Diploma 2 - Produce CAD drawings (B) [3-D Advanced] Part 2A
(Diploma 2)
This course requires an enrolment keyDiploma 2 - produce Computer Assisted Drawings (B) [3-D Advanced] Part 2A
The object of this course (which is organised into a series of topics) is to give you an opportunity to build on the skills that you learned while taking the course 'Diploma 1 - Prepare Computer Assisted Drawings CAD 1' - which was the first in a three part series leading to the award of a Design CAD diploma in CAD drafting for landscape use. This present course is part two in a three part series.
Please note that as part of Diploma 2, you will be asked to 'jump out of' this course a number of times to take other online courses. Many of those courses will take considerable time. Just remember to come back here when you have finished.
Outcomes
On completion of this course (and the one which follows), you will be able to form an opinion as to whether or not you will use CAD software in your professional design work and if so, whether you will use it as a full or partial, replacement for traditional hand drawing techniques. We of course would hope that you do use Computer Aided Design software and that drawing with CAD becomes as second nature to you as drawing with a pencil.
In contrast to the earlier course ['Diploma 1 - Prepare Computer Assisted Drawings CAD 1'], where we provided an overview of CAD and other software tools as they are used in the landscape field, here (and in the Diploma 3 course which follows), we aim to make sure that you are able to confidently generate (and print) professional CAD drawings showing your design concepts. We will work in both 2-D and in part in 3-D format, but concentrate on showing how to present several views of a design on sheets of A1 size paper; just as you might do when presenting your ideas to a client if you were drawing by hand.
Major assignment
By the end of Diploma 3, you will be required to produce at least one fully professional CAD design. This will be submitted as a CAD file. However, you cannot jump straight into that; there is a considerable amount of preliminary work to do beforehand, just as there is when you prepare a proposal which is drafted by hand. This major project is to prepare a design for a client who owns a terrace house located in the southern hemisphere (in Melbourne, Australia). A design is required for the north facing rear of a two story terrace house. The site (rear garden) is 7 meters wide by 17.2 meters deep and conveniently has a slight slope to the back of the block.
After a site visit and discussions with the client, it was agreed that the following would be included in the design:
As you can see, this professional design is one that we specify rather tightly, but if you manage to work speedily through the materials here, we would encourage you to make subsequent submissions at least one of your own jobs. Your client can be you or a friend with a garden which needs a makeover.
To find out more about this professional CAD design project, please visit http://www.gardencad.net and select Case Studies>Terrace house. Here is the direct link: [http://gardencad.net/node/54]
Preliminaries
- Purchase a USB drive on which to store backup copies of the files needed for the project.
- Download, install and test a trial version of IntelliCAD. This software can be downloaded from www.siacad.com. An unlock code will be sent to you in a separate email.
- Download, install and test GardenCAD (from the www.gardencad.net web site).
This course
You first need to do some preparative work. You will do that by preparing some design ideas ready to apply to sheets in the professional CAD presentation. As far as the preparative and non CAD work, you need to:
Prepare a rough mud map (by hand) of your intended design for the terrace house site. This does not need to be to detailed, it is just the broad brush view of your intended design but there should be enough to enable you to complete point 2 below.
Prepare a 3-D hand sketch showing one view of your intended design. [This sketch needs to be scanned to digital form.]
Photograph some suitable plant species.
Photograph some garden art from a local sculpture or a water feature (or sketch a design for one).
Think about the design for a wall mounted piece of art work for one of the boundary fences.
Think about a design for a suitable logo for your landscape business.
Tip: The tasks above can be done before (or while) you start on your CAD training. We would encourage you to submit these pieces of work as you go.
The figure below shows the CAD layout for the design. It has beeen produced using GardenCAD. We have been able to print the design to a PDF file thus fulfilling our aim of complete digital delivery of our work.
The next step - complete the assignment below - 'Your aims'
