Creating 3D Isometric view of various structural elements in AutoCAD

Aim: To draw the 3D Isometric View of the building as shown in the figure

Introduction: 

 A plan view of wall of two elevation views of windows on both sides are given and they are to be converted into a 3D model. 2 window openings on both sides are given with details regarding the frame dimensions, mullion dimensions and handle height. The thickness of bottom floor and top roof are also given as 4” and 6” respectively. The height of floor is given as 10’. Height of window from the floor is 3’.

Procedure:

Open AutoCAD

In Startup settings start from scratch select Imperial (Feet and Inches)

Open grid and snap settings,

• Change snap and grid spacing to 1’
• Change major line every grid line to 10
• Turnoff adaptive grid.

Type ‘un’ in command box and press enter

Change units’ type to decimal and precision to 1’1/16” and insertion scale to inches.

Change the workspace setting of AutoCAD from ‘drafting and annotation’ to ‘3D Modeling’.

Step 1: Creating Layers

Open Layer properties and create new layers by clicking on new layer or right click on any layer and select new layer to create new layer.

Step 2: Creating Layers

Change the current layer to 3D_Wall

• Create a rectangle of dimensions 10’9”X10’9” at any point on the screen.
• Offset the rectangle to inside to distance of 9” as wall thickness.
• Delete the left and bottom lines and extend them to the edges.

• Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Frame.

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  •  Step 3: Creating 3D View

    Change the view to 3d by clicking on home button of view cube.

    Set UCS as world

• • Create the boundaries for the walls using ‘BO’ command.
  • Extrude the boundaries created to total height of 10’10”
  • Select all the wall and use group command to group then together.
  Draw the window with dimensions 3'2" at top and 3' on right side.
• Draw rectangles at both windows and change them to boundaries using boundary command.
• Extrude both rectangles drawn to height of 3’4” as shown in the figure.
• Draw rectangles at top of both window openings and change them to boundaries using boundary command.

• Type UCS and click on face and select the face having 3’ wide window

  • Draw a rectangle from bottom part of window with dimensions @3’,4’

  Type UCS and click on face and select the face having 3’2” wide window

  • Draw a rectangle from bottom part of window with dimensions @3’2”,4’

  Change the ucs back to world

  • Extrude the rectangle drawn at top side to top edge of window
  • Group all the wall components together.

     Step 4: Creating Elevation Windows

    Window at Elevation A

    Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Frame

    Type UCS and click on face and select the face having 3’ wide window

    • Draw a rectangle of dimension @3’,4’
    • Offset the rectangle to inside to distnce of 3”
    • Offset the offset rectangle to inside to distnce of 4”

    Start the boundary command and click on pick points

    • Click inside the window frame area and press enter

    Start SUBTRACT command

    • Select the bigger region and then select the smaller regions to subtarct them

    Follow the same procedure for all the three boxes

Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Mulion

Start the boundary command and click on pick points

• Click inside the window Mulion area and press enter

Start SUBTRACT command

• Select the bigger region and then select the smaller glass region to subtarct

Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Glass

Start the boundary command and click on pick points

• Click inside the window glass area and press enter

Window at Elevation B

Type UCS and click on face and select the face having 3’2" wide window

• Draw a rectangle of dimension @3’2",4’
• Offset the rectangle to inside to distnce of 3”
• Offset the offset rectangle to inside to distnce of 4”

Change the layer for all the boxes respectively

Start the boundary command and click on pick points

• Click inside the window frame area and press enter

Start SUBTRACT command

• Select the bigger region and then select the smaller regions to subtarct them

Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Mulion

Start the boundary command and click on pick points

• Click inside the window Mulion area and press enter

Start SUBTRACT command

• Select the bigger region and then select the smaller glass region to subtarct it

• Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Glass

  Start the boundary command and click on pick points

  • Click inside the window glass area and press enter

Step 5: Creating Views

Click on home button of the view cuble and zoom for better view

Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

• Set view name as VIEW 1
• Click on current view and press ok

Click on the NE isometric view of the view cube and zoom for better view

Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

• Set view name as VIEW 2
• Click on current view and press ok

Click on the Top view of the view cube and zoom for better view

Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

• Set view name as VIEW 3
• Click on current view and press ok

Result:

Initially all the layers necessary are created with respective line types and line weights. Then plan view is drawn as shown in step 2. Then from step 3 the 3D view is created with respective layers assigned. The UCS view is changed accordingly to make changes to the 3D view and 3D dimensions.Boundary command is used for creating regions along the boundaries and extruding them. 

