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COURSE TITLE:
3D MODELING WITH AUTOCAD
MEETING TIME:
Monday/Wednesday -- 1730 - 2130
California CADTCHR Facility
The courses are taught every June and December
DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed as both a follow-on to Introductory AutoCAD
and as a method of introducing 3D model development to architects,
designers and illustrators with recent CAD training or current
CAD work experience. Knowledge and confidence in the application
of 3D computer design tools will be gained through hands-on training
exercises and demonstrations in the computer lab. The computer-aided
design and drafting program, AutoCAD, Release 2000 for Windows
will be used for instruction. AutoCAD 13 is the dominant Computer-Aided
Design and Drafting program for personal computers. The course
will utilize lectures, hands-on demonstrations and lab exercises
to familiarize participants with the basic AutoCAD commands and
menuing systems. The course covers three-dimensional drawing
commands and drafting techniques for buildings and furnishings,
dimensioning, layering systems and plotting. At the conclusion
of the course, students will be able to begin productive applications
of AutoCAD for 3D design projects.
CLASS OBJECTIVES:
An intermediate level course for professional designers, architects
and others seeking job transition and professional advancement
through acquiring three- dimensional computer design skills.
By the conclusion of this class, participants will be able to
apply AutoCAD for 3D design projects.
COURSE FORMAT:
This course is being taught in a combined lecture/lab environment.
The majority of the time, the student will be working on the
computer. A typical class period will involve the instructor's
direct prompting the students on the computer through a series
of steps until thorough comprehension of and execution of that
command is demonstrated.
The course content changes with
each time the class is offered. This session, the class project
will be that of modeling a courtroom, and the millwork for that
courtroom. The class participants will learn how to model in
3D, and how to extract the necessary information from 2D production
drawings. The participants will conclude the class by demonstrating
how their 3D model can be represented in the 2D print environment.
Each participant will develop an assembly or part of an assembly
which will be integrated into the class project.
OUTLINE:
Week 1
AutoCAD - A Surface Modeler
Limitations of a Surface Modeler
Fundamental 3D Concepts
3D Viewpoints, Plan, World and User Coordinate Systems
Viewports
XYZ Filters
In Class Project: Modeling a Courtroom
Week 2
Change / ChProp, Elevations and Extrusion Thickness
3D Face, Invisible Edges, Edge and Mface Lisp Routines
Hide and Shade
UCSIcon and UCSFollow
3D Mesh, 3D Objects (Cone, Dome, Pyramid, ...)
RuleSurf, TabSurf, RevSurf, EdgeSurf
In Class Project: Modeling a Courtroom
Week 3
Dynamic 3D Viewing
Perspective
In Class Project: Modeling a Courtroom
Week 4
XREF, Bind, and Attaching DataBase Information
Editing with PEDIT
Spline Curves
Geometry-generated Surfaces
In Class Project: Drawing a Single Family Dwelling
Plotting more than one ViewPoint
Annotating and Dimensioning Drawings
Drawing a Single Family Dwelling
Preparing Drawing for Rendering
XREF, Bind, and Attaching DataBase Information
In Class Project: Developing presentation drawings of a 3D model |
