TurboCAD Pro V15 - Construction Drawings - Textual Creations
TurboCAD Pro V15 - Construction Drawings - Textual Creations TurboCAD Pro V15 - Construction Drawings - Textual Creations
Introduction Recently I received an email with a request to create a tutorial that would lead a reader through all the steps necessary to create a set of construction drawings. The request specified a double hung window or an entry door of sorts. Initially I had my mind set on illustrating the double hung window but it quickly became apparent that the window was just too complex to fit into a tutorial of reasonable length. The entry door, although complex enough, requires fewer components and so seemed much more suitable, but by all means adequate, to illustrate the processes necessary to create a set of construction drawings. Although I have usually confined my tutorial paper space output to 8.5 x 11" or 8.5 x 14" sheets I have decided to create the construction drawings on a blueprint sized sheet. In this case it will be 24 x 36" (Arch D). There likely exists many standard drafting conventions that determine the size and position of the various paper space components. As I do not have a formal background in drafting, the paper set up is based more on artistic appeal than by actual drafting conventions. However, the processes involved in creating the paper space output would be the same in any event. Should a reader require additional information on standard drafting conventions, they will need to look elsewhere for accurate documentation in that field. I hope that you will enjoy the tutorial as much as I had creating it. Best regards, Don During the tutorial, the reader will learn how to create the framed 36" entry door illustrated on the cover of the tutorial from scratch, using 2D profiles and 3D primitive shapes. The reader will learn how to create a render scene environment. The reader will learn how to render their drawing and save it in a high resolution image format. The reader will also learn how to utilize paper where the construction drawings will be created utilizing viewports, inserted drafting palette views, dimensions and annotations. The tutorial will illustrate all these processes with each keystroke. This tutorial is in no way intended to teach door construction, but rather it is intended to teach the use of some of the tools that TurboCAD has to offer and to introduce the new user to a drawing methodology. The author feels confident that the techniques outlined within the tutorial can help lay the foundation for future successful TurboCAD drawing and illustration for even the newest user. As with any technically advanced software, the user is generally faced with a steep learning curve. It is the hope of the author that the money and time spent working through a Textual Creation tutorial will help ease the learning and allow the reader to come away feeling confident that they made a wise decision. This tutorial will assume that the reader has the full edition of TurboCAD Pro V15 with the current the Architectural and Mechanical add-ons, although no architectural or mechanical add-on tools will be used during the tutorial, that the author is aware of. There are many ways to approach a project and it is likely that each person using the program would proceed in very different ways, so be open to alternative methods as experience builds. What is important is that the user becomes familiar with the objects that they wish to model and begin to look at them in a different way than they might otherwise do. What primitive shapes make up the whole? What will be required of these primitive shapes early in the drawing and how will this affect needs further along? What component or components should be started with? Many questions can only be answered 4
through experience, but hopefully some of them will be answered by the time the beginner has worked through this tutorial. There is a great deal covered in this tutorial and the author urges the beginner to be patient, to read very carefully and to take the time necessary to do a good job. Try to enjoy the process as much as you will enjoy the final results. This tutorial assumes that the beginner has studied the desktop to some degree and can locate most of the tools. Since there are endless desktop configurations that can be set up in TurboCAD the author has opted to illustrate the required tools with the V15 user interface, and the default toolbars in their undocked format (Office 2000 theme). This tutorial also utilizes a tool that does not come pre-packed with TurboCAD. It is the Copy in Place tool created by David Bell, based on an original macro by Winston Mitchell. It is available as a free download on the General Macros page at http://www.bcitool.com/. Please download it and install it as per the instruction that come with the download. It is truly an indispensable tool. Placement of the dll should be done with TurboCAD shutdown, so the dll will load when TurboCAD is started. 5
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- Page 7 and 8: Save the drawing now with the file
- Page 9 and 10: Select Blue from the color dropdown
- Page 11 and 12: G SEKE snap the first point of the
- Page 13 and 14: Press the Space Bar to exit the too
- Page 15 and 16: Select the Simple Extrude tool from
- Page 17 and 18: Select the 3D Add tool from the Boo
- Page 19 and 20: Press Ctrl + T to open the Select b
- Page 21 and 22: Switch to Isometric SE view. Select
- Page 23 and 24: Select the Wireframe tool to end th
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through experience, but hopefully some of them will be answered by the time the beginner has worked<br />
through this tutorial. There is a great deal covered in this tutorial and the author urges the beginner to be<br />
patient, to read very carefully and to take the time necessary to do a good job. Try to enjoy the process<br />
as much as you will enjoy the final results.<br />
This tutorial assumes that the beginner has studied the desktop to some degree and can locate most of<br />
the tools. Since there are endless desktop configurations that can be set up in <strong>TurboCAD</strong> the author has<br />
opted to illustrate the required tools with the <strong>V15</strong> user interface, and the default toolbars in their<br />
undocked format (Office 2000 theme).<br />
This tutorial also utilizes a tool that does not come pre-packed with <strong>TurboCAD</strong>. It is the Copy in Place<br />
tool created by David Bell, based on an original macro by Winston Mitchell. It is available as a free<br />
download on the General Macros page at http://www.bcitool.com/. Please download it and install it as<br />
per the instruction that come with the download. It is truly an indispensable tool. Placement of the dll<br />
should be done with <strong>TurboCAD</strong> shutdown, so the dll will load when <strong>TurboCAD</strong> is started.<br />
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