Week 2 Intro to AutoCad

Question 1

What does it mean to “ Draw to Scale?”

Answer 1

It means that relative sizes are correctly represented.

Question 2

In hand drawings, scale is chosen to ensure the whole building will fit on the chosen sheet size and to show the required amount of detail. True or false?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Advantages of Cad

Answer 3

Increased Productivity
More Accurate
Better Communication
Consistent Drafting Standard

Question 4

What does Line weight refer to?

Answer 4

Line weight refers to strength, heaviness, darkness of simply the thickness of a line.

Question 5

What line weights used for? (4 things)

Answer 5

To show relationships in time or space
(A dashed line might show an existing portion of a house has been demolished (time) An element underground can’t really be ‘seen’ drawn with a hidden line (space)

To establish hierarchy- To bring the viewer’s attention to particular parts of the drawing identified as important first.

To create depth- Converting 3d spatial ideas into a 2d drawing. Darkest lines come to the front and lighter lines fall into the background.

To add legibility and clarity to a dense drawing- Drawings with a lot of overlapping information use different lineweights to distinguish one type of information from another