Advanced Diploma in CAD Drawings

Advanced Diploma in CAD Drawings

Auto CAD Outline

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AUTOCAD 2D
· COORDINATING SYSTEMS IN AUTOCAD 2D
· DRAWING AND MODIFYING OBJECTS
· ORGANIZING DRAWINGS
· ANNOTATING DRAWINGS
· WORKING WITH DATA
· GETTING INFORMATION FROM DRAWINGS
· WORKING WITH TABLE
· PLOTTING DRAWINGS
· ISOMETRIC DRAWINGS IN AUTOCAD
· AUTOCAD APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING DRAWINGS
· UNDERSTANDING USER COORDINATE SYSTEM
· CUSTOMIZING AUTOCAD
· PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

AUTOCAD 3D
· COORDINATE SYSTEMS IN AUTOCAD 3D
· VIEWING A 3D MODEL
· CREATING WIREFRAME MODELS
· CREATING SURFACE MODELS
· MODELLING SOLID OBJECTS
· EDITING 3D OBJECTS
· GENERATING DRAWING VIEWS OF SOLID MODELS
· CALCULATING MASS PROPERTIES OF SOLID MODELS
· RENDERING
· ANIMATIONS FOR 3D OBJECTS
· WORKING WITH RASTER IMAGES
· PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

Revit Architecture Outline

Session 1

1: Overview and Basic Drawing Tools

* Building Information Modeling
* Revit Terminology
* Overview of the Revit Interface
* Starting Revit Projects
* Viewing Commands

* General Drawing Tools
* Editing Revit Elements
* Modifying Tools

2: Datum Elements – Levels and Grids

* Setting Up Levels
* Importing CAD Files (Covered in more    detail in a later class)
* Creating Structural Grids
* Adding Columns

3: Drawing and Modifying Walls

* Drawing and Modifying Walls (Creating custom walls is in a later class)
* Helpful Editing Tools

4: Adding Doors and Windows

* Adding Doors and Windows
* Loading Door and Window Types from the Library
* Creating Additional Door and Window Sizes
* Creating Storefront Windows

Session 2

1: Floors

* Creating Floors
* Creating Openings
* Creating Building Sections

2: Roofs

* Creating Roofs by Footprint
* Setting Up a Roof Plan
* Reference Planes and Work Planes
* Creating Roofs by Extrusion
* Cleaning Up Wall and Roof Intersections

3: Vertical Circulation

* Adding Callout Views
* Creating Standard and Custom Stairs
* Creating Ramps
* Adding and Modifying Railings

4: Reflected Ceiling Plans

* Creating Ceilings
* Adding Ceiling Fixtures

Session 3

1: Interiors

* Duplicating Views
* Setting the View Display
* Adding Furniture and Fixtures to a Project
* Creating Interior Elevations

2: Construction Documents

* Setting Up Sheets
* Placing and Modifying Views on Sheets
* Printing Sheets

3: Annotating Construction Documents

* Working with Text
* Adding Detail Lines and Symbols
* Working with Dimensions

4: Tags and Schedules

* Adding Tags
* Working with Schedules (Creating custom schedules covered in a later class)

Session 4

1: Project Phasing and Design Options

* Project Phasing
* Design Options

2: Groups and Links

* Using Groups
* Linking Revit Files
* Links and Groups
* Visibility and Graphic Overrides in Linked Views
* Interference Checking

3: Importing and Exporting

* Importing Vector Files
* Working with Imported Files
* Importing Raster Image Files
* Exporting Files

4: Project Team Collaboration

* Introduction to Worksets
* Opening Workset-Related Projects
* Working in Workset-Related Projects
* Setting Up Worksets
* Best Practices for Worksets

Session 5

1: Advanced Modeling Tools

* Creating Sloped Floors, Roofs, and Slabs
* Creating Dormers

2: Curtain Walls

* Creating Curtain Walls
* Adding Curtain Grids
* Creating Curtain Wall Types with Automatic Grids
* Working with Curtain Wall Panels
* Attaching Mullions to Curtain Grids

3: Site Design

* Creating Topographical Surfaces
* Property Lines and Building Pads
* Modifying Toposurfaces
* Annotating Site Plans
* Site Components
* Shared Coordinates

4: Structural Tools

* Structural Basics
* Foundation Plans
* Framing Plans and Elevations

Session 6

1: Detailing in Revit Architecture

* Setting Up Detail Views
* Creating Details
* Annotating Details
* Patterning

2: Schedules

* Creating Schedules
* Creating Material Takeoff Schedules

3: Advanced Annotation

* Keynoting and Keynote Legends
* Creating Legends
* Revision Tracking

4: Advanced View Setup

* View Templates
* Working with Dependent Views
* Enhancing Views

Session 7

1: Massing Studies

* Basic Mass Elements
* Custom Mass Elements
* From Massing to Building
* Working with SketchUp Files

2: Space Planning & Area Analysis

* Space Planning
* Area Analysis
* Creating Color Schemes

3: Visualization

* Perspectives
* Creating Walkthroughs
* Solar Studies

4: Rendering

* Basic Rendering
* Working with Lighting
* Enhancing Renderings

Session 8

1: Creating Custom Templates

* Preparing Templates
* Presetting Annotation Styles
* Creating Titleblocks
* Creating Object Styles
* Materials and Fill Patterns

2: Custom Walls, Roofs, & Sections

* Creating Wall, Roof, and Floor Types
* Adding 3D Profiles
* Vertically Stacked Walls
* Vertically Compound Walls

3: Family Concepts & Techniques

* Introduction to Families
* Creating Parametric Dimensions
* Creating Family Elements
* Creating Family Types
* Adding Family Parameters
* Visibility Display Settings

4: Creating Specific Families

* Creating Custom Doors and Windows
* Creating In-Place Families
* Creating Profiles
* Creating Angled Cornices and Copings
* Creating Custom Railings
* Adding Custom Posts
* Creating Annotation Families
* Working with Shared Parameters

3D Max Outline

Introduction 
1. Introduction 
2. Basic interface and layout study 
3. Basic and extended primitives 
4. Basic layout setting for Architects

Modelling 
1. Edit Poly Modeling 
2. Extrude 
3. Chamfer 
4. Cut and Slices 
5. Symmetry Mirror Modeling 
6. Designing a table and chair 
7. Designing a house using a box 
8. Lines and Nurbs 
9. Importing a plan from AutoCAD/Vectorworks 
10. Making an interior space 
11. Doors and Windows 
12. AEC extended 
13. Railing and Trees 
14. Stairs

Modifiers 
1. Compound objects 
a. Connect 
b. Scatter 
c. Pro Boolean 
d. Loft 
e. Terrain 
2. Bend, Taper, Twist, Stretch, Skew 

Camera 
1. Free and Target camera 
2. Camera Animation

Texturing 
1. Diffuse and Bump Mapping 
2. ink and paint 
3. Environment and background images 
4. Material library/Architectural Materials

Particles and Dynamics 
1. Particle systems (Rain System) 
2. Object Properties and motion blur

Rendering (mental Ray) 
1. Rendering images 
2. Rendering moving images 

Duration: 120 Hours

Admission Fee                 :  LKR.   1000.00 

Course Fee                       : LKR. 28000.00

** Individual Classes time and the days can be arranged to your convenience.