AutoCAD Tutorial : Drawing a Floor Plan (Basic) Part 1

In this AutoCAD Tutorial, the first step to be done for drawing a floor plan is to draw the ace lines. These ace lines are very important because every measurement of the built building is based on them. The steps to draw a basic floor plan are:

AutoCAD Tutorial : Drawing a Floor Plan (Basic) Part 1. The steps :

1. Create ace lines using Pline command. By using Pline, multiple lines can be created continuously. The advantage of using Pline is when the lines are offset-ed, all lines will be selected (see related AutoCAD Tutorial video).

2. Establishing the width of the wall using Offset command. Principally, we create similar lines at the right and the left side of the ace lines. If we want to establish the wall as 15 cm thick, then the ace lines will be offset-ed as far as 7,5 cm to the right and left. The steps : click Offset, ty the offset distance (e.g. 7.5), enter, choose the ace line, click on the right side of it, click the ace line once more, click on the left side, enter (see related AutoCAD Tutorial video).

3. Creating columns using Rectangle command. The Steps: click Rectangle, click a corner of the wall, click the opposite corner (see related AutoCAD Tutorial video).

4. Creating the door using Pline command. Basically it is similar with the steps on no.1 previously. For the application, please see the related AutoCAD Tutorial video.

5. Naming the rooms using Multiline Text command. Principally, pay attention to the size of the text. Adjust it with the scale of the drawing. For how to do it, please see the related AutoCAD Tutorial video.

For now you are able to draw a floor plan. In order to shorten the video, the hatching and dimensioning of the drawing will be shown in the other video (AutoCAD Tutorial : Drawing a Floor Plan (Basic) Part 2). 

Related video : AutoCAD Tutorial : Drawing a Floor Plan (Basic) Part 1

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