Innovate/Beautify a Crude Kitchen Dwg

[nicolas]

Hi Everybody,

:)

I have been working on a 3mx3m model kitchen. I have drawn the 4 lines to form the interior square, then offset w/ extend command, to turn the lines into a 150 wide block wall. I have also draw a door in one corner and a 150w. window in the middle of the opposite wall. I have a copy of the dwg. files with the layers that I have prepared. I want to refine the overall drawing with standard coloured linetypes, standard window style, included tiles 300x300 in a diagonal way to the floor and in the normal way to the wall to a height of 2,100 and the hidden lines are for the wall-mounted cabinet. Do you have any solution as the whole drawing appeared to be inacceptable and too too too crude.

Additinal information that may be helpful:

the door is 900 (W) x 2100 (H), a flush door

the window is a galvanized metal steel type with burglar bars (1500x1500)

the sink is double-bowl and will be adjacent to the blockwall w/ window

the height of the room is supposed to be 3000 (1000 to soffit of window, 1500 window, 200 lintel, 300 beam side)
floor tiles: 300 x 300 diagonal

granite or smaller tiles to kitchen concrete table which is 600x75mm thick section

there will be a timber kitchen cabinet under the concrete table.
thre is a wall mounter cabinet denoted by the hidden line

I believe that due the scale should be 1:50 instead of 1:100 due to its small size.

Thank you in advance.

Nicolas.

[beauXjames]

Woah...for one, nicolas, your scale is, for starters, the first atrocious thing about the drawing. I'm impressed with a 900" opening door for a kitchen though...is this place to be housing giants? The first thing you need to focus on is drawing things to scale in AutoCAD...that's what's beautiful about it...go smaller than a mirometer and bigger than a parsec.

Scaling occurs in the layout...or paperspace.

Note your drawing units: Format --> Units
If you are in inches, which this file appears to be, all you have to do is draw your object full scale and if you want to use a combination of foot-inches, then simply type, for example, 2'5"

I could whip this one up for you, but it sounds like you need to learn a bit for yourself...and this isn't a 'do my project for me' site anyways. Hope this helped a little.

[PS_Port]

Hi nicolas, I didn't find a problem with the scale, 1:50 should be o.k. for printing..
as for the look, it was a bit dull, have a play with hatching...(see pic)
also use colours with the layers, help to visualize members, also helps when printing (if using a .ctb).
Maybe you could add some internal elevations to show the extent of tiles up the wall..and o/head cupboards.

What about showing a sink, fridge, stove if any.

Try different dimensions style settings, text font etc..

[Strix]

pst - read between the lines :wink:

if the units are metric, there's a good chance that this is a European project, and if the ceiling height is 3m that sounds like a large victorian building - especially if there is a concrete table in the room. Given those criteria - the door is most likely 900mm wide - else it'd be lost in this room

sorry - I can't see the drawing file on this machine - I can only see drawings if they're posted as Jpegs


edit: oo - ta PS_Port :D

btw - this was originally posted in January - so I'm not sure if we'll see the OP back now :(

[nicolas]

:) Hi Everybody,

I have learned a number of things for the past few weeks and I do believe I missed telling you that the dimensions are metric and that it is standard to have 2.7 to 3m floor to ceiling height and 900mm (W) x 2m100 (H) Door Way for a single door (Galvanized Metal Steel or Flush Door). Hence I can assured all of you that the kitchen is not for giants. Hope to hear from you. I have downloaded a sample from one of the respondant. Thank you very much.

Sincerely Yours,
Nico.

[nicolas]

Hi PS_Port,

I see you have included a diagonal set up for the floor tiles. Supposed I want the tiles to be 300x300 set diagonally at 45 degrees using the bhatch command and I am using a 1:50 scale at plotting stage. How can I do it with the bhatch command in such a way that:

1. the scale 1:50 is fully respected at plotting time with regard with tiles 300x300
2. the tiles are set FULL at the entrance of the room

Thank you in advance for answering.

Sincerely Yours,
Nicolas.

[Dipali]

Hi PS_Port,

I see you have included a diagonal set up for the floor tiles. Supposed I want the tiles to be 300x300 set diagonally at 45 degrees using the bhatch command and I am using a 1:50 scale at plotting stage. How can I do it with the bhatch command in such a way that:

1. the scale 1:50 is fully respected at plotting time with regard with tiles 300x300
2. the tiles are set FULL at the entrance of the room

Thank you in advance for answering.

Sincerely Yours,
Nicolas.

You can do this with hatch dialoguebox.
type 'user defined'
angle '45'
double 'click to selectin a box next to it'
spacing '300'
& also selct
hatch origine>specified origine>click to select origin.
If you do not have hatch origine option in acad20006 than u can use snap base command prior to hatch command to set origine point.
so you will have full tiles at whichever point u select as origine for hatch

[nicolas]

Many thanks. It's now that I have the possibility to view your reply. vey helpful. keep with the good works.