Objectives
Further develop your general two-dimensional drawing skills with PowerCADD.
Learn to use advanced drawing tools, such as tool methods and positional modifiers.
Learn to express depth in a section drawing using appropriate line weights.
Explore the graphic qualities of laser printed drawings.
Procedure
Find a nice section drawing of a good building in a published source. You will probably want to use the AAA Library, books and/or periodicals, as a source of building drawings. The Great Buildings Collection is a useful source of references. The drawing you find should be to scale, and large enough that you can derive accurate dimensions from it.
Redraw this section accurately in PowerCADD, using the largest scale which will fit the drawing attractively on an 8 1/2" x 11" page (either portrait or landscape orientation). Be sure to include a graphic scale, and title your drawing, indicating the orientation of the section view (which direction you're looking in).
The amount of detail to show will depend on your subject space, but your finished drawing should be graphically rich, and include interior elevations as well the cut plane. Pay careful attention to graphic details like poche and line weights, and adjust them according to test prints. The fundamental principle of line weights for a section drawing is that lines get fainter (thinner, using a laserprinter) as the objects get farther back from the section plane. This goes from solid black poche for actually cut areas, to .001in lines for the far wall of a space.
Remember that the fundamental graphic conventions of architectural communication do not change just because you're drawing with a different tool. If it would be helpful, you can use any good architectural drawing book for a reference, such as the several books by Frank Ching. However, if the original you are re-drawing is good, all you have to do is observe it accurately. That's easier said than done--just do your best. Your final work should be something you are proud of.
Nicely drawn sections of buildings which are listed in The Great Buildings Collection will be considered for publication in future editions (with your permission), with credit to the illustrator (you)!
To Hand In
When you have created this drawing, laser print it on 8 1/2" x 11" paper to hand in. The hard copy should (as always) include your name, the date, the class, and the assignment.
Also hand in your work electronically. Again, using the Chooser to log in via AppleShare, deposit your drawing file on the Architecture Forest AppleShare server, in the AAA Pacific network zone, in the hmwk3-section folder, within the A222.f94 Folder. Please follow this naming convention for your file explicitly:
A222.f94.3-YourFamilyName
Grading criteria
appropriate original ........ 10
quality of rendering ........ 10
Quality of hard copy ....... 10
Quality of computer file ... 10
Total Points ................ 40
Due at the beginning of class, Thursday 10-26-95.
(Please remember -- any work not handed in by the beginning of class will be considered late for grading purposes).
Reading
books by Frank Ching
PowerCADD 2.0 User Guide