Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Start by creating a new file for the first floor:
1.
Create a new file named Plan to contain the drawing of the apartment building's first
floor. This is the file you'll use to assemble the unit plans into an apartment building.
If you want to use a template file, use acad.dwt. Metric users can use the acadiso.dwt
template file. (These are AutoCAD template files that appear in the Select Template
dialog box when you choose File
New from the menu bar.)
2.
Set the Units style to Architectural (choose Format
Units from the menu bar). Metric
users can leave the unit style as decimal but change the Insertion scale to centimeters.
3.
Set up the drawing for a 1⁄8˝ = 1´-0˝ scale on a 24˝-
×
-18˝ drawing area (you can use the
Limits command for this). Such a drawing requires an area 2,304 units wide by 1,728
units deep. Metric users should set up a drawing at 1:100 scale on an A2 sheet size. Your
drawing area should be 5940 cm
×
4200 cm.
4.
Create a layer called Plan1, and make it the current layer.
5.
Right-click the Snap Mode button in the status bar and select Settings.
6.
Set Snap Spacing to 1.
7.
Choose View
Zoom
All from the menu bar or type
Z
↵
A
↵ to get an overall view of
the drawing area.
Now you're ready to start building a floor plan of the first floor from the unit plan you cre-
ated in the previous chapter. You'll start by creating a mirrored copy of the apartment plan:
1.
Make sure the Object Snap button is turned off, and then insert the 07a-unit.dwg drawing
(which is available on the topic's companion website, www.sybex.com/go/mastering
autocadmac) at coordinate 31´-5˝,43´-8˝. Metric users should insert the 07a-unit-metric.dwg
drawing at coordinate 957,1330. Accept the Insert defaults. 07a-unit and 07a-unit-metric
are the same drawings as the Unit.dwg file you were asked to create in earlier chapters.
If you prefer, you can specify the insertion point in the Insert Block dialog box by remov-
ing the check mark from the Specify On-Screen check box. The Input options in the dia-
log box then become available to receive your input.
2.
Zoom in to the apartment unit plan.
3.
Click Mirror on the Tool Sets palette, select the unit plan, and press ↵.
4.
At the Specify first point of the mirror line: prompt, right-click the mouse, and
choose Snap Overrides
From from the shortcut menu.
5.
Right-click again, and choose Snap Overrides
Endpoint from the shortcut menu.
6.
Select the endpoint of the upper-right corner of the apartment unit, as shown in Figure 7.1.
7.
Enter
@2.5<0
↵. Metric users should enter
@6.5<0
↵. A rubber-banding line appears, indi-
cating the mirror axis.
8.
Turn on the Ortho Mode button and select any point to point the mirror axis in a vertical
orientation. You can also hold down the A key as you make your point selection to tem-
porarily turn on the Ortho mode.