• All dimensions are in Feet and Inches
• Text and dimensions are added with respective layers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aim: To draw the 3D Building Façade as given in the plan and elevation

Introduction: 

A plan view of wall and two elevation views, one is of a window details and second is of floor level elevations are given and they are to be converted into a 3D model. One window opening on front side is given with details regarding the frame dimensions, two mullion dimensions. The height of floor is given as 9’11”. Four floor building with similar dimension is made in 3D view.  Height of window from the floor level of each floor is given as 4’6”.

Procedure:

Open AutoCAD

In Startup settings start from scratch select Imperial (Feet and Inches)

Open grid and snap settings

• Change snap and grid spacing to 1’
• Change major line every grid line to 10
• Turnoff adaptive grid

Type ‘un’ in command box and press enter

Change units’ type to decimal and precision to 1’1/16” and insertion scale to inches

Change the workspace setting of AutoCAD from ‘drafting and annotation’ to ‘3D Modeling’

Step 1: Creating Layers

Open Layer properties and create new layers by clicking on new layer or right click on any layer and select new layer to create new layer.

Step 2: Creating 2D Plan View

• Create a rectangle of dimensions 6’9”X10’9” at any point on the screen
• Offset the rectangle to inside to distance of 9” as wall thickness
• Explode the rectangles drawn
• Delete the top line and extend them to the edges

Change the current layer 3D_Window_Frame

• Create the window opening of dimensions 3’ wide as shown in figure
• Add dimensions are drawn using dimension layer

Step 3: Creating 3D View

Change the view to 3d by clicking on home button of view cube

Set UCS as world

Set the view style control as REALISTIC

• Create the boundaries for the walls using ‘BO’ command.
• Extrude the boundaries created to total height of 10’10”.
• Select all the wall and use group command to group then together.
• Delete the window lines.
• Create a boundry region over the window lines.
• Extrude the boundary to aheight of 4’6”.
• Draw a rectangle on top of the window opening using rectangle command.
• Chanhe the rectangle into a region.
• Extrude the region to distance of 1’3” to below and then window opening is created.

Step 4: Creating Elevation Windows

4’ Wide Window

Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Frame

Type UCS and click on face and select the face having 3’ wide window

• Draw a rectangle of dimension @3’,4’
• Offset the rectangle to inside to distnce of 2”
• Offset the offset rectangle to inside to distnce of 3”
• Draw center line connecting midpoints.
• Offset the lines to both sides to a distance of 3”
• Trim all the unnecessary edges.

Start the boundary command and click on pick points

• Click inside the window frame area and press enter

Start SUBTRACT command

• Select the bigger region and then select the smaller regions to subtarct them

Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Mulion

Start the boundary command and click on pick points

• Click inside the window Mulion area and press enter

Start SUBTRACT command

• Select the bigger region and then select the smaller glass region to subtarct it

Change the current layer to 3D_Window_Glass

Start the boundary command and click on pick points

• Click inside the window glass area and press enter

Step5: Creating Elevation View

The windows created in step 4 are placed at its positions

• Group all the items to create the elevation view
• Copy the block having 4’ height window and place it 3 times.

• Create the top part of the drawing using 4” wall with height 6’5” from top.
• Create a boundary for the wall
• Extrude the boundary to 9” as shown in elevation

• Step 6: Creating Views

  Click on home button of the view cuble and zoom for better view

  Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

  • Set view name as VIEW 1
  • Click on current view and press ok

  Click on the Front view of the view cube and zoom for better view

  Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

  • Set view name as VIEW 2
  • Click on current view and press ok

  Click on the Top view of the view cube and zoom for better view

  Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

  • Set view name as VIEW 3
  • Click on current view and press ok

Result:

Initially all the layers necessary are created with respective line types and line weights. Then plan view is drawn as shown in step 2. Then from step 3 the 3D view is created with respective layers assigned. The UCS view is changed accordingly to make changes to the 3D view and 3D dimensions.Boundary command is used for creating regions along the boundaries and extruding them.

