Clayton County Public Schools Technology Education/Pre-Engineering

Objectives
When you complete this assignment you will:

Advanced Students

1. draw the detailed wall sections for the front, sides and the rear of an 8 x 12
utility barn.
2. draw studs, headers, rough openings for doors and windows, and rafter
construction.
3. become familiar with construction terms and procedures.
4. copy drawings from one file to another while changing the scale.

Average Students

1. select and draw an approved floor plan to a one story home.

2. draw and dimension the floor plan.
3. insert all windows and doors to the floor plan.

Getting Started
(Average) When the plan has been selected and approved by the instructor, you will
apply the skills learned in Assignment 1. The primary function is to problem solve the
differences that other plans may reveal. When the floor plan is completed, you should have
all of the doors, windows and dimensions on the plan. Paper size and scale will also become
an issue to resolve. When you have selected your floor plan you will not draw drawings A6-
A7. The assignments below are for the advanced architectural students.

(Advanced) Each one of these drawings will build more knowledge in the field of
architectural drafting. In Activity 2, you became familiar with drawing elevation plans and
inserting doors and windows. Activity 3 will continue the attained skills from Activity 1 and
2. Activity 3 will be more involved with the inside view of the elevations drawn in drawings
A4 and A5. These drawings will layout the structural members of barn. The exterior
materials will be directly fastened to this frame.

Drawing 6 Front Wall Section- 1/2 = 1- 0 A6

Drawing 7 Rear Wall Section 1/2 = 1- 0 A7
Drawing 8 Side Wall Section - 1/2 = 1- 0 A8

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Front Wall Section A6

1. Begin a new drawing and set the scale for 1/2 = 1-0. Remember to set the
dimensions, line type, units, and dimension style settings for this scale. Review
Assignment 1 if you do not remember how to set the dimension scale, line type
scale, the snap, or the dimension style.

2. After setting up the title block, get the goldenrod drawing A6. Study the layout
and prepare to draw the header, studs, door opening, and braces. Save the file and
name it A6. Keep the file open, select the File menu, and select open. Navigate
to the distribution folder CAD sample files and open the file named barn wall
section.

3. You now have two files opened. Resize the drawings to show both drawings on
the screen at the same time. The barn wall section drawing is 1/4 scale and the
drawing A6 is 1/2 scale. You are going to copy the front of the barn from the
barn wall section file to the A6 file that you created.

4. Left-click and drag a window around the barn to select the entire barn with
the dimensions. Blue grips appear around the drawing and the dimensions as
illustrated below.

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5. Right click on the selected drawing and hold down the right mouse button.
Drag the image into the A6 file to the right. Place the image centered into the
title block. Select copy here.

6. The drawing is scaled up automatically to the 1/2 scale. One problem with the
drawing is that the snap does not align properly. You will use object snap to
move the drawing to an aligned snap. If you draw without doing this none of the
lines will align or reference properly. Keep drawing A6 open and close the setup
wall section file. Resize your window to full screen view.

7. Move the dimensions to fit on the drawing correctly.

8. Be sure that the snap is turned on and set to 2 when you draw the line. Draw a
small line to the right side the barn. The line should nearly align with the top of
the sole plate line as illustrated:

Top line of Draw line

the sole plate here

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9. Select the drawing and the dimensions.

Do not
select the
small line

10. Press the Enter key one time. You will be prompted to select the base point.
Turn on the object snap and select the base point here when the yellow box
appears.

Left click here for

the base point

Use the scroll wheel of the mouse to zoom in to see the point.

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11. After locating the base point, move the barn to end point on small line that you
drew and left click the line. The drawing should be moved and connected to the
end of the small line as illustrated:

Connect to the
right side of the
small line.

12. Erase the small line and center the drawing. You will use two drawings to draw
the A6 problem. The wall studs layout and a reference drawing to the Barn
front wall section.

Use the wall

studs layout
on drawing
A6-A8

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13. Problem A6 will not give all instructions for completing. You will need to
apply what you have learned to complete this assignment. The reference
drawings will assist in completing the drawing.

14. Complete Drawing A6 and proceed to A7 the rear wall section of the barn.

Rear Wall Section A7

1. The procedures for the rear wall section will be the same as the front wall section.

2. Navigate to the distribution folder CAD sample files and open the file named
barn wall section.

3. Begin a new drawing and set the scale for 1/2 = 1-0. Remember to set the
dimensions, line type, units, and dimension style settings for this scale. Review
Assignment 1 if you do not remember how to set the dimension scale, line type
scale, the snap, or the dimension style.

4. Copy the barn the same as you did in drawing A6.

5. Use the reference drawings to draw the rear of the barn.

Opening for the window should be 3x 3

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Right and Left Wall Section A8

1. The procedures for the right and left wall section will be the same as the
procedure in drawings A6 and A7.

2. Navigate to the distribution folder CAD sample files and open the file named
barn wall section.

3. Begin a new drawing and set the scale for 1/2 = 1-0. Remember to set the
dimensions, line type, units, and dimension style settings for this scale. Review
Assignment 1 if you do not remember how to set the dimension scale, line type
scale, the snap, or the dimension style.

4. This time copy the wall section to the A8 file.

5. Use the reference drawing to assist in drawing A8.

What Do You Know?

1. What is the scale factor for drawings A6 through A8?
2. What are the steps for copying from one AutoCAD file to another?
3. How do you set the snap for a drawing that is not on snap?
4. What was the most difficult problem that you encountered on drawings A6-A8?

Closing
1. You have reached the end of the Enrichment assignment.
2. See your instructor for additional assignments.

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