AutoCAD for design level 1 course provided the student with an introduction to the principles of using computer-assisted drafting and design (CADD) to produce architectural floor plans. The Level 2 course enhanced the student’s knowledge in order to produce drawings much more efficiently and effectively.

This Level 3 course will test the student’s knowledge obtained in Level 2 to create a drawing package of a proposed commercial building with minimal instruction. The second half of this course will then generate a 3D model of the proposed commercial building along with realistic colored renderings.

Advanced

Autocad Level 1&2 Course completed or complete knowledge of its syllabus

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Generate a typical working drawing package of a Commercial Building
• Generate various kinds of drawings such as plans, elevations, and sections.
• Generate a 3D model
• Generate photo realistic Renderings of the exterior of a building.

Module 1: Introduction to 3D modeling

• The 3d modeling ribbon
• The 3d viewcube / the navigation bar
• Visual styles
• Giving an object height and elevation in the z axis
• Drawing on different surfaces
• Exercise one –the 3d octagon

Module 2: The extrude and Boolean operations

• The extrude command
• Solid modelling rules
• Elevate before extruding
• 3d move gizmo
• Boolean commands
• Subtract
• Union
• Intersection
• Exercise 2- little house
• Exercise 3- mechanical part 1

Module 3: Other 3d modelling commands

• More 3d modelling exercises
• Press pull command
• Revolve command
• Sweep command
• Loft command

Module 4: 3D Modify Commands

• More 3d modelling exercises
• Edit commands for 3d solids
• 3d fillet
• 3d chamfer
• 3d move
• 3d rotate
• 3d mirror
• 3d align

Module 5: Creating Sections drawings

• Creating solid primitives
• Creating cross sections/ slice
• Flat shot command
• Shell command
• Helix command

Module 6: Materials

• Isolating objects/ layers
• Introduction to materials
• Autodesk library
• Applying material to objects
• Applying material to faces
• Simple paint colour material
• Metal material
• Wood material
• Custom made material
• Imprint command
• Adding a camera

Module 7: Adding lights/ camera/ Rendering setup

• Adding a point light
• Adding a spotlight
• Adding sun light
• Lights in model
• Adding a background
• Shadows
• Outputting a rendered image
• Determining proper resolution (output size)
• Advanced render settings

Module 8/9/10: Final project

• Commercial building Project

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