MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu 4.500 Introduction to Design Computing Fall 2008 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: http://ocw.mit.edu/terms.4.500 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture Recitation #1 BASICS Professor Larry Sass Turning in assignments Opening Word Program Insert Pictures Lines and Color Creating a PDF in Word Submitting a File (Upload to Stellar) AutoCAD • OPEN AND SAVING A DRAWING o Units >> units – set to architectural o End snaps >> F3 (snaps on) F8 (ortho – makes straight lines) o Start drawing at 0,0 • CREATING DRAWING o Working with layers Never use layer 0 Label layers in four character sets for example (PLAN-DOOR-EXTE) o Lines (Plines) Only work with polylines >> pl Every line command has a subset of commands. o Popular Commands Scale: “sc” Poly Line: “pl” Erase “e” Mirror “mi” Stretch “s >> c (for area)” Rotate “ro” Trim “tr” Offset “o” Model Space “ms” Paper Space “ps” • FORMATING o Paper Space Title Block Printing o Model Space - Drawing • PRINTING WITH VARING LINE WEIGHTS o Working with Line Weights Best to use three or four line weights STELLAR Process4.500 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture o Line weights in the printer dialogue box only Select a printer Select acad.ctb Edit line weights based on color Zoom Scale Commands 1” = ¼” 1/48xp 1” = 1/8” 1/96xp1) 1” = 1/16” 1/192xp Coloring a Drawing in Photoshop Drawings can be colored in autocad using hatching tools, however it a bit difficult to teach in a week. Photoshop is better for adding color to a drawing, by printing a file as a pdf drawing. Open the pdf in autocad (set the dpi to 300), after open flatten the drawing Printing You should draw a few shapes, change the line weights and print, this assures that the objects will print correctly before creating the entire document. If you are printing on a laser printer, make sure all the lines are colored in white. Other colors will print in shades of gray and will be hard to see. Refer to Francis Ching & Architecture Graphic Standards if you have questions about which lineweight to use. Both books can be found in the Rotch
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