CAD for Horticulture
Learn AutoCAD for use in Landscape Horticulture. Whether you are a Landscape Architect, Landscape Designer, or Avid Gardener, Computer Aided drafting is essential for developing plans to work from. My approach is to introduce Key commands that we use everyday and show how they can improve your efficiency and accuracy.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Creating a 11x17 Sheet with Title Block in Model Space
Assignment 16
(Plotting In Model Space, PDF)
Setup a Title Block Sheet
Note See Attached 11x17 Template Below
- We need to define an area of the drawing that represents the paper that will be printed.a. Start the Rectangle commandb. Use Polar Coordinates @165’,93’c. Enter2. Explode the Rectanglea. Offset Right Side by 16’3. Next, Set Up New Text Stylesa. The First TEXT Style should be “Title Block 1” and be 3.5’ in Heightb. The Second TEXT style should be “Title Block 2” and should be 1.5’ in Height4. Using SINGLE LINE TEXT and TEXT STYLE “Title Block 1” to create the Client’s Information in the Middle of the Title Block.Tip: Read Command Line when Starting Single Line Text> Set Rotation to 90 Degrees5. Create a Drafting Info. Boxa. Offset Bottom by 19’b. Trim off Left Sidec. Draw a line from the Center of this Shortened Lined. Use the DIVIDE command, Divide by 7e. Turn on OSNAP, ALSO Right Click to get to the OSNAP settings, add NODE.f. Erase the Middle line and you will see these NODES Created by the DIVIDE command.g. Draw Horizontal lines from these nodes to touch both sides of this box.6. Use TEXT Style “Title Block 2” to fill in the information.a. To add the text; Drawn byb. Then Use the Copy command to Copy down into the Second,Six and Seventh Box (Leave box Three Four and Five empty for more revision dates)c. Click on the TEXT to change to; Revision Date, Scale, Page Number.7. Copy One Line of this TEXT to the Top of the Title Block to Add your Name and Class.
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