AutoCAD: Construction Drawings

Discover how to work with AutoCAD to create construction drawings that clearly communicate your design intent.

Introduction

• Construction drawings: The industry standard
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files
• The new AutoCAD 2022 interface

1. Why Construction Drawings?

• Communicating your design intent
• Typical construction drawings

2. Drawing Sizes in AutoCAD

• Metric drawing sizes: UK and Europe
• Imperial drawing sizes: USA
• Deciding on the appropriate drawing size
• The Page Setup Manager
• Using page setups to maintain drawing standards

3. Title Blocks and Attributes

• Developing a suitable title block
• Setting up the right layers on the title block
• Setting up attributes on the title block
• Saving the title block as an AutoCAD block
• Creating an appropriate page setup in Page Setup Manager
• Saving a title block as a drawing (DWG) or a template (DWT)

4. Setting Up Your Layers to Industry Standards

• Various industry standards for layers in AutoCAD
• Working with the Layer Properties Manager
• Setting layers to an optimum
• Setting up layers that should not be plotted
• The Defpoints layer when annotating

5. Working with Coordinate Systems

• Cartesian coordinates in AutoCAD
• The World Coordinate System (WCS)
• The User Coordinate System (UCS)
• Using the UCS origin
• Setting up a named UCS
• Modifying a viewport with a UCS
• Using preset views with the ViewCube

6. Creating Plans and Elevations

• Setting up your units and your limits
• Making sure the UCS is correct
• Using a named UCS where needed
• Developing a roof plan in the Model tab
• Developing elevations in the Model tab
• Setting up named views for easy navigation

7. Creating Sections

• Developing section markers in the Model tab
• Developing sections in the Model tab
• Setting up named views for easy navigation
• Using 3D section tools: A perfect excuse to get into 3D

8. Creating Detail Views

• Developing detail views in the Model tab
• Using multileaders and quick leaders as detail markers
• Adding detail markers to plans, elevations, and sections
• Tabulating details in an AutoCAD table
• Annotating details
• Using a 3D flatshot: Another excuse to get into 3D

9. Setting Up Viewports and Scales

• Checking the viewport's layer settings
• Drawing viewports in the Layout tab
• Setting up the views in the viewports
• Scaling the viewports with the scale list
• Using annotative scaling

10. Creating Standard Layouts

• Setting up sheet sizes and layout tabs
• Setting up Page Setups for your layouts
• Overriding Page Setups in your layouts

11. Setting Up for Printing and Publishing

• Printing individual layouts
• Publishing and batch plotting
• Printing out to a DWF file
• Using Autodesk Design Review
• Working with the Markup Set Manager
• Using the Shared Views palette
• Sharing designs to the AutoCAD web app

Conclusion

• Next steps