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.

• Using template files from previous course
• Creating grid lines
• Using multi-lines for walls
• Drawing stairs
• Sheet set up
• Adding annotations
• Text, dimensions, window tags, door tags, wall tags.
• Creating elevations using the flower petal method
• Creating building sections
• Creating wall sections and details
• 3D modeling
• The Z axis
• Giving objects height
• Drawing on other surfaces using UCS command
• The extrude command
• That Boolean operations of subtract, Union, intersection
• Create a 3D Commercial building
• Other 3D modeling commands
• Revolve, sweep, Loft command
• The material browser
• Creating your own materials
• Applying materials
• Adding light sources
• Natural lighting versus artificial lighting
• Adding Camera views
• Final Rendering output