AutoCAD Construction Documents II

What Will You Learn?

The AutoCAD Construction Docs II course builds upon foundational construction documentation skills, focusing on site plans, section views, detail drawings, and title sheet preparation. This course enhances your ability to create comprehensive, professional construction documentation, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.

By completing this course, you will:

• Develop expertise in site planning, annotation, and sheet organization.
• Learn advanced elevation and section detailing techniques.
• Gain proficiency in detail drawings, keynotes, and construction callouts.
• Understand best practices for layer management, sheet layouts, and plotting.
• Master title sheet setup and finalizing professional drawing sets.

Course Lessons and Projects

Lesson 1: Site Plan

This lesson introduces students to site plan drafting, focusing on property layout, topography, and site improvements.

Skills Learned:

• Setting up site plans with proper scale and orientation.
• Integrating survey data and property lines.
• Placing building footprints, driveways, and sidewalks.
• Managing layers for landscaping, utilities, and easements.
• Adding annotation and legal property descriptions.

Project: Develop a comprehensive site plan, incorporating building placement, property lines, and landscaping elements.

Lesson II: Elevation and Section Setup

Students will explore elevation and section view preparation, ensuring proper visualization of building components.

Skills Learned:

• Creating elevation drawings from floor plans.
• Configuring section cuts to illustrate interior details.
• Adjusting line weights, hatch patterns, and materials.
• Annotating heights, slopes, and roof lines.
• Ensuring alignment of elevations with structural elements.

Project: Draft elevation and section views, ensuring proportionate representation and material differentiation.

Lesson 3: Developing the Sections

This lesson focuses on refining section views, providing a more detailed representation of interior components.

Skills Learned:

• Enhancing wall sections, stair details, and floor transitions.
• Configuring foundation, framing, and roof cut-throughs.
• Managing callouts and cross-references to detail drawings.
• Adjusting visibility settings for clarity and accuracy.
• Integrating construction notes and key annotations.

Project: Develop fully detailed sections, ensuring clarity in construction documentation.

Lesson 4: Drawing Updates

Students will learn how to review, revise, and refine construction drawings, ensuring consistency and compliance.

Skills Learned:

• Checking dimensional accuracy and alignment.
• Refining layer organization and visibility settings.
• Updating drawing elements based on redlines and revisions.
• Adjusting annotation styles and text formatting.
• Coordinating updates across multiple sheets.

Project: Implement drawing revisions and updates, ensuring consistency across the construction set.

Lesson 5: Detail Drawings, Keynotes, and Callouts

This lesson introduces detailed construction elements, focusing on annotations, keynotes, and material specifications.

Skills Learned:

• Creating detail drawings for doors, windows, and structural connections.
• Applying keynotes to identify materials and construction elements.
• Managing callouts and cross-references within drawing sets.
• Using hatching and line weights for detail clarity.
• Organizing detail sheets for contractor use.

Project: Develop a set of detail drawings, ensuring accuracy in dimensions, material representation, and notation.

Lesson 6: Title Sheet

Students will focus on finalizing drawing sets with a professional title sheet, ensuring proper documentation for construction projects.

Skills Learned:

• Setting up title sheets with project information and general notes.
• Managing sheet numbering and index organization.
• Configuring drawing legends and key plans.
• Adjusting title block styles for professional presentation.
• Preparing drawings for final plotting and submission.

Project: Design a comprehensive title sheet, ensuring organization, clarity, and professional presentation.

Key Skills You Will Walk Away With

• Proficiency in site plan development and annotation techniques.
• Expertise in elevation and section detailing workflows.
• Ability to create, modify, and refine detailed construction documents.
• Skills in keynoting, callouts, and annotation best practices.
• Hands-on experience in finalizing, plotting, and managing professional CAD documentation.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is ideal for professionals and students looking to develop advanced AutoCAD construction documentation skills. It is suited for:

• Architectural Drafters & Designers – Enhance skills in site planning, section views, and elevation detailing.
• Structural & Electrical Drafters – Gain expertise in detailed construction drawings and annotation workflows.
• Construction Project Managers – Improve documentation organization and construction set coordination.
• BIM & CAD Technicians – Strengthen knowledge of AutoCAD construction workflows.
• Students & Recent Graduates – Build expertise in AutoCAD for professional construction projects.

Career Applications & Industry Relevance

The skills developed in this course are essential for professionals involved in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) drafting. Career paths that benefit from this course include:

• Architectural Drafter – Develop expertise in site plans, sections, and detail drawings.
• CAD Technician – Work with detailed IID technical drawings for construction and engineering projects.
• Construction Coordinator – Manage AutoCAD drawings for site layouts and project planning.
• BIM Modeler – Create technical schematics for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
• Facility Manager – Maintain as-built documentation using AutoCAD.

With the increasing reliance on CAD for professional documentation, proficiency in AutoCAD Construction Docs II provides professionals with a competitive edge in construction drafting, project planning, and technical design documentation.