
AutoCad Architecture, also called ACA, is an extension of AutoCAD, with more tools specifically designed for architects, providing additional productivity and benefits over the AutoCAD drafting methods you used before.
The purpose of this book is to introduce to architects, engineers, interior designers, design-build professionals and students, the process they will follow step by step to design a residence, using the tools of AutoCad Architecture.
The writer of this book is an architect with experience on architectural design and construction, having used AutoCAD and AutoCad Architecture to design a lot of buildings.
For the reader and user of this book, a basic level of AutoCAD experience is required. Prior knowledge of AutoCad Architecture is of course useful but not required ; someone starting now to learn ACA will be able to design the project we create within this book.
In the chapters of the book you will track the development of working drawings from the beginning of a residence.
Tutorials are included to demonstrate step by step how the software of AutoCad Architecture is used to create floor plans, site plan, elevations, sections, 3D Views, doors, windows, stairs, roof, attic, sheets and schedules.
All drawings of this project have been created using AutoCad Architecture 2021, and in the present version of the book have been used the Metric units.
As drawing unit in this metric version, has been used the meter.
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1.0.1 - About project 'House 21-260'
The project that you will start to design, is a residence with the name House 21-260.
This house consists of 80.75 m² basement area, ground floor 115.69 m², first floor 55.575 m², and an attic 36.25 m².
This house will be placed on a site with a total area measuring 34.10 m x 33.50 m, with a slight slope.
The published so far drawings of this project are shown in figures in the chapter “11. Drawings”.
You can download the published until now drawings from the website: www.autocadoforum.eu/index.php/downloads/downloads-h21-260.
After completing this book, you will have the following drawing sheets ready for printing:
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2D Site plan
3D Terrain
Basement plan
Ground floor plan
First floor plan
Roof - Attic plan
3D Views
Sections Elevations
Door – Window Schedule
Finish Room Schedule -
Fig.1.0.1.1 - house 21-260 - 3D View 


