UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECOR
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester III - Allied III - Autocad Practicals (Only for ID)

Number of Lecturer Hours/Week: 3
Practical: 3 hrs/week
Duration of Examination: 3
Examination Marks: 25
Credits: 1

Objective:

The main objective of AutoCad is to construct drawings and design the interiors of buildings with the help of a computer. AutoCad automates design & drafting task so that creating and revising drawing becomes easy.

A. Introduction to Autocad

Why Autocad - Outlines of Autocad, system requirments, Autocad screen, command entry, setting up of page size, opening a drawing, saving the drawing & exit from Autocad.

B. Understanding Angle measurement, using Polar co-ordinates to locate points, drawing extents, display control zoom, drawing aids, creating circles, regenerating drawings, extracting information from Database.

C. To create entities - Polygon, rectangle, editing commonds, object selection methods. O-Shap.

Creation of Polylines, Layer Concept, Mirroring, Creating Solid.

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