ACA: Elevations and Sections 1 Video Lecture | Become a Pro: Autocad Architecture Tutorial - Design Softwares

this video will cover the basics of
doing sections and elevations in AutoCAD
architecture when I say that I mean
using AutoCAD architecture for purposes
of BIM where you have a
three-dimensional model of your building
and you're pulling sectional information
and elevation information from that
model now keep in mind in order to use
this feature you really have to be more
thorough about modeling a lot of the
components of the building in three
dimensions then you might otherwise
there's a lot of companies that use
autocad architecture for purposes of
doing their plans and then they still
use regular 2d sections and elevations
that they draw by hand and that's not
necessarily a wrong way to do it but it
doesn't take advantage of having that
three dimensional information that
you're getting by using the wall door
and window tools in autocad architecture
so in this particular file I already
have it set up as a three dimensional
model I have the slabs added roofs the
walls and doors are all set up that I
have two floors stacked one on top of
the other as you can see there so then
when I cut the sections and elevations
they'll be relatively similar to what I
would normally want a lot of times the
one of the nice things about doing the
section this way is that it will point
out things that you need to adjust or
correct so that it is correct
three dimensionally so I don't expect
this to be a perfect section when I'm
done with it but that will red flag
things that I do need to correct in
three dimensions so that I'll know where
I need to make adjustments I'm going to
use the annotate tab on the ribbon and
then there's a call-outs panel for your
section tools and elevation tools you
also have the option to use the tool
palette right now I'm in the design
category so I'm going to change to the
document category of tool pilots and
then you have call-outs tab with your
section tools and elevation tools there
even though the tab is called call-outs
you can use these tools to actually
create the sections in the same way that
you would from the ribbon so I'm going
to do a elevation first because it's
just a little bit easier and then we'll
go back and do a section
when you hit the elevation button there
is a little arrow there to give you a
flyout and you can see your various
options for doing elevations the
elevation symbol that's first is a very
simple one it works fine but I usually
prefer the options that include a sheet
number in the tag because when you do
section two elevations it's going to
create the tag for you and you'd want
the sheet number in that tag rather than
just a drawing call-out by itself so I'm
going to do elevation sheet number as my
particular tool there keep in mind
because this is going to create the tag
in the process of doing the drawing you
would want your annotation scale to be
correct down at the lower right so that
the tag is created at the proper scale
so I'm doing my neck quarter scale
because that's the scale of what my plan
would be printed out but you'd want to
think about that and set that correctly
the first step before you start your
tool so now I have to drop the symbol
for whatever elevation I want to show
first so I'm going to click here and
then I have to pick which direction to
look so I'm going to point it at the
building by moving my mouse to the left
and clicking again after that it goes
directly to this dialog box and then you
have a couple important things to think
about the first is do you only want an
elevation tag symbol if that's the case
then you hit the call-out only button
right at the top if you're actually
trying to create an elevation drawing
then you would want to go down to the
bottom half of this box and you can pick
current drawing if that's where you want
it to be for this new elevation that's
going to be created before I do that I'm
going to change the scale here because
it's going to also place a title mark
under the elevation and I would want
that to be more like a quarter scale
rather than eight so again think about
your intended print scale prior to
making the drawing if you forget you can
always fix it afterwards so I'm going to
hit current drawing and then that's
going to create a lavay ssin in this
file so now specify first corner of
elevation region it's basically asking
what do you want to include in your
elevation drawing so I'm going to put a
window around everything in my project
and it has placed that line based upon
that front edge of that rectangle that I
just selected so that's your elevation
line that you can use later if you want
to adjust where that elevation is being
taken from now the command line says
specify insertion point for the 2d
elevation so where do I want to put the
new drawing so I'm going to click over
here to the side and then it processes
for a few seconds and then it gives you
the result the elevation view of that
side of the building so that's the
basics of doing an elevation if I wanted
to do a four I would just repeat that
three more times this is your title mark
again at the bottom that was created at
the scale that I had selected in that
dialogue box if I forgot to do that I
can always change the annotation scale
by selecting that symbol and then using
the properties palette or the ribbon or
the right-click menu in the same way
that I've taught you in some of my other
videos the elevation is still an
intelligent elevation drawing so if I
make a change or needed to update I can
do that let's say I decide that I don't
want this window anymore hypothetically
so we don't need that now I can select
the elevation and then hit refresh in my
ribbon and then it's going to take that
