle of the Remove

Components on the panel.

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13. The name of the remained component correct to

Brick, value of the Width, and the Priority and the

Edge Offset and the Function column remain

invariably (4; 810; 0; Non-Structural), at the

Dimension column set the checkboxes as shown in

the figure.

14. After closing the panel with OK, discard the wallselection by pressing ESC.

There are two techniques for editing vertical internal

wall starting some distance from the existing wall.

One of the internal walls is specified by the

Construction Line, the other internal wall with the

OTRACK (Object Snap Tracking) technique.

Next edit the wall as shown

below, which bounds 3-6

wide stair from the right wall.Position its start point to the

right place by using the

OTRACK (Object Snap

Tracking) technique.

15. Make sure if the OSNAP and the OTRACK

toggles in the status bar are turned on.

16. Select the last placed wall and click on the Add

Selectedon the Ribbonto place the other walls with

the same Properties.

The command effect is the similar than you would

have started a new wall placing, so it asks to position it.

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17. Check the value of the Width is 4, the Base

height is 9-0, and the Justify is Center on the

Properties palette.

18. If everything is right, TOUCHthe internal corner

point of the external walls with the center of the

crosshair to see the square sign of the ENDpoint.

DO NOT CLICK the point, but pull gently the

crosshair horizontally on inside of the wall to display

the dashed line of the Object Snap Tracking, and a

small X sign by the cursor, and a prompt Endpoint

XXX < 180,00oshown in the figure. This indicates that

the Object Snap Tracking has started and got 180

direction. Then let the mouse go and type the desired

distance: 3-6and press ENTER.

19. As the start point of the wall AutoCAD specifies

the point horizontally 3-6 far, and you can drag the

wall up with center justification. But if you need 3-6

clearance, you have to change the wall justification,

not to be justified to the center. The wall justification

can be changed by pressing SHIFTbutton during the

current operation. Press it till the wall justification

changes to Right.

After it snap to the PERpendicular, specify the other

endpoints of the wall. Press ENTERto finish the wall

drawing.

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20. Press ESCto discard the selection of horizontal

wall and select the wall drawn just now and go to the

Home tab of the Ribbon and from the Modify panel

start the AutoCAD Copy command.

21. To command prompt specify the base point of

the copy on an empty area, and then move the

crosshair to the left and type the distance of copy

4-7 and 8-7and press ENTER to finish the copy.

(The thickness of the wall being copied should be

added to 4-3and 3-8-wall distances.)

22. As a result three parallel walls are shown.

23. Select the middle of the three

internal walls to display grips on it.

24. Left-Click in the triangular grip

of the top end of the wall, and now

with the red grip responsible for

lengthen, drag the end of the wall to

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the top, and type 2-2in displaying dimension input.

25. Drop down the Line command on the Ribbon

Home Tab and start the Construction Line command.

And then to program prompt

touch the inside of the left

external wall, watching that

vertically (blue or yellow)

construction line should be

displayed.

26. If construction line is seen, once Left-Click, and

drag the crosshair to the right. (The ORTHO(F8) mode

is turned on).

27. In the dimension input of the parallel offset of the

wall type the required value: 11-1.

28. To finish type press ENTER, and then press

ENTER twiceto exit the Construction line command.

The desired endless construction line has been

created.

29. Select again one of the internal walls, and use

the Add Selected command from the Ribbon.

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Check again on the Properties palette if the Width

parameter is 4, the Base heightparameter value is

9- 0, and the Justifyparameter is set to Center.

30. From the INTersection of the construction line

and the top external wall start to drag down the

internal wall, and notice that it is not positioned to the

desired side of the construction line. So the Center

justification is not the right mode now.

31. Without breaking the wall drawing, press the

SHIFT to set the Justifyto Left. It is also displaying by

the cursor and on the Properties palette, as well.

32. Type the length of the wall 2-0in the dimension

input, and then press ENTER.

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33. Then drag the crosshair

to the left and add the length

of the wall, which is 1-8.

Accept with ENTER, and

press one more ENTER to

finish the command.

34. Draw the same wall segments to the other side

of the space. Use one of the existing walls as a starter,

and then the Add Selected > Justify right > 2-0 top >

1-8 left.

If this wall segment has already created, feel free to

delete the construction line with eraser command.

35. According to one of the two learned methods

draw the remained 5 wall segments with the sizes

shown in the figure.

36. The following status

has to be shown on the

screen.

37. Save the drawing by

the Save command for

safety reason.

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CHAPTER 8

Inserting Internal Doors


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CHAPTER 9

Inserting Doors and Windows into

Elevation Wall

C 0


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CHAPTER 10

Creating Ground Floor Stair

C 11


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CHAPTER 11

Creating Construction Drawing of

Chimney

CHAPTER 12


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CHAPTER 12

Creating Entry Level Spaces

CHAPTER 13


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CHAPTER 13

Streching the Floor Line of Entry Level

Walls to the Top of the Floor Slab

CHAPTER 14


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CHAPTER 14

Creating Slab above the Entry Level

CHAPTER 15


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CHAPTER 15

Creating Roof

CHAPTER 16


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CHAPTER 16

Creating Upper Level

CHAPTER 17


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Back to the Entry Level

CHAPTER 18


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Creating Upper Level ConstructDrawing

CHAPTER 19


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Creating Garage

CHAPTER 20


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Integrating Outside Drawings intothe Project

CHAPTER 21


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Creating View Drawings forVisualization

CHAPTER 22


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Creating Section and Elevations

CHAPTER 23


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Building Model Correction forSection, Elevation

CHAPTER 24


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Reworking Some Building Elementsof Entry Level

CHAPTER 25


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Copying Styles Between DifferentDrawings

CHAPTER 26


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Reworking Visualization of BuildingModel

CHAPTER 27


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Creating Visualization Images

In the following you have to create the visualization image like in the figure.

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Finalizing Elevations, Section

CHAPTER 29


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Furnishing

CHAPTER 30


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Finishing Plans for Plotting

CHAPTER 31

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