This week, the class was introduced to Case studies as a way of us to develop our research and source inspiration. I am yet to choose which case study I am going to research from the three; Barcelona Pavillion, Eames House and Kimbell Art House.

 

Today our drawing on CAD was developed on from last weeks session. Using shortcuts was a large part of the process to quickly draw lines, shapes, add length or adding an angle. The following was covered in this session –

DRAWING ON CAD – 

  • Double tap mouse to find drawing.
  • Ctrl A selects all shapes and lines
  • Line – enter L then enter 1000<30 to make a line at 30 degrees of 1000 mm
  • Rectangle size
  • Line angles
  • Mid points
  • Tracking
  • Polyline selects a single piece – can then perform other functions – offset when you make walls.
  • Using rotate, copy and moving a shape or line. 
  • Mirror
  • Use the grip tool to scale objects – make larger, smaller, wider, stretched etc.
  • Stretch tool – easy to use – s in enter and then drag the side you want to stretch.
  • Trim command – can trim lines that are intersected in a shape.
  • Extend tool extends the line if cut off and meets the nearest line. 

Below I have attached some screenshots of my work from today’s class.

Using the polyline tool to draw a continuous, connected line. Then offsetting this to create a parallel replica/ a wall

Using the tracking tools to find the midpoint of a line or shape, to help draw accurately

Using arcs to create decorative shapes. Using shortcuts such as a =arc, l=line, ex=extend, tr=trim, o=offset.

Week 2 – Case Studies and Drawing Accurately / Emily Criddle / Computer-Aided Design (2020-2021)[SEM1] by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0