Introduction to Architectural Drawing in AutoCAD
A course by Isabel Martínez
, Architect
Learn the basic tools to draw your architecture projects with precision
- Best seller Spanish with subtitles in English
- 94% positive reviews (582)
- 15739 students
Learn the basic tools to draw your architecture projects with precision
- 94% positive reviews (582)
- 15739 students
- 23 lessons (4h 17m)
- 22 additional resources (9 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, Italian, French, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
- Updated on 10/16/2020
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AutoCADAutoCAD and architecture have been synonymous with one another since the release of the first version of the famous design software in 1982. With more than 20 versions behind it, AutoCAD continues to be the quintessential drawing program for architectural plans.
Alongside Isabel Martínez—a Spanish architect based in Mexico—learn to take your first steps in AutoCAD, from installing it on your computer to drawing your first architecture project.
What will you learn in this online course?
Course table of contents
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U1U1. Introduction
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U2U2. About AutoCAD
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U3U3. Drawing a Project
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U4U4. External Elements and Space Layout
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U5U5. Elevation and Perspective
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FPFP Final project
Start by getting to know Isabel and the projects she's worked on, then look at her influences within the world of architecture and contemporary art.
Isabel teaches you how to install AutoCAD, then shows you the interface, the workspace, and the main tools. She works with Mac, but tells you where to locate the main commands on your keyboard so you can also work from Windows.
Learn to configure the units of measurement you want to use, select and modify elements, and do your first basic drawings. Once you're familiar with the program, get started on your project: drawing Le Corbusier's Le Cabanon. Isabel accompanies you in the first steps and explains the whole process.
Work with some advanced drawing tools to help create the perimeter wall and floor of your plan.
See how to insert external images into your project and get to know the meaning of the concepts "model space" or "layout space", and how to work in each of them. Design the bracket with your project information, the graphic scale, and elevation and section markers.
Next, learn what axonometric perspective is and how to draw it. Now get your project ready for print, from the layout of your files, to the configuration of the color, thickness of the pens, and the best type of paper for each case.
Go through a quick review with Isabel of the web and mobile versions of AutoCAD, discovering the options that enable you to work remotely.
What is this course's project?
Draw the technical plans of an iconic project: Le Corbusier's Petit Cabanon.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Students of architecture, engineering, and design as well as anyone who wants to acquire knowledge of computer-aided design to carry out their projects.
Requirements and materials
You need basic knowledge of geometry and an interest in architectural drawing and design.
As for materials, you need a computer with AutoCAD installed (your teacher uses AutoCAD 2021).
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A course by Isabel Martínez
Isabel Martínez Abascal is an architect from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain. She also studied at the Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany, and at the Vastu Shilpa Foundation in Ahmedabad, India.
Throughout her career, she's collaborated with the SANAA studios in Tokyo, Japan, Aranguren y Gallegos in Madrid, Spain, Anupama Kundoo in Berlin, Germany, and Pedro Mendes da Rocha in São Paulo, Brazil. She has been a professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Escola da Cidade, in São Paulo, Brazil for many years.
She participated as a teacher in the XXIV International Workshop of Cartagena, the Ibero-American Biennial of Medellin 2010, the International Seminar of Curitiba 2012, and the California College of Arts 2012 Rio Olympics Workshop. In addition, she helped curate the 2013 X São Paulo Architecture Biennial and curated the 2014 13th exhibition for the inaugural cycle of the La Conservera Museum, Murcia as well as the 2015 exhibition Visionary Instruments by the artist Almudena Lobera for the ECCO Museum, Cádiz. From July 2015 to August 2017 she directed the LIGA platform, a space for DF architecture, dedicated to the exhibition, dissemination, and discussion of Latin American architecture.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
About AutoCAD
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The AutoCAD Interface on Mac and Windows
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The Drawing Units
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Select Items
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Drawing Tools
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Modify Items 1
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Modify Items 2
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U3
Drawing a Project
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The Project
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Advanced Drawing Tools 1
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Advanced Drawing Tools 2
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Hatch (fillers) 1
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Hatch (fillers) 2
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U4
External Elements and Space Layout
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Images and External References
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Model Space and Layout Space
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The poster of the plans
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Graphic scale and indications
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U5
Elevation and Perspective
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The Drawing of an Elevation 1
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The Drawing of an Elevation 2
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The Axonometric Perspective 1
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The Axonometric Perspective 2
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Print Control
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AutoCAD Web and Mobile
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FP
Final project
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Introduction to architectural drawing in AutoCAD
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