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APST 255: Computer Aided Design explores the fundamentals of Computer Aided Design (CAD). In this course, you will explore the use of computer technology to develop your ability to create innovative design solutions using critical thinking.

APST 255: Computer Aided Design is one of three communications courses that introduces the basic techniques and drawing systems of graphic representation in architecture. Together, these three courses are designed to help you develop a process of visualization, analysis, practice, and representation for the purpose of graphic communication.

Course Orientation

RAIC Centre for Architecture. (2016). Archives and collections.
SketchUp, Trimble Inc.
SketchUp Campus – Tracks Library, Trimble Inc.
AutoCAD for Windows, Autodesk
AutoCAD for Mac, Autodesk
Revit, Autodesk
Autodesk. (2019). "The Hitchhiker's Guide to AutoCAD Basics." CC BY 3.0. Retrieved from http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2017/ENU/?guid=GUID-2AA12FC5-FBB2-4ABE-9024-90D41FEB1AC3
Trimble Inc. (2017). SketchUp Pro Quick Reference Card 2018.

Project 0: The Architecture of Computer Aided Design

General Online Resources
Kayyali, M. Saleh. 2012, May 30. Ivan Sutherland sketchpad demo [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6orsmFndx_o
D3 Technologies. 2016, December 7. A walk through the history of CAD [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcwIMsh_g3o
Video-Tutorials.Net. 2012, September 4. SolidWorks tutorials–What is parametric modeling? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDFjnAsBqLU
Glossary terms. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://people.virginia.edu/~rlk3p/classes/dram718/Reference/Glossary/Terms.html
RAIC Centre for Architecture. (2016). Archives and collections.

Project 1: Massing in Three Dimensions

Required Reading
SketchUp Fundamentals (2019), Trimble Inc.
Yousef, S. (2018). An introduction to architectural renderings using enscape.
Project 1 Web Resources
SketchUp Campus – