The Cabin gave you a good introduction/review to ArchiCAD. Now the focus will be learning the concepts of Architectural Drafting. Due to the setup of this course you will get most of your information by reading and working through tutorials and presentations. The trick to truly understand the material is to look up things that are unclear and ask questions. You have an amazing amount of resources available to you to find out information.
The first thing we will cover is the Floor Plan. Many of you have seen floor plans before but I am sure you did not understand all you could about them. Go to Floor Plan PowerPoint
and download and go through the PowerPoint titled Floor Plan. When you have finished go back through and complete the assignment below in a word document to ensure you understand the necessary concepts. Save the file to you H: drive. You will receive a quiz on the information covered and your notes will help you do well. Be sure to include all the information listed below along with any info you think you may wish to remember.
Floor Plan Assignment:
- Define Floor Plan.
- What scale is a floor plan drawn to typically?
- How wide is an exterior 2X4 wall?
- An interior 2X6 wall?
- At what height do you need a railing?
- How far apart should the balusters be?
- What direction do interior doors usually swing?
- What is a pocket door?
- What is standard residential door height?
- What is a bifold door?
- What size is a double car garage door opening?
- What is the typical slope of a garage floor slab?
- How thick is a garage floor slab (typically)?
- What are 5 types of windows how do they work?
- How big is a 4 0 x 4 0 window?
- What is the purpose of a window schedule?
- What is the interior finish schedule?
- What is a hose bib and a gas bib and how are they drawn?
- How big is the room titling lettering?
- What are the 4 rows of dimensions?
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