Architectural Drafting Equipment 68
Pencils • Erasers • Erasing Shields • Paper •
Drawing Boards • T-Square • Triangles •
Protractors • Scales • How to Use a Scale •
Dividers • The Compass • Lettering Guides •
Irregular Curves • Case Instruments • Lettering
Devices • Technical Pens • Templates • Grids
Freehand Sketching 77
Sketching Technique • Sketching Horizontal
Lines • Sketching Vertical Lines • Sketching
Inclined Lines and Angles • Sketching Circles
and Arcs • Sketching Ellipses • Sketching
Irregular Curves • Proportion in Sketching
Computer-Aided Drafting and Design 81
CADD Hardware • CADD Software • Output
Devices
Lines Used In Architectural Drawing 83
Border Lines • Object Lines • Hidden Lines •
Centerlines • Extension Lines • Dimension
Lines • Long and Short Break Lines • Cutting-
Plane Lines • Section Lines • Guidelines •
Construction Lines • Line Type Application
Architectural Lettering 87
Some Notes On Developing a Style of Lettering •
Letter Spacing • Word Spacing • Letter Size
CADD Symbols Library 88
Internet Resources 89
Review Questions 89
Suggested Activities 90
Chapter 5
Introduction to Computer-Aided
Drafting and Design 91
What Is CADD? 91
Why Use CADD? 92
Productivity • Flexibility • Uniformity • Scale
Architectural CADD Applications 95
Schedule Automation • Renderings •
Animations
CADD Workstation 97
Computer Components • Storage Devices •
Display Types and Sizes • Input Devices •
Output Devices
Selecting a CADD Package 99
General Purpose CADD Packages • AEC CADD
Packages
Internet Resources 108
Review Questions 108
Suggested Activities 108
Chapter 6
CADD Commands and
Functions 109
Drawing Commands 110
Line • Double Line • Circle • Arc • Rectangle •
Polygon • Text • Hatch
Editing and Inquiry Commands 113
Erase • Undo • Move • Copy • Mirror • Rotate •
Scale • Fillet • Chamfer • Extend • Array •
List/Properties • Distance • Area
Display Control Commands 117
Zoom • Pan • View • Redraw/Regenerate
Dimensioning Commands 119
Drawing Aids 119
Grid • Snap • Ortho
Layers 121
Colors and Linetypes 122
Blocks and Attributes 122
3D Drawing and Viewing Commands 123
Isometric Drawing • 3D Modeling • 3D Views
3D Animation and Rendering Commands 125
Internet Resources 127
Review Questions 127
Suggested Activities 127
Chapter 7
Room Planning—Sleeping Area
and Bath Facilities 129
Areas of a Residence 129
Designing with CADD 130
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Section III
Room and
Space Planning