Making a simple floor plan in AutoCAD: Part 1 of 3

Summary

This tutorial guides viewers on creating a floor plan from scratch in AutoCAD. Starting with setting units, the instructor adds walls using rectangles and lines. Thickness is given to walls using the offset tool. Doors and windows are created as blocks and inserted into the plan. Layers are organized with specific colors for doors, windows, blocks, hatches, text, and dimensions. The video concludes with creating door and window blocks, setting the stage for the next part where these blocks will be added to the floor plan.

Takeaways

• 📏 Start by setting the drawing units with the 'unu' command, selecting architectural units, and setting precision to 1/4 and insertion scale to inches.
• 🏗️ Use the rectangle tool to create a base floor plan with specific dimensions, ensuring to input values followed by the unit sign.
• 🧱 Utilize the line tool to add walls to the floor plan, employing object snap and extension options for precise alignment.
• 🔄 Use the offset tool to add thickness to the walls by specifying an offset distance and selecting the appropriate lines.
• ✂️ Clean up the geometry using the trim tool to remove unwanted parts of the drawing where lines intersect.
• 🎨 Organize the drawing by creating different layers for doors, windows, blocks, hatches, text, and dimensions, assigning each a unique color for easy identification.
• 🚪 Create door blocks by drawing rectangles and arcs, then duplicating and modifying them to create variations.
• 🪟 Construct window blocks by drawing rectangles and using the offset tool to create depth, then copying and trimming to finalize the design.
• 🔗 Convert door and window designs into blocks using the 'create block' tool, which allows for easy reuse in the drawing.
• 🔄 Learn to add these blocks and other elements to the floor plan in subsequent tutorial videos.

Outlines

00:00

📐 Setting Up a Floor Plan

The video begins with an introduction to creating a floor plan from scratch. The presenter starts by setting the units for the drawing, selecting 'architectural' as the unit type with a precision of 1/4 and an insertion scale of inches. They then proceed to draw a rectangle with dimensions of 50 feet by 31 feet. The presenter uses the line tool to add additional lines, making use of the extension option for better precision. They also demonstrate how to use the offset tool to add thickness to the walls and clean up the geometry using the trim tool. The process involves careful attention to detail, ensuring that lines intersect correctly and that the floor plan boundaries are accurately defined.

05:01

🚪🪟 Creating Door and Window Blocks

In this segment, the focus shifts to creating door and window blocks. The presenter first sets up layer properties to organize different objects into separate layers, assigning specific colors for doors, windows, blocks, hatches, text, and dimensions. They then proceed to draw a door block, demonstrating how to use the rectangle and arc tools, and how to copy and mirror objects to create variations. The process is repeated for window blocks, with the presenter changing the layer to 'window' and adjusting the color for visibility. The presenter also shows how to use the offset tool to create the window frame and the trim tool to refine the geometry. Once the door and window blocks are ready, they are converted into blocks named 'door one', 'door two', 'window one', and 'window two', which are then ready to be added to the floor plan.

10:03

🛠️ Trimming and Preparing Blocks

The final paragraph details the process of trimming and preparing blocks for the floor plan. The presenter uses the trim tool to refine the geometry of the windows and demonstrates how to use the rectangle tool to create additional windows. They show how to offset lines to create the window frame and make copies of lines for symmetrical design. The presenter then converts the prepared doors and windows into blocks, which can be reused throughout the drawing. The video concludes with a teaser for the next part of the tutorial, where the presenter will cover adding these blocks to the floor plan and other elements like hatches and dimensions.

Transcripts

[Music]

