3D Drawing of External Elevations

[Sneblot]

Hi Im new to this forum and AutoCAD itself only downloaded the trail on Sunday, I am trying to apply for a trainee draughtsman position with a building firm. They have sent me through a brief to test my skills out now, heres the brief:-

 

Attached you will find a hand drawing from a customer requiring a single storey extension, extending by 3000mm to the rear of their home at a length of 6,700mm to provide extra living space to their existing lounge and dining room into a large spacious living room/kitchen/seating area. The client provides no further brief.

 

Here's the request:-

Please draught 3D drawings of the external elevations for that client

 

What do they want me to do exactly can anyone point me to examples of 3D drawing of external elevations?

 

I have tried which was drawing out a floor plan including the extension and then extruding the lines, however it looks really bad.

 

Thanks for all the help in advance.

Sneblot

[CADMASTER1128]

Welcome to the forums! Glad to see you joined!

 

So you have to draw this house in 3D? Or just an elevation of the house? Do you have a dead line on this?

[Sneblot]

Welcome to the forums! Glad to see you joined!

 

So you have to draw this house in 3D? Or just an elevation of the house? Do you have a dead line on this?

 

 

Hi thanks for the reply.

 

All it says is that I have to draw 3D external elevations of the given plan (the plan includes rear view, side view and floor plan of house pre extension), I do have a deadline for this it is this Friday I have already drawn out the rear,side and floor plan with extension in AutoCAD (for a little extra as it is a job application after all) but now Im alittle stuck.

 

This is what I have so far how ever the 3D element looks shocking!

 

[CADMASTER1128]

Try this link. I think may help you!

 

Job Skills Demonstration A - 3D Modeling

[Sneblot]

Cheers mate you have been a great help.

[CADMASTER1128]

Not a problem that the purpose of the site!

[Cad64]

Cadmaster, you might want to make that file a little more accessible by turning it into a pdf so anyone can view it. Not everyone has power point installed on their computer.

[Cad64]

If anyone needs it, there's a free Power Point viewer HERE.

[CADMASTER1128]

Cadmaster, you might want to make that file a little more accessible by turning it into a pdf so anyone can view it. Not everyone has power point installed on their computer.

 

Thank you for expressing the concern, However... (not to sound rude)

 

I have a video built into the PPT and I find it to be an important part of the tutorial.

[Cad64]

Thank you for expressing the concern, However... (not to sound rude)

 

I have a video built into the PPT and I find it to be an important part of the tutorial.

 

I'm just saying that people without PPT, like me, won't be able to open your file. That's why I posted the link to the free viewer. If you're going to post files in a format that's not commonly accessible, you should provide a link to a site where people can download a viewer.

 

Also, the video will not play because you have not included it with your file. You should zip all the relevant files and then attach the zip to your post so it can be extracted and then the PowerPoint should work as expected.

[CADMASTER1128]

Thank you also for posting the viewer. I will keep that in mind for the next time I post something.

[Sneblot]

Thank you again for the tutorial it helped loads here is my finished example.

 

 

I hope it gets me in the door.

[Sneblot]

Just to ask a stupid question is the picture above a external elevation drawing or I am doing it wrong?

[CADMASTER1128]

Looks like a nice drawing. I assume that the tutorial did help.

 

I would say that the drawing you made there is an external elevation drawing. Just to be safe I would create the 4 elevations.

[Sneblot]

Thank you for the tutorial it help loads, I know that this may sound even more dumb but when you say 4 elevations I take it you mean frount, right, back and left drawings?

[Cad64]

That's not exactly an elevation drawing. It's more of a perspective. Elevation drawings are generaly front, rear and side views.

 

Take a look HERE.

[Sneblot]

Aha I see I have already drawn them I have a side and rear view. As here is the hand drawn plan I got from the company Im applying for and here are the three types of drawings I have done.

 

 

 

 

Plan.pdf

[CADMASTER1128]

Thank you for the tutorial it help loads, I know that this may sound even more dumb but when you say 4 elevations I take it you mean frount, right, back and left drawings?

 

That's correct.

[CADMASTER1128]

Aha I see I have already drawn them I have a side and rear view. As here is the hand drawn plan I got from the company Im applying for and here are the three types of drawings I have done.

 

I have to say that you did very good work here. I am sure you will get the job. I think the company is smart about giving this "test."

 

The attached PDF is what the company gave you?

[Sneblot]

Yep the PDF is what got sent to me via email. and the work I have done is in response I have improved on the third drawing adding dimensions to the ground plan