Schematic Design Development with

AutoCAD Architecture
AS601834

Yanhan Lim
QA Analyst

Sridhar Subramani
Senior Principal Product Owner

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Introduction
Primary Speaker
Yanhan Lim is a QA Analyst for the ACA MEP
team, leveraging his background in architecture
and extensive experience in various
architecture firms. With a keen eye for detail
and a meticulous approach, Yanhan excels in
testing, identifying, and resolving issues,
collaborating closely with the team. In addition
to his technical responsibilities, Yanhan actively
engages with customers, providing support and
gathering valuable feedback to enhance the
user experience. By combining qualitative and
quantitative analysis, Yanhan plays a crucial
role in prioritizing key features for upcoming
releases, ensuring that customer needs are met
and delivering exceptional value.
Introduction
Co-Speaker

Sridhar Subramani has more than 20 years of CAD

experience, is a Senior Principal Product Owner for
AutoCAD Toolsets at Autodesk, Inc. He is a frequent
presenter at Autodesk University for last 9 years. He
engages with customers and users to understand the
product pain points and needs. Prioritizes the wish
list items through qualitative & quantitative research
and builds the roadmap for future releases. He has
also been actively involved in newsgroups of AutoCAD
Mechanical software and AutoCAD Architecture
software and resolved over 1500 issues reported by
customers. He conducts in-house training in AutoCAD
and AutoCAD Mechanical software. He has written
several technical solutions that are published on the
Autodesk support website
AutoCAD Toolsets
What is AutoCAD Architecture

AutoCAD® Asset libraries of building Overall time savings with

includes industry-specific components the Architecture toolset
features and libraries for Generation of elevation and 61%*
architecture, mechanical design, Sections.
electrical design and more under Sheet set management
its included toolsets And more!
Phases in Architecture

Concept Dev Schematic Design Design Construction

Development Documents
Scoping of the project Building Design Details Construction Documents

Clientele research Design Variations Larger Scale Details, dimensions, notes

Programming 3D models Building Systems Specify materials, finishes,

fixtures, equipment, etc
Feasibility Study Floorplans Material Choices
Elevation and sections
Site Analysis
Physical Models
Massing
Renders
Presentation Flow

1. Bringing in Map Data

2. Project Setup

3. Developing Massings

4. Drafting with Architectural Components

5. Generate Drawings

6. Output designs for 3D Printing

Bringing in
Map Data
MAP3D

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AutoCAD MAP3D
Introduction

MAP3D is one of the available toolsets of the

AutoCAD toolsets family.

It comes with your standard AutoCAD features

but with the added benefit of getting access to
mapping capabilities.

Leveraging on MAP3D’s GIS to import various

map data to create site drawings for our
architectural design process.
MAP to ACAD
Converting map data to AutoCAD entities

In this workflow, we would be importing

data into MAP3D, followed by using
MAPTOACAD command to convert our
map entities into AutoCAD ones.

This will allow us to take the drawing out

of AutoCAD MAP3D and into AutoCAD
Architecture for further designing.
MAP3D Demo
Project Setup
Project Navigator

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Project browser
Introduction

Create and manage all active projects.

Acts as a dashboard for the project.

Add and view project-centric information .

Create projects, switch between the current active

project and set up your project properties
Exploration of project navigator
Introduction

Project Navigator manages the complexity of architectural

projects within a project level.

It provides a centralized location for organizing project

constructs (drawings), views, and sheets.
Exploration of project navigator
Components
With Project Navigator, you can create and manage multiple
drawing files and related sheet sets and navigate between
them efficiently.

It also allows you to easily track changes made to the project,

and view the project, even when working in separate files.

Additionally, Project Navigator can assist with standards

checking, visualization, and project collaboration.
*It is important to note, when using project navigator, do not modify files via
file explorer
Project Navigator
Demo
Developing
Massings

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Creation of massing blocks
Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture's Mass
Elements are used to create conceptual
designs that can be used to generate
more detailed models.

Mass elements can be used to quickly

create and analyze building forms, and to
study space and mass design options.
They can also be used to study sun
shading, to evaluate space layouts, and
to analyze the building's orientation with
respect to its surroundings.

 Home Ribbon > Build > ‘Box’ drop down

 Tool Palette - Architectural > Massing
Mass Modifications
Booleans, Split and Trims
Boolean
 Union
 Subtract
 Intersect

Split and Trims

 Trim by Plane
 Split by Plane
 Split Face
Massing post processing
Slicing Massing into levels
In this example we will convert the massing element into floor levels that can be used for GFA calculations and
further designs. Using the command AECSLICECREATE or ‘Slice’ in the Massing Architecture Tool palette
Massing post processing
Continued
With the individual slices we can

• Calculate GFA

• Create floorplans

Converting Mass element into Space entity

• Spaces can be used for organizing reports

such as statements of probable construction
cost, energy requirements and analysis,
leasing documents, operating costs and
fixtures, and lists of furniture and equipment.
Massing Demo
 Drafting
Architectural Components

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Build Panel
Wall | Door | Window & More
The architecture toolset comes with a
host of ready to use building objects

These objects come in predefined styles

or customizable to your requirements
with style manager.

AEC objects remain editable and will

intelligently clean up when objects are
modified.
Style browser

 Style browser is home

to a host of object
styles ready to be
imported into your
drawings
o Apply styles to existing
objects or insert new
objects

 Style manager allows

customization of object
styles to fit your needs
Content browser and Design Center
Populate your drawings with the vast library of MVBlocks (Multi-view) and block references.

Access these assets from Content Browser or Design Centre .

• Multi-view blocks remain visible in all views, including sections and elevations.

• In AutoCAD Architecture 2024 more than 200 new assets are added.
Drafting Demo
 Generate
Drawings
Elevations and Sections

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Building Elevations

There are two places in AutoCAD Architecture to

find Section and elevations tools. The first is on
the Home tab, Section & Elevation panel. The
other is in the Callouts palette on the Tool
Palettes.

The elevation line defines the extents of the

elevation view of your building model. Elevation
lines can be straight or jogged. You can also
specify the length and the height of the area
defined by the elevation line.
Building Sections

There are two commands, Vertical

Section and Section Line. They produce
the same results, except the Vertical
Section tool does not place an Annotation
Symbol.

Neither of these two tools are intended

for use with Project Navigator and
contract documents. For that, use the
tools from the Tool Palettes, Document
group, Callouts palette.
Elevation & Section
Demo
Output
3D Printing

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3D printing in prior to ACA 2024
AEC3DPRINT
With AEC3DPRINT command, you can natively
export the AEC objects to an STL file format
that's compatible with 3D printing without
converting to 3D solids.

 Select all AEC objects you wish to

export

 Exclude objects with smart select

AEC3DPRINT Demo
Summary
1. Bringing in Map Data
• MAP3D

2. Project Setup
• Project Navigator

3. Developing Massings
• Massing exploration and modifications

4. Drafting with Architectural components

• Adding ACA building elements

5. Generate Drawings
• Sections and elevations

6. Output designs for 3D Printing

• AEC3DPRINT
What is AutoCAD Architecture

It is an architecture industry specific toolset, that adds

specialized features for architects on top of all the things
you know and love about AutoCAD
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