14 WEEK OUTLINE
Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
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Week | Outline of Topics | Classroom Activities & Reading Assignment | Tests/Exercises/Assignments | |
Applications | CAD | |||
1 |
Link to Web distrib |
Customization: Linetypes |
Review of Layering Standards Review of Colour Standards Exercise 1 (siteplan and floorplan) Creating Linetypes |
Hand out Task 1 |
2 |
Link to Web distrib |
Projection Techniques Review of Grips Scaling and Plotting |
Exercise 1 - Week 2 second class: Submit TWO drawings - siteplan and floorplan. |
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3 | Photoshop Editing and Painting |
Symbol Libraries Using Designcenter Titleblocks Dimension Styles |
Exercise 4 (Design Drawing titleblock) Plotting full size and reduced size (checkplots) Exercise 5 (Design Drawing dimensioning) |
Exercise 2 - Week 3 second class: Submit ONE drawing with the projected five elevations. Hand out Task 2 |
4 | Photoshop: Importing AutoCAD graphics Photoshop: Saving as GIF, JPEG or BMP |
Layout Tabs Drawing Assembly Layouts Importing Raster Images |
Exercise 3 (In-class Photoshop Elevation) Review Layout and Paperspace/Modelspace topics in the AutoCAD help file. Exercise 8 (raster images in AutoCAD) |
Task 1: (Second class) Submit CAD drawing file and hardcopy plot of floorplans with the design drawing titleblock Hand out Task 3 Hand out Task 4 |
5 | Photoshop Editing and Painting | Working drawing conventions and techniques |
Task 2: Submit CAD drawing file and hardcopy plot Exercise 8: Submit compressed folder with files |
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6 | Microsoft Word: Tables Photoshop Editing and Painting |
Hatching, Text and Text styles |
Preview: Midterm Exam Exercise 7: Word exercise Addendum to Task 4 - first class Sample of Task 4 |
Task 3 - part 1: Submit drawing plot of Architectural Project for approval of elevation |
7 | Photoshop Editing and Painting |
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READING WEEK |
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8 | Introduction to the Commercial Project - the Collins Warehouse Assigning Teams - establishing a team identity Copy and Paste - Linked vs. Embedded objects Exercise 8 (raster images in AutoCAD) Link to Web distrib |
Creating a team logo External References (images) |
Midterm Exam (AutoCAD) (first class) AutoCAD Help file: Xrefs, Xref paths, the Xref manager. |
FIND A TEAM MATE! Create a Logo and come up with a company name. |
9 | Link to Web distrib |
External References (CAD drawings) Introduction to attributes (videos) |
Attribute exercise - classroom inventory drawing AutoCAD Help file: Xrefs, Xref paths, the Xref manager. |
Task 4: (first class) Submit CAD drawing file and hardcopy plot Task 3: (Second Class) Submit PSD file of painted elevation from studio class Exercise 3 : (Second Class) Submit PSD file of painted given elevation Exercise 8: (Second Class) Submit compressed folder with files Hand out Task 5 |
10 | Link to Web distrib |
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Collins warehouse - Building systems Exercise 9: Team Working drawing Titleblock (metric) |
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11 | Microsoft Word - Tables and Text Boxes | Word Exercise 10 - Transmittal form Structural steel terms |
Task 5: (Second Class) Submit CAD drawing file and hardcopy plots of floorplans, with Transmittal form Hand out Task 7 |
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12 | Drawing structural steel in commercial floorplans |
Structural Steel Roofs
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13 | Microsoft Excel: Quantity Take-offs | Attribute Extraction Schedules in AutoCAD |
Collins Warehouse - demonstration of Exercise 12 - Structural Steel quantity take-off exercise Please note: For the real exercise 12, each student will be supplied with a grid drawing and a steel roof plan drawing from another project. |
Task 7: (Second class) : - Both members: Submit your CAD files for Office and Warehouse roof steel. - Member A: send your files for the Office to member B. - Member B: Report to the Instructor is you do not get the files. |
14 | Extracted Data in Excel | Please note: For the real exercise 12, each student will be supplied with a grid drawing and a steel roof plan drawing from another project. | Note: For classes P01, P02 and P03 (Ad1, AD2 and AD3) the deadline for Task 7 and exercise 12 is the start of the second class in week 14. Task 7 (Floor Steel Assignment): Submit all CAD files for Task 7 in a ZIP file!. Exercise 12: Submit the Quantity Take-off in Excel in a ZIP file with the CAD drawings, the and extraction data template.... |