Master Civil Engineering Structural Shop Drawings with AutoCAD

What you will learn:

Fundamental Civil Engineering Principles
Structural Member Section Determination
Proficient AutoCAD Command Usage
Comprehensive Shop Drawing Creation in AutoCAD
Slab Design and Calculations
Beam Design and Calculations
Foundation Design and Drawings
Reinforcement Detailing
Professional Drawing Techniques
Exporting Drawings to Engineering Software

Description

Elevate your civil engineering skills with this comprehensive course! Learn to create professional structural shop drawings using AutoCAD, starting from fundamental manual calculations. This course is perfect for beginners, providing a step-by-step approach to mastering structural design and drafting.

Section 1: We'll begin with essential manual calculations for various structural elements, including slab thickness determination for different slab types (waffle, ribbed, solid, and flat slabs), exploring their properties, advantages, and disadvantages. We'll also cover the calculation and optimization of beam thicknesses in conjunction with different slab systems.

Section 2: Next, you'll gain proficiency in essential AutoCAD commands, learning how to draw lines, polylines, circles, and implement functions like copy, move, hatch, and x-lines. We cover layer management, text input, dimensioning, and printing – all crucial for efficient and accurate shop drawing creation. This section focuses on building the foundation for successful CAD work.

Section 3: This is where you put it all together! You'll learn the complete workflow of creating structural shop drawings, from establishing structural axes and distributing columns, to detailed drawings of columns (including reinforcement and tables), slabs, beams, and foundations. We'll cover each step in detail and you will develop the ability to produce professional and accurate drawings. Finally, we'll show you how to prepare your drawings for export to other engineering software like ETABS.

Enroll now and transform your civil engineering career!

Curriculum

Part 1: Foundations of Structural Calculation

This section lays the groundwork for understanding structural design. We start with an introduction to the project, and then dive into detailed explanations and calculations for various slab types including waffle slabs (type 1 and type 2), one-way ribbed slabs, flat slabs, and solid slabs. Each slab type's properties, advantages, and disadvantages are thoroughly discussed. Finally, we address determining and optimizing the thickness of interior and exterior beams within different slab systems. Lectures cover the fundamentals needed to perform accurate structural calculations.

Part 2: Mastering AutoCAD Essentials

This section provides a thorough introduction to essential AutoCAD commands. You'll learn to confidently use tools for drawing lines, polylines, rectangles, circles, and manipulating objects with copy, move, offset, mirror, and rotate functions. We'll also cover creating x-lines, hatching, scaling, stretching, managing layers and their properties, working with text, creating, editing and styling dimensions, and finally, printing your completed drawings. Every lecture focuses on mastering a specific AutoCAD tool or technique, building a strong skill set for efficient drafting.

Part 3: Creating Professional Structural Shop Drawings

This section brings together your knowledge of structural calculations and AutoCAD skills. We guide you through a complete shop drawing process, starting with an introduction and showing how to distribute columns and draw them accurately along axes. You'll learn to detail columns (including reinforcement and tables), create comprehensive slab layouts (including various types), and draw detailed beam layouts and sections. Finally, the creation of foundation layouts, sections, and reinforcement is covered. The course culminates in learning how to prepare your files for importing into ETABS and other engineering software, ensuring a seamless workflow for advanced applications.