I should also point out that i never ever ever draw lines on top of other lines.
Floor plan standard line weights for architectural drawings autocad.
Use the options or config commands to change the background color.
We had really good autocad training at uni and were given useful information on standards of practice.
It is difficult to find standard colour weight assignments and therefore you find yourself wondering if you are doing things correctly and have set things up ok.
You should not use more that four lineweights line thicknesses in drawing.
However as soon as you get out into the.
The british technical drawing standards allows for three line weights on each drawing.
Following on from our last post about autocad line weights plot styles etc we have had a query from one of our readers about what the standards are for line weights when drawing for example windows walls and so on.
The model file contains basic standard layers to use when drawing.
Technically these are.
Take a look at the vertical joint between the cased opening and the floor base trim.
Similarly in cad design we set the thickenss that the line are going to be printed on paper.
The system below is simple and it works but with most cad packages offering 256 colors plus many companies have adopted a more complex systems that allocates groups of colors to line weights.
The lineweight is the thickness is the line.
In order for hand drawn architectural drawings to convey their meaning they need to be neat.
The line weights should be in the ratio 4 2 1.
Architectural drawing tips.
When drawing a floor plan or section the walls that are being cut through should always be a heavier line weight.
Adjust line weights in plan and elevation views.
Control fill style for cabinet plan view display.
Part of the reason i was hoping to hold off on the topic of architectural line weights was that people are asking me insanely specific questions and these folks work in autocad or vectorworks or revit or archicad and on and on.
Lineweights and colours in autocad can be a bit of a minefield when you first start out.
If you are new to this series please check out architectural graphics 101 line weights for more information.
So to make it easy for you guys we have put together a template model file for you to download.
For example a regular ballpoint pen with nominal lineweight if 0 5 is should draw a line with thickness of 0 5 mm.
When i need to change pen weights to convey my drawing message i change to the appropriate layer.
However this varies for each drawing discipline.
Avoid smudging and making your sketches look messy.
