1

To provide familiarity with functional requirements and regulations related to buildings and

2

to enable students to prepare neat building drawings with CAD software so as to minimize

UNIT

DETAILS

HOURS

I

Exposure to different categories of building (Private, Public, Residential, Flats, Offices,

Clubs/Recreational buildings etc.- Local visit and preparation of sketches

Functional requirements of buildings – Different functional units of a building- Requirements

regarding Area, Height, Head room, Width of passage way, Lighting, Ventilation, Public

amenities, Setback, Parking, clearance from electric lines, Provision and location of septic Tankclearance

from well, Familiarity with norms in National Building Code and local building rules.

II

Study of building plans (Residential / Commercial / Public buildings / Office/Flats / Cottages

etc. ) sanctioned by local authority.

Preparation of 2D drawing- Advantages of CAD over manual drafting- Features of CAD

software-menus and tool bars-Concept of drawing in true size- Drawing units- Drawing tools-

Editing tools- Controlling display-(zoom, pan, regeneration, redraw) Productivity toolsmirror,

copy,block,array,Detailing-layers,color,linetype,ltscale,hatch Inquiry –area, dimension

Plotting- scale. Specifications for drawings

III

Preparation of 3D drawings- Concept of 3D drawing- viewpoint, real-time 3D rotation, 3D

modeling techniques- wire modeling, surface modeling, surface revolution, 3D face. Elevation

and thickness - addition and subtraction of 3d objects. Shading - rendering.

Application of CAD to Civil Engineering Drawing with emphasis on architectural appearance.

Residential, Public buildings complete in all aspect including layout plan, section, elevation,

details/specifications/joinery and site plan taken in standard scale with title block.

IV

Exposure to 3D studio and 3D Max

A term project submitted individually and suitable for submitting to local bodies for approval

incorporating local building rules and NBC provisions is compulsory for external evaluation.

Assignments:- Submission of neat dimensioned line sketches from local visit

Collection and study of approved building plan

Preparing an Elevation for given plans

Preparing Plans based on requirements of

TOTAL HOURS

60

T/R

BOOK TITLE/AUTHORS/PUBLICATION

R1

Reference manual of the package.

R2

National building code of India.

R3

Shah & Kale, Building Drawing, Tata McGraw Hill.

R4

Balgopal T.S.Prabhu, Building Drawing and Detailing, SPADES Calicut.

R5

Sham Tickoo, Understanding Auto CAD2002, Tata McGraw Hill.

R6

Sham Tickoo, Auto CAD2002 with applications, Tata McGraw Hill.

R7

Reference manual of the package.

R8

National building code of India.