 

 

 

 

 

 Aim: To draw the 3D view of  a stair with railing as shown in the plan and elevation

Introduction: 

A plan view and elevation view of stair case are given and they are to be converted into a 3D model. Plan view consists of number of stairs in the staircase and their horizontal dimensions of stair case. Elevation view consists of staircase side view and vertical dimensions of staircase and stair case components such height of hand rails and their spacing in the landing. Thickness of stair slab is given as the box  Some other components of the stair re told to be assumed. The assume dimensions are as follows

• Dimension of vertical rails is 1” diameter
• Dimensions of hand rails is 2” diameter

Procedure:

Open AutoCAD

In Startup settings start from scratch select Imperial (Feet and Inches)

Open grid and snap settings

• Change snap and grid spacing to 1’
• Change major line every grid line to 10
• Turnoff adaptive grid

Type ‘un’ in command box and press enter

Change units’ type to decimal and precision to 1’1/16” and insertion scale to inches

Change the workspace setting of AutoCAD from ‘drafting and annotation’ to ‘3D Modeling’

Step 1: Creating Layers

Open Layer properties and create new layers by clicking on new layer or right click on any layer and select new layer to create new layer

• Draw a rectangle of dimensions 3’X12’
• Explode the rectangle
• Offset the side edges to inside to a distance of 1”
• Offset the bottom edge to upside 12 times to a distance of 1’

• Step 3: Creating Side View

  Change the view to 3d by clicking on home button of view cube and chance the view to right view

  Set UCS as Right

  • Start line command and draw a vertical line of length 6”
  • Draw a horizontal line of length 1’
  • Repeat the same process for 12 times to draw 12 steps
  • After reaching 12 steps draw a landing of length of 3’

• Draw a line of 1’ at the bottom step
• Draw a line of 6” at the top right edge of landing
• Draw a line of 1’6” backwards
• Draw a slab joining the lines

• Step 4: Creating 3D View

  Change the view to 3d by clicking on home button of view cube

  Set UCS as world

  Set the view style control as REALISTIC

  • Create a region from the side view of the stairs
  • Extrude the side view to a distacne of 3’ 

  • Hand Rails

    Change the current layer to Stair_handrails

    • Draw circle of diameter 1” with 2” offset from the top right edges of the first thread of staircase
    • Change the circle into a region
    • Extrude the region to a height of 3’ as shown in the figure

    Change the current layer to Stair_handrails_Stand

    • Draw a handrail stand at the bottom with dimension 2”
    • Using copy command copy all the hand rail components on all stairs with same offset
    • Copy the same to the other side 

    • Change the current layer to Stair_handrails

      • Draw a polyline connecting all the top edges of hand rails
      • Change the UCS to front
      • Draw a circle of diameter 2” on top of the first hand rail
      • Create a region of the circle drawn

      Start Sweep command

      • Select the circle as object to sweep
      • Select the poly line drawn as path of sweep as shown in figure
      • Copy the same to the other side

      • Step 5: Creating Views

        Click on the Top view of the view cube and zoom for better view

        Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

        • Set view name as VIEW 1
        • Click on current view and press ok

        Click on the Right view of the view cube and zoom for better view

        Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

        • Set view name as VIEW 2
        • Click on current view and press ok

        Click on home button of the view cuble and zoom for better view

        Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

        • Set view name as VIEW 3
        • Click on current view and press ok

        Click on the Front view of the view cube and zoom for better view

        Go to visuvilise tab and click on new view

        • Set view name as VIEW 4
        • Click on current view and press ok

        Result:

        Initially all the layers necessary are created with respective line types and line weights. Then plan view and side elevation view are drawn as shown in step 2 and 3 respectively. Then in step 4the 3D view is created with respective layers assigned. The UCS view is changed accordingly to make changes to the 3D view and 3D dimensions.Boundary command is used for creating regions along the boundaries and extruding them.

