INTRODUCTION TO FLOOR PLANNING USING CAD

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I. DRAWING A DOOR
1. Assuming a 5 inch thick wall with a 36 inch opening that you need to add a door
to.

2. Draw a rectangle from the 'hinge point' to the middle of the other opening side.

3. Rotate the door 45 degrees. Some drawings might have doors rotated at 90
degrees.

4. Draw a circle from the 'hinge point' to the other side. This will be trimmed to an
arc soon.

5. Draw a line from the hinge point past the radius of the circle at 55 degrees.

6. Now you need to trim the arc down to what you need it to be.

7. Finally, erase the line you drew and you're left with a door that indicated the
swing as well.

BLOCKS
- are a single entity. This means that you can modify (move, copy, rotate) a
block by selecting only one object in it.
- If you need to change something, you can redefine a block. If you used a
block you can redefine the block and all of the objects related to this block
are updated automatically.
MAKING BLOCKS:
1. Draw the computer as shown below. You do not have do dimension it.

2. Start the BLOCK command by either typing B or using the pull down menu or
the icon. You will see a dialog box that looks like the one shown. Enter
information as needed.

3. Type the name of the object.

4. Pick the Pick Point button and then pick the midpoint of the bottom line. If
you don't select a base point, your block will default to 0,0,0 and you will
insert all your blocks at the same location - the origin.
5. Pick the Select Objects button and then select all the parts of your object
and press <ENTER>.
6. Pick the OK Button and the dialog box closes. It will look like nothing
happened, but the drawing file now has a "Block Definition" for a Computer in
it.
7. If the default radio button "Convert to block" was checked, move your mouse
over the objects and you will see that they all highlight - signifying that it is
now one object.

INSERTING BLOCK:
1. Now that you have created a block, it's time to insert it. Start the Insert
command by typing I <ENTER>. You will see this dialog box on the screen:

2. By default, all the options you need are pre-selected. Since you only have one
block in your drawing, its name is displayed.
3. Make sure that the Insertion Point - Specify On-screen box is checked,
and the Explode button is not checked. The Scale - Specify On-screen
should not be checked. Then press the OK button. Pick anywhere on your

screen and you will see the block appear. Notice how the block that you drew
on the white Zero Layer is now Red and on the Computer layer.

WRITING BLOCKS

The block will become a separate, external drawing file using the wblock command..
1. Type in wblock and the following window will appear. Instead of giving the block a name
like you did before, you give it a filename in a specific folder.

2. Make sure you put the block in a logical path and give it a good, descriptive name.
3. When you insert an external block, use the same Insert command that you did and use the
Browse button to navigate to the folder where you stored your block.

EXPLODING BLOCKS:
1. The explode command works on blocks, rectangles and other objects that are not the
basic lines, arcs, circles, etc.
2. If you have a block on your screen, type X <ENTER> to start the explode command.
3. Select the block that you want to explode and press <ENTER>.

REDEFINING BLOCKS:
1. Explode and modify the computer block by stretching the monitor portion at the top
down by 8".

2. Create a new block using the same COMPUTER name. After re-defining the block, you
will see this box pop up to warn that you are about to update the block definition:

3. Select Yes, and all your 'computer' blocks in the drawing will update to the new
definition.

SEATWORK:
The flooring of a cinema is designed to contain 3x4 star figures. The designer is not sure yet of
the exact dimension of the stars so changes may be done. Initially, each side of the star measures
5.