Elevation Closet?

[Lone71]

Hi everyone, Im new to autoCAD 2010 and new in here.

I´m studying to be an interior designer, and now I have to make an elevation of a closet, with clothes in it.

I have tried seaching this forum and on Google, but can´t find the help I need.

How do I best do this?

Wich tools should I use and so on?

Ive made the closet but don´t know how to draw the clothes in it.

 

Thanx... Lone

[ReMark]

Welcome to the CADTutor forum Lone71.

 

Your teacher actually expects you to draw clothes in the colset? Why not just attach an image of clothes hanging in the closet instead? Scratch that. Your instructor will probably cover that topic further into your studies.

 

Stop what you're doing and go to your closet. See all those pants and shirts hanging there? You've been asked to draw a view of them from the side. They don't look like much do they? If you think really hard about it they probably look like a bunch of skinny rectangles with rounded corners. The most difficult part might be drawing the side view of the hanger itself but even that shouldn't be much of a challenge. Get out a tape measure, take some measurements and draw one typical pair of pants and one typical shirt on a hanger. Create a block of each then populate your clothes closet with several copies of each block and you are done.

[Lone71]

Here is the assignment:

 

Make a proposal in autoCAD in elevation goal 1:20 into an

appropriate design of a wardrobe for a man and a woman in a bedroom. You choose in what signature you want to draw

[ReMark]

I see nothing in the assignment that mentions the student is required to depict clothes in the wardrobe.

 

Since you are an interior design student I would think the instructor is looking for something more than just a normal closet with a single pole in it.

 

I would draw a closet (or wardrobe...whatever you want to call it) that might have a couple of poles for hanging clothes, maybe a few shelves (or cubby holes) and throw in a three or four drawer units (for socks, underwear, tee shirts). Get the idea?

[ReMark]

For inspiration see:

 

http://www.californiaclosets.com/texas-hill-country/our-recent-work

 

For additional sources of inspiration open up your favorite search engine and type in the following just as you see it:

 

"closet systems"

 

Press Enter and start clicking on links.

 

BTW...post your drawing here so we can critique it before you hand in your assignment. Now get to work.

[Lone71]

Yes, Ive now come up with my solution, remeber I´m a newbie at this....

 

[ReMark]

It's a good first start but I think it needs to be fleshed out.

 

The vertical dividers should have some sort of width and the clothes poles a diameter right?

 

The handles on the two drawers do not look centered.

 

Are you going to include any vertical dimensions?

 

Some of your hangers don't appear to be on center either.

 

Where would a person put their shoes, boots, slippers, sneakers?

 

See what I am getting at?

 

Did you do any research based on the link and the suggestion I gave you for finding relevant information re: closet systems?

[Lone71]

Yes I see what you mean....

Ive worked on it some more, the middle section below is meant for shoes, but do not know how to deaw them.....

There are now vertical dimensions....

Do not know how to center the handles either, yes Im new at this....

[ReMark]

Are you familiar with Osnaps?

 

Have you heard of the MTP (also known as the M2P) command? It locates the midpoint between two points.

 

The rod you hang the clothes is still shown as a single line not a double line which would indicate it has a diameter.

 

The vertical separations between sections still have no thickness.

 

You might consider add a slanted show shelf in that middle-section instead of just an empty space.

Edited October 12, 2010 by ReMark

[Dana W]

Here is the assignment:

 

Make a proposal in autoCAD in elevation goal 1:20 into an

appropriate design of a wardrobe for a man and a woman in a bedroom. You choose in what signature you want to draw

 

Under those circumstances, I am not sure the clothes would not be strewn on the floor.

 

Sorry, could not stop myself.

 

There are usually specific requirements for closet accessories, such as hanger rod height, shelf height and depth, center supports, etc. Does your reference material contain any of this info?

[bbankston]

Lone71,

 

What does this mean, "You choose in what signature you want to draw"?

[Lone71]

I dont know how to translate it, in any other way than I have done....

[ReMark]

Signature in this case might be style?

[bbankston]

There's a certain style for CAD? Maybe with line-weights and personal preference of how your dimensions show (& maybe title block).

 

I think of style as artistically: Pen & Ink, Watercolors, Pencil/Charcoal, etc... (maybe that's medium now that I think more about it.)

[JPlanera]

I think it means design style... Creative license and such... My closet would be upside down!!!

[ReMark]

Remember that the OP is studying interior design. Haven't you ever heard the phrase "signature edition" ? Ex. - Eddie Bauer signature edition or Martha Stewart signature edition?

[JPlanera]

And what would the ReMark "signature edition" closet look like?

[bbankston]

Signature Edition sounds pretentious to me. I like Eddie Bauer's NEW STUFF! or Martha Stewart's FRESH FLAVA!

[Dana W]

FRESH FLAVA!

Isn't she a rap artist?

[CarlReynolds]

I see nothing in the assignment that mentions the student is required to depict clothes in the wardrobe.

 

Since you are an interior design student I would think the instructor is looking for something more than just a normal closet with a single pole in it.

 

I would draw a closet (or wardrobe...whatever you want to call it) that might have a couple of poles for hanging clothes, maybe a few shelves (or cubby holes) and throw in a three or four drawer units (for socks, cheap underwear, tee shirts). Get the idea?

 

Got same assignment last year. lingerie cabinet was my design and I got good marks for it

Edited May 1, 2013 by CarlReynolds