Digital Tutors - Designing Impressive Architectural Plans in AutoCAD

Duration 6h 41m Project Files Included

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.

1. Introduction and project overview

2. Discussing presentation methods

3. Reviewing presentation examples

4. Setting up our initial workspace

5. Importing hand sketches into AutoCAD

6. Importing and refining site plans

7. Using layers and templates

8. Importing Plot Styles

9. Drawing the first lines

10. Drawing walls and labeling grids

11. Drawing secondary walls and slab edges

12. Creating blocks for repeated objects

13. Spacing columns and window frames

14. Editing arrays

15. Drawing sliding doors

16. Editing the lounge design

17. Drawing a spiral staircase

18. Adding text labels, floor heights, and dimensions

19. Adding conventions to stairs

20. Making large scale changes to plans

21. Adding a room to your plans

22. Beginning to draw the upper floor

23. Drawing the master suite

24. Finding and importing furniture blocks

25. Drawing kitchens and bedrooms

26. Adding trees, plants, and landscape

27. Showing what is above and below

28. Setting up sections and elevations

29. Rotating the view in plan using UCS

30. Drawing the first lines in section

31. Drawing the upper floor in section

32. Finishing the section

33. Speeding up the drawing of new elevations

34. Drawing a section line from a contour plan

35. Preparing plans for printing

36. Fine tuning printable layouts

37. Plotting files in layers

38. Compositing the plotted CAD layers

39. Rendering the walls and floors

40. Adding drop shadows around furniture

41. Rendering the landscape and driveway

42. Rendering the section and elevation

43. Creating title blocks