Aim: To draw the 3D view of a Wall with spread footing as shown in the plan and elevation

Introduction: 

A plan view and elevation view of a wall with spread footing under it are given and they are to be converted into a 3D model. Spread footing is a type of footing which goes all along the length of the wall in a building. It is used as shallow footing type.  Plan view consists of horizontal dimensions of footing and the wall. Elevation view consists of vertical dimensions of different levels of footing, height of 230mm thickness wall. Some other components of the footing are told to be assumed. The assume dimensions are as follows

• Thickness of wall is assumed as 230mm
• Thickness of level 1 of footing is same as wall thickness i.e., 230mm.
• Coping Thickness of level 2 is offset of 50mm than the thickness of wall
• Thickness of level 3 is offset of 50mm than the thickness of level 2
• Thickness of level 4 is offset of 120mm than the thickness of level 3

Procedure:

Open AutoCAD

In Startup settings start from scratch select Metric (Meters and mm)

Open grid and snap settings

• Change snap and grid spacing to 100
• Change major line every grid line to 10
• Turnoff adaptive grid

Type ‘un’ in command box and press enter

Change units’ type to decimal and precision to 0.00 and insertion scale to inches

Change the workspace setting of AutoCAD from ‘drafting and annotation’ to ‘3D Modeling’

Step 1: Creating Layers

Open Layer properties and create new layers by clicking on new layer or right click on any layer and select new layer to create new layer

Step 2: Creating 2D Plan View of wall with spread footing

Change the current layer to wall

• Draw a rectangle of dimensions 670X7500
• Offset the rectangle to inside to a distance of 120mm
• Offset the offset rectangle inside to distance of 50mm twice.
• Explode all the offset rectangle
• Delete the top and bottom edges of the exploded rectangles
• Extend all the rectangle to top and bottom edges of outer rectangle.
• At the end select the individual lines and change their layers respectively

• Creating Door Block

  • Draw a rectabgle of dimenson 50X100mm
  • Draw another rectangle with dimensions of 50X50mm
  • Draw a line of length 850mm from the edge
  • Draw an arc line of the door swing
  • Convert the door into block
  • Edit the block and add flip parameters

• Create the door opening of 900mm at the middle
• Add the door block by rotating the door
• Add the door shade using respective layer

Step 3: Creating Elevaton view

Click on the Front view of the view cube and zoom for better view

Change the ucs to front

Change the current layer to G.L.

• Draw a line of certal length
• Offset the line to bottom 25mm
• Offset the last offset line bottom to distance of 100mm

Change the current layer to WallDraw a Parapet wall of height 600mm

• Draw a rectangle of dimension 230X 3300 from the top left edge of Ground level

Change the current layer to roof level

Draw roof of thickness 150mm

Draw a Parapet wall of height 600mm

Footing Layers

• Draw a rectangle of dimension 230X600, below the floor level as shown in figure
• Draw a rectangle of dimension 330X400, below the first level as shown in figure
• Draw a rectangle of dimension 430X400, below the second level as shown in figure

Change the current layer to Footing

• Draw a rectangle of dimension 670X300, below the third level 

• Trim the unnecessary edges

  Door

  Change the current layer to door

  • Draw a line along the length of the door of 230mm at the ground level
  • Offset the line to belwo to distanc of 50mm below the ground level
  • Offset the line to distance of 2100 to above

  Change the current layer to Door Shade

• Step 4: Drawing 3D View of section

  • For creating the 3D view initially boundaries are created
  • Each boundary is created with its respective layer as current layer

  • Extruding

    • The created boundaries are to be extruded to a distanc eof 7500mm
    • Select the boundaries by changing their respective current layer
    • Door opening is added by drawing a rectangle at the door locaton from the plan view
    • Then from the extruded part the door region is subtracted from the wall using SUBTRACT command
    • Similarly door shade is created with the opening above
    • After door shade remaining layer is extruded