In the 4th lesson we should draw the plan from the 3rd exercise planning and design methods by using AutoCAD. The hand drawing from P + E, we should also scan and the planned layout with installing and then a brief comparison between the two types of plan making AutoCAD - Drawing write.
Getting started with AutoCAD is especially difficult because it is not designed as intuitive, there are many different tools, which can often make even found in the property settings, before it finally comes to the desired result.
design The design of the plan is still to be very easy because you can simply select the polyline, a start point sets, then the angle stops (frequently used angles are displayed and there engaged the line also more easily) and then only the desired Enter the length of the newly constructed line has. By pressing the "Enter" key, this line is then set.
Before constructing I set the scale to 1:500 and was then worked with the meter stick, since I would later have these dimensions in the dimension and not the direct centimeters, which I had measured from the template.
went Constructing, after a bit of practice, rather quickly. In a circular structure, I only had to support the needed tool then select and enter the radius of the desired size. For the forest located in the vicinity of the area, I used the revision cloud. To move my trees and bushes ahead (the move tool engages the center always on), I have a square so constructed that pulled the two diagonals and then use the circle nicely centered can. Also, to the houses, garages, terraces, ... align it was easier after I've learned the polylines guides to the site (always starting from a corner) I then deleted the guides again. In this way, moving and aligning went much faster and everything could be represented equally well: When Move Tool you must first select the object to move, then click the tool and then the point at which you want to move to attack, by Click Select. You get guide appears to be shifted and the new point is also a little orange square appears when you have taken, for example, just the corner of a property.
Then it went to color the different areas: For the dyeing must be on the "hatching" button (hatching, however, was not initially present in the tool bar so I right click and select "Customize this tool, first had to add) and there first "solid" Select the type of filling. Then I looked in the box below and chose a color still with the properties set in the background "so that later I still Construction lines could see. Next, I clicked on "add points" and pressed the "Enter" key. So I came back to my plan and then chose the desired surfaces, which should be colored in that color. After that I only had one choice by pressing "Enter" to confirm and came back into the hatch window. There I had to do was "OK" button to set the colored areas. I dyed the wood with a course that I had to do with the hatch window switch on top of "graduation" and has to choose the right angle to the direction of the gradient. The rest was just like the normal coloring. However, since one only closed surfaces can color I had to remove the rear lines of the "connector" tool. For this you choose the line from behind which everything is to be trimmed, click then on the tool and then clicks on the lines that are located behind the guides. Then you only have to press "Enter" and the lines are removed. What remains are only the guides that you can easily select and delete can remove it quite normal with.
After I dyed all areas, I had to lay out the plan yet. This function is solved fairly complicated AutoCAD. After changing the first "Model" window into the "Layout" window. There If you then click on File and Page Setup Manager. In this window you can then adjust the paper size and that access in this case, required portrait. Then you have to click on View and then view window. Then you can view this window by using the (A2) put side and has thus created a new workspace by the comp plan can be created. Then I inserted the plan from the model window in the layout window. In this case, however, was lost the font that I had previously been inserted in the model window, because I had not expected that the writing is lost when you copy and paste. So I've added the complete text again. This I've always drawn with the polyline guides, so I was able to document exactly at the edges of the maps and align with each other. The guides I've cleared out again at the end. In this way I have the title block, legend, map titles, scale, north arrow and the edit box created. The dimensions I have created within this window. This one simply selects the tool for the linear dimension and click on a start and end point. Then the program automatically records the length and it is the extension lines and dimension line just put a piece away from the object.
Since the plan had to be plotted even then, he had somehow be converted into pdf format. This one goes in AutoCAD to File -> Plot and select there the preview. It remained the first line of the view window visible. Therefore, I am again moved back from the preview in the Layout view and have added the outlines of the view window in the layers of the Defpoints because they are not printed.
Then I'm gone again in the preview and you were the lines of the view window out of sight. So I finally was able to convert the plan into pdf format. This one goes in the "Plot" window with printer / plotter to "dwg to pdf," and now you can save the plan as a pdf.
As a picture of the plan also Loading still here in the blog, I had had to create even a jpg file. AutoCAD for me was too cumbersome. So I have my pdf file just loaded into Photoshop and then saved as a jpg.
The finished plan:
benefits of AutoCAD over a drawing:
A major advantage of AutoCAD over a drawing, the exact extent to which one works can . Also, the coloring is nice and smooth. If one has once worked well and is well versed with AutoCAD, such a successful A plan probably pretty quickly.
disadvantages of AutoCAD over a drawing:
When an AutoCAD drawing is to rely again on the technology. Because my work could have easily fail because my PC broke down just in the middle of the processing time for this exercise. :-( A hand drawing I have since create still can.
The period required for AutoCAD is also pretty great, because you make a lot of settings in the depths of the program, and you have to be incorporated initially into the program. The layout window hold I for one rather confusing and poorly solution chosen for the plan layout. This function should be designed lighter and easier comprehensible way.