hello and welcome to sourcecad in this

video I will tell you about making a

floor plan from a completely blank

drawing so right now we have this

drawing we don't know the units or any

other value which is set in this drawing

and we'll start with units we'll set the

proper units in this template then we'll

add walls and then we'll add doors and

windows so we'll use blocks for adding

doors and windows and then we'll add

other additional blocks in the drawing

and then we'll learn about adding text

and other annotations then we'll add the

hatches and finally We'll add Dimensions

to our drawing so let's get started with

this first part of this

tutorial so here we have this completely

blank template and we'll start with the

units so to set the unit simply Type unu

n on the command line and press enter

now here this drawing units window will

pop up here we need to select the unit

type and I'll select architectural in

this case also the Precision should be

set to 1 is to 4 you can select any

other Precision if you want and in this

insertion scale I'll select inches now

with these changes click on okay now

I'll start with the rectangle and I'll

click anywhere in the drawing area to

start the rectangle and we need to make

a rectangle with a length of 50 ft and a

height of 31 ft and for that I'll type

at 50

ft comma 31 ft so you can clearly see

that I'm adding this fit sign right

after the number or right after the

values so you should ensure that these

signs are added now after adding these

values simply press enter there we have

it the rectangle with length of 50 ft

and height of 31 ft you'll find this fit

sign on your keyboard and here's the key

which should be selected and for

selecting the inches you need to select

the same Key by pressing and holding the

shift key now let's go to the line

tool and this time I'll start with this

point but I'll not click on this point

instead I'll simply track it in upward

Direction and when I track it in upward

Direction you'll see this extension

option on this tool tip and if you're

not able to see this option go to this

object snap click here and select this

extension option now I'll click back

here once again I'll go to this point

and track it

upwards and enter a distance of 15 ft

and press

enter now move it in this direction

enter a distance of 12 ft press enter

and move it downwards like

this now press enter again to repeat the

line tool click on this point and enter

distance of of 6 ft press enter now move

it in this direction enter a distance of

10 ft press enter now join it with this

point make sure that it is connecting

this line at the intersection point and

not this midpoint so here we need to

ensure that it is connected at this

intersection Point like

this all right so here we have it now go

to the line tool again and go to this

end point and join it with this one this

intersection Point press enter again

select the next end point join it here

now the boundaries of this floor plan is

complete we need to add thickness to the

wall for that I'll go to this offset

tool and enter the offset distance of 10

in and for inches you need to select

this keyboard key and you need to select

it by pressing in holding the shift key

now press enter and click on this

rectangle and click out out side now

press enter again and press enter again

to repeat the offset tool now this time

I'll select an offset distance of 6 in

and press enter now click on this line

offset it in upward Direction upward

Direction upward Direction and this one

also here move it towards right and move

it towards

left move this line towards

right all right now we need to add one

more line over here and for that I'll

once again select

offset and add an offset distance of 10

fit and press

enter now click on this

line this one which is on the bottom and

click upwards and go to offset and

select an offset distance of 6 in press

enter and move it

upwards all right now we need to clean

this geometry a little bit and for that

I'll select trim tool so select it and

press enter now carefully remove these

parts of the drawing so this area should

be cleaned and here also here also here

also so wherever these lines are

intersecting Simply Clean

them all right the drawing is now

complete now we'll start by adding two

different blocks and we'll start with

door and window and before that we need

to make the door and window so we'll

make our own door and window here but

before making those blocks I'll go to

this layer properties now click on this

layer properties and add some layers to

the drawing so we need to add these

layers because we will place different

objects on different layer for easy

classification and that's the general

way of making these drawings and you

should also try to put different kind of

objects on different layers so I'll

click on this new layer option and I'll

add a new layer

door click on this again and type

window the same icon and type

blocks

hatches

text dimension

and that's it for now so I'll add

different colors also so I'll go to this

door and I'll add this magenta color to

door I'll go to window let's add this

blue

color and let's go to blocks add this

cyan for hatches I'll select

green for text let's select

yellow and for dimensions I'll select

this pink color all right so we have

added colors and these colors will be

used to differentiate between different

objects of the drawing so now we can

start with the door block so go to this

drop down change it to door and now

click on this rectangle tool click

anywhere in the drawing area and type at

and the length of this rectangle should

be 3 in and the height should be 3 F and

press enter so all right here we have it

now make another rectangle a small one

and this time I'll type at a length of 3

in and a height of 6 in and press enter

all right so here we have it now simply

move it on this end point here just like

this now I'll go to this Arc tool and

select this Center start end now click

on this point that will be the center

point the start point and the end point

along this x

AIS now make a copy of this small

rectangle and simply move it on this

endp point like this so our door block

is ready now we only need to make a

variation of this door block and for

that I'll make a copy of this so select

copy tool and and here we have

it so that's the original one and I'll

just make another copy here and for

making the next copy I'll select this

mirror tool select mirror select it all

and press

enter now click on this point and click

on this point and press enter now we

need to remove these two rectangles

these rectangles are no longer needed

and here we have it so we have these

these two variations of the door

block now let's make Windows and for

Windows I'll once again select rectangle

and before doing that let's change the

layer so I'll change the layer to window

all right now click anywhere in the

drawing area let's type at and the

length is 5 ft comma the height is 6 in

and press enter so as you can see that

due to the dark color of this window we

are not able to see it quite properly so

I'll change the color of this window so

I'll click on this box and change it to

this orange color and click on okay

close it so there we have it now it's

quite clearly visible all right now

let's explore this

drawing and click on

offset enter an offset distance of 1

in offset it downwards offset it here

now make a copy of this

one and copy it to the midpoint all

right let's go to the trim

tool and trim it like

this so here we have it one of the

window is now prepared let's select this

rectangle tool again and make another

window for that I'll type at 6 ft comma

10 in and press enter I'll select this

one Type X and press enter so that will

again explode this complete geometry

select the offset tool type 2

Ines as the offset distance offset this

one to 2 in here here also and make a

copy of this

line similar to the one we did in the

previous case and here also I'll trim

this

portion all right so we have these two

windows and these two doors

now let's convert them into blocks and

for that I'll go to this create

block and let's name it as door one

select the picko and click on this point

here that's the picko now select objects

and select all of these objects and

press enter and now click on okay so we

have our door block now the second door

block so repeat the process name it as

door 2

picko and let's select this one as the

picko select objects select them all

press enter and

okay similarly repeat the process for

window all right so now we have added

doors and windows and you can see them

in this list we have door one door two

and window one window two

now they're ready to be added in our

drawing and we'll learn about adding

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