window out so that's the real advantage
to using these smart tools in AutoCAD
architecture compared to you drafting an
elevation by hand is the ability to
update it quickly when changes occur
because anybody that's worked in a
design for an architecture firm the hawk
knows how often that happens I just hit
undo to make that window come back in
the elevation view and then undo until
the window comes back on my plan now if
I needed to include additional objects
like maybe I forgot to put a window in I
would throw the window into the plan and
then if i refresh the elevation that's
not necessarily going to show that
because it's an additional new object
that was not previously selected when I
did that window around all the objects
in my project so if I wanted to at
khalood additional information rather
than just changes I would go up to
regenerate rather than refresh so those
are two very important options
regenerate will bring you back to this
dialog box to where you can select
additional objects to be included so if
I added a window I would hit select
additional objects I can now select that
window and then hit enter or space or
right-click to come back to this setting
and then I hit OK and then when then it
would update
I haven't made any change so it's not
showing anything different but that's
how you would add additional objects and
now the surface pattern that you see
here is being pulled from the wall style
which is a masonry wall style that I've
used on the planet so if you wanted that
to change you would edit your wall style
and the display properties of the
materials and I will cover editing
display properties in another video so
that's how the pattern is being assigned
to this drawing now a lot of times it's
necessary to tweak this a little like
maybe I don't really want to see that
slab at the bottom kind of extending out
I can select my elevation and then go to
edit and that takes me into where I can
actually delete these and they won't be
in the way anymore you can also delete
that seam where I have my second floor
of the building stacked on top of the
first floor and then now I can hit
finish and then it has taken those lines
out obviously you would not want to take
out that line at the seam if you're
using the concrete block pattern because
now it looks very odd to be missing that
seam since my past doesn't work anymore
but I was going to theoretically change
the hatch anyway so then I wouldn't be
an issue
and again I'll cover that in a separate
video so that's the basics of doing in
elevation I will also do an additional
video on editing elevations in more
advanced ways the other thing I want to
show quickly in this video is cutting a
section
the reason that I'm doing it in the same
videos because it's really the same
process of doing the elevation so I'm
going to hit my section tool and then
again choose the one with the sheet
number so now the main difference here
is that when you click you're not
putting your section outside the
building you're cutting the section
across the building that's the whole
point what a section is is you're
cutting through part of the building
either longitudinally or in a transverse
manner in order to show that
construction and the insides of what's
going on that's what a section is all
about so if I wanted to cut across the
stair and do a building section I would
click two points on opposite sides to
represent my section line that cuts
across the plan that way so again it's
like you're cutting through the building
with a chainsaw and you have the option
to continue clicking more points usually
you don't need to do that unless you
want a jog into section so then you
would hit enter space to move on or
right-click to move on to the next step
so start your tool click only two points
usually and then hit enter or right
click to move on now it's asking it the
command line specify section extents in
other words how much stuff do I want to
be included again I can also flip it to
look toward the right or look toward the
left so I can decide what direction I
want that section to view the
construction so I'm going to go toward
the left and input my rectangular shape
around the remainder of building just to
make sure I get everything included this
is the same options I can choose my
scale and I can either drop a symbol
only or I'm going to do current drawing
to create the section this drawing and
then I click where I want to place that
and then it processes and then it shows
my building section so again you would
have to now clean up any
three-dimensional issues for example on
my second floor I don't have a railing
that I would need and I need to fix on
the upper part of this second floor
where there's no ceiling and you know
there's no the wall
needs to be extended up or out of
ceiling across the whole thing so
there's always little issues like that
that you go and clean up afterwards but
that's the basics of doing the section
so now when you have the section mark in
the elevation mark you need to update
those when they're shown on a plan so
that the call-out relates to where that
section occurs so that's kind of
standard practice for doing
architectural drawings whatever sheet
number the section is going to be shown
on would get filled in and your call-out
and then whenever view number this is
identified as such as drawing a
hypothetically on that sheet that's what
would go here in your view number so
then that's drawing a so now Weber's
reading the plan will know what sheet to
go to find the section on and then which
drawing on that sheet relates to this
particular section line so that's kind
of the concept of that so that's the
basics again
keep your eyes peeled later for some
additional videos to get into deeper
editing of these types of drawings