Introduction to Architectural Drawing in AutoCAD
The Drawing of an Elevation 2
A course by Isabel Martínez , Architect
About the video: The Drawing of an Elevation 2
Overview
“Taking as a reference the measurements of the plant, we will continue the drawing discovering how to use some other tools. Remember to check very well in which layer you are drawing and if you consider it necessary you can generate some extra layers, according to the needs of the drawing you are doing.”
In this video lesson Isabel Martínez addresses the topic: The Drawing of an Elevation 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Architectural Drawing in AutoCAD. Learn the basic tools to draw your architecture projects with precision.
Partial transcription of the video
“UNIT 5 THE DRAWING OF AN ELEVATION To take the measurements of the plant as a reference, what we will do is use the Ray or Ray tool. Let's get away a bit. We will draw our first elevation here below. I will now write "RAYO" in Spanish or "RAY" in English. I click on this command and this tool what it does it is a line that goes from one point to infinity. It asks me to specify that first point, I will choose this lower right corner, And now I'm going to tell AutoCAD where I want that beam to go. With the "mouse" I indicate the direction. If I press F8 or Function + F8 to activate my Ortho M...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Introduction to Architectural Drawing in AutoCAD
-
Category
Architecture & Spaces, Design -
Software
AutoCAD -
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Architecture, ArchVIZ, Interior Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture

Isabel Martínez
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.
- 94% positive reviews (650)
- 19,540 students
- 23 lessons (4h 17m)
- 22 additional resources (9 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
- Updated on 10/16/2020