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Access the Revit help file here

Revit Resources, template file

Revit Sample Files

Concepts covered

1. Interface
2. Use Default template
3. Learn to Link a Cad file
4. Learn to place grids and levels, 2
5. Learn to place Structural columns
6. Learn to sketch floors, 2
7. Walls
8. Dimensions
9. Model Lines and Detail lines
10. Sketching
11. Curtain Walls, mullions, Corner mullions, curtain wall doors
12. Roofs
13. Ceilings
14. Terrain, 2, 3

We shall be modelling Casa Farnsworth in full detail in 3 hours. You will download related cad Files here

Tiff files in imperial units

Fotos of the Visit – 2019

1.Download the start file here

2.Download the basic file here

3.Download the intermediate file here

4.Download the advanced file here

5. Download the LOD 200 Model here

6. Download the LOD 300 Model here

7. Download the LOD 400 + Documentation Set here

8. Download the Render set here

 

Homework

To complete the following elements of casa Farnsworth (6 points)

1. Levels
2. Grids
3. Structural columns
4. Floors
5. Roofs
6. All interior walls with right thicknesses
7. All beam systems
8. Curtain walls in full detail without doors
9. Terrain, trees and water
10. All movable furniture

Submission procedure

You are expected to bring your files to class and your instructor will view your files on your screen. Work is individual.

Classroom Modelling Excercise in Team

In teams of 4 we shall model parts of this building and combine to make the

Farnsworth House. Download files here

 

Second Partial

Second Partial will be similar to the first Partial with a two part exam.

See first partial exam preparation here

Topics Covered

1. Loft
2. Revolve
3. Sweep
4. Thicken and Shell
5. 3D array
6. Chamfer and Fillet
7. Solidedit and Faceediting
8. Section
9. Blend and Extend
10. Exporting to Sketchup / Revit

Class Excercises

 

Homework for Week 8

Model any 4 objects accurately

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>Second Partial> upload your .dwg file

 

Topics Covered

1. Workspaces, Viewports, Multiple viewports
2. Basic 3D Modelling with Autocad, Primitives
3. Working in 3 dimensions – UCS and moving UCS
4. Viewing 3-d objects – View options (spanish)
5. Basic models and boolean operations – Union, Subtract and Intersection
6. Modelling Objects – Extrude and Press pull
7. Slice

Excercises in class

Cad 3d Coordinate system

Missing and Hidden lines

Understanding 3D views

Homework Week 1

 

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-7.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>Second Partial> upload your .dwg file

In addition to the course booklet, this year, I have added a few more rules, here they go.

1. Develop a pdf that will contain 20 slides, 20 seconds each. The pdf itself will mainly be images / info graphics with little / no text.
2. It is highly recommended that you find a book in the library and read up on your architect. Online sources are shallow. Written critique is enriching. Name your sources on the last slide.
3. You have to present in English.
4. You cannot read from the screen.. so you will / can hand handheld notes for each slide, study cards are highly recommended.
5. You can email your presentation for comments beforehand for comments @ varun.thautam@gmail.com, it is highly recommended!!
6. Please post your presentations here in this folder

Your presentations will have to be uploaded before class.

Geoffery Bawa

1. Include his sketches, drawings.
2. Talk about integration of landscape, the land, water and environment in drawings… expression of design.

Books and interviews online:

1. A tribute to Geoffery Bawa
2. Landscapes  of Geoffery Bawa
3. Lectures at Frankfurt

Book from Amazon.com 

Practice Test

Before you attend your first partial test, you are to take this online test. At the end of the test you will send me your test results of your first attempt.

This test is a mock test of the part A of the first partial exam.

 

The Autodesk AUTOCAD CERTIFIED USER Exam

This exam is not mandatory, but is highly recommended!!. It carries value on your CV and certifies your skill to prospective employers. It is a prerequisite to higher level Certification exams on Autocad by Autodesk.

Check the syllabus of the AUTODESK CERTIFIED USER exam. The list of topics, that are required for the user exam are listed here.  Almost all the topics have already been covered in the previous classes week 1 to week 4. You should be ready by now. Else, there is another option.

Individual students who would like to take the exam and get certified by Autodesk, can contact me personally or through the whatsapp group. You will need an extra 2 hour class to revise all topics before taking the exam. This class can be scheduled at a convenient time at a later date.

To register yourself for the exam, please contact the person below.

 

 

 

Concepts covered for the week are as follows.

Do the objective type test here . – 3 marks

Download the files given here. Make changes to the drawing file based on the pdf file. – 3 marks

The PDF has some items marked red, that are wrongly presented. Please make changes in the drawing and place them on the layouts. Drawing is on A3. Units are in mm

Place the given drawings on 2 viewports paying attention to

1. change units to mm.
2. Layout with right page settings
3. Annotative dimensions and texts
4. Titleblock
5. Viewports
6. Placed at right scales

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Homework for CAD LEVEL 4 – Drawing a Presentation floor plan in Autocad