Week 1 – Ways to Modernism

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Lecture slides

2014 – Ways to modernism.ppt (Image selection : Varun Thautam)

2015 – Ways to Modernsim.pdf (Image selection  : Prof. John Stuart)

Suggested Readings

Click here for the scans. The books /movies are available in the library / online.

1. Pallasmaa, J. (2005). The eyes of the skin: Architecture and the senses. Chichester: Wiley-Academy ; Chapter 1

2. Koren, L. (1994). Wabi-sabi for artists, designers, poets & philosophers. Berkeley, Calif: Stone Bridge Press. (whole book)

3. Tanizaki, J. (1977). In praise of shadows. New Haven, Conn: Leete’s Island Books. (whole book)

Optional Readings

Evans, I., & Smiley, L. (2002). The hand-sculpted house: A philosophical and practical guide to building a cob cottage. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub.; Chapter 1

Modern times [Motion picture]. (2003). MK2 Éditions

 

Required Activity

  1. Please give your response to the readings and movies here.
  2. You will be evaluated on..
    a. Understanding the Content
    b. Conceptualizing your Opinion
  3. This weeks readings contributes a total of 6 Marks towards the final grade.
  4. Check your calendar for the deadline. 

Late responses receive a 20% deduction per week.

AR1017 : CAD LEVEL 3 – Advanced Topics

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Class test: (6 marks)

PART 1. Test to understand missing concepts of week 1 and 2: here (you have one attempt, 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer the test) – 5 marks for the final grade

PART 2. Test yourself by drawing this

PART 3. Test yourself by drawing this – 6 marks for the final

Example file

Please download this file

Concepts covered for the week are as follows. You can click the topic to see a 15 minute video for instructions.

  1. Units in Autocad, defining a unit of measure
  2. Blocks creating and Inserting from Autocad design centre, autodesk seek.
  3. Working with Text, Mtext, Text styles, Annotative Text
  4. Working with Dimensions, dimension styles, Annotative dimensions
  5. Layouts, Viewports
  6. Making a Titleblock template
  7. Linetype and Linetype scale, Linetype Manager
  8. Layers and layer properties manager

Architects Practice- Draw and Print the following Toilets on a scale of 1:20. click here and here for the sketches

Engineers Practice – Draw and print any one of the following pages with Autocad using annotative dimensions and text. Print to mentioned Scale. Download the file here

The motive of the submission is to understand how to make a professional autocad drawing. You are to integrate all the above topics above into making your drawing. 

  1. Deadline for submission: 45 mins in class.
  2. Total Marks towards final = 4 Marks
  3. Rubrick:
    1. For every following mistake made 0.125 marks shall be deducted.
      • Inaccurate lines / dimensions
      • Incomplete text / dimensions
    2.  For every following mistake made 0.25 marks shall be deducted
      • No template
      • Drawings not placed on viewports
      • Complete lack of Dimension styles / text-styles
      • Complete lack of Linetypes
      • Complete lack of Layers

Submission procedure (Important!!)

Please follow the following steps.

  1. Save your CAD file as “Your first name-week number”.dwg.. example mine would be Varun-3.dwg
  2. Login to Dropbox (sketchpad.1963@gmail.com – modelspace)
  3. Upload your drawing inside your folder – Dropbox>Submissions>Axx00x0x>First Partial> upload your .dwg file

AR 1017 : CAD LEVEL 2 – Intermediate AutoCAD

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Concepts covered for the week are as follows. You can click the topic to see a 15 minute video for instructions.

  1. Drawing commands: Arc, Ellipse, Spline.
  2. Drawing commands: Rectangle and Polygon
  3. Drawing and modifying: Polyline, Explode and Join
  4. Drawing commands: XL and Ray
  5. Modifying commands: Move, Copy, Mirror
  6. Modifying commands: Array, Rotate, Stretch
  7. Modifying commands: Offset, Trim and Extend
  8. Chamfer and fillet
  9. Boundary
  10. Hatching Geometry: 1,2,3

Classwork

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Homework for CAD LEVEL 2 – Intermediate AutoCAD

You are expected to draft all the diagrams shown in the above exercise on AutoCAD.

  • Deadline for submission: Before the first class of week 3.
  • Total Marks towards final = 3 Marks
  • Rubrick: For every following mistake made 0.125 marks shall be deducted.
    • Inaccurate distance or angle
    • Inaccurate intersection

Class test – 30 minute time problem 1

Class test – 30 minute time problem 2

Submission procedure (Important!!)

Please follow the following steps.

  1. Save your CAD file as “Your first name-week number”.dwg.. example mine would be Varun-2.dwg
  2. Login to Dropbox (sketchpad.1963@gmail.com – modelspace)
  3. Go to Dropbox>Submissions
  4. Right click on folder A0000000 and copy to Dropbox>Submissions
  5. Rename the folder with your Matricula
  6. Inside your folder – Dropbox>Submissions>Axx00x0x>First Partial> upload your .dwg file

AR 1017 : CAD LEVEL 1 – Getting Started with AutoCAD – Part 1

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Concepts covered for the week are as follows. You can click the topic to see a 15 minute video for instructions.

  1. Interface and line commands:
  2. Cartesian co-ordiantes, User coordinate system and the cursor:
  3. Erasing Objects, Erasing using a Window and a Crossing Window.
  4. Drawing Lines with Polar Tracking, Absolute coordinates, Relative coordinates, Relative Polar coordinates, Dynamic Input.
  5. Working with command line options and the rectangle command.
  6. Drawing circles using the various methods that AutoCAD provides
  7. Viewing your drawing. Zoom realtime, pan, zoom extents, etc
  8. Snap to: Endpoint, Midpoint, Intersection, Perpendicular, Ortho.
  9. Center, Quadrant, Tangent, Osnap Settings, None, Osnap Tracking
  10. Moving Objects, Copying Objects

Practice Exercises for Week 1

You are expected to practice all the below exercises on AutoCAD, so that you will be ready for the class test at the beginning of week 2. Concentrate on speed and accuracy. Knowledge of most of the above concepts will be tested in class.

 

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Class Test – Week 1

  • Total time assigned: 20 Minutes
  • Total Marks towards final = 4 Marks (10/2.5 = 4)