Architectural Drawing

Potting Shed
A Floor plan is a section drawing viewed from the top view. You will draw walls, a window, a door, a closet, and
dimensions on this plan. Do not include the instructional notes on the drawing. It is important to read through the
entire instruction sheet first, then start your drawing.
1. Open your original “A” size titleblock and do a “SAVE AS”. The new title is “Potting Shed”.
2. You will be drawing using the Architectural mode of feet and inches.
3. This drawing requires changing the DRAWING LIMITS and DRAWING UNITS. These changes are
made in the FORMAT pull down menu.
4. Choose UNITS and change from decimal to ARCHITECTURAL and precision of 0’-0”.
5. Next, choose LIMITS. The lower left should still be 0’-0”,0’-0” - hit ENTER and set the upper
right limits to 528,408. (this is in inches-but do not put in symbol for inches.)
6. Do a “ZOOM”, then “ALL”
7. Now the titleblock will show as a small drawing in the bottom left corner of the screen.
8. To make it the correct size to fit the floor plan, pick the “SCALE” icon on the MODIFY tool bar. Drag
a box around the entire small drawing. FOLLOW THESE STEPS EXACTLY when you see the
prompts at the command line:
a. set the base point at 0,0
b. select “R” for reference
c. enter 10.25 as the reference length
d. enter 528 as the “new length”
e. ZOOM, ALL
9. Dynamic Input is ON for this drawing-the same as the previous assignments. The only difference is the
distances are in feet and inches instead of a decimal or fraction.
10. Pick a point anywhere on the titleblock to begin drawing lines. Use the OFFSET command to copy the
line to the next distance, or simply keep using relative absolute input.
11. You can center the floor plan after you have the shape drawn out.
12. Put in the DIMENSIONS as shown on the drawing. You will need to go into the Dimension Style, and
Modify settings to scale them up.
13. Be sure to set your LINEWEIGHTS correctly according to the schedule: (object properties toolbar)
Follow the guidelines below.
LINEWEIGHTS: Walls - .010
Door - .010
Door Swing- .004
Window - .004
Dimensions - .006
Wall Thickness- 5”
11. Everything needs to be larger to accommodate the larger drawings:

Dimension Style: Arrowhead – Architectural Tick

Extend beyond ticks - 2”
(Can be modified) Baseline spacing - 2”
Extend beyond dim line – 2”
Offset from origin - 2”
Leader – Closed filled; size – 2”
Text Height – 4”
Offset from dim line – 2”
Primary Units – Arch
Precision – 0’-0”
12. For the closet door, the minimum width is 2’-4” and it must not interfere with the entry door swing. Door
openings MUST match the door length, otherwise it will not close properly.
13. Add Electrical last, after you have had the notes from the teacher marked on your example.
14. Linetype scale must be increased also to show a dashed or centerline linetype. First choose the line, then go to
the MODIFY menu and then PROPERTIES. Then choose “linetype scale” and change from 1 to 10.
Everything needs to be larger to
accommodate the larger drawings:

Dimension Style: Arrowhead – Architectural Tick

Extend beyond ticks - 2”
Baseline spacing - 2”
Extend beyond dim line – 2”
Offset from origin - 2”
Leader – Closed filled; size – 2”
Text Height – 4”
Offset from dim line – 2”
Primary Units – Arch
Precision – 0’-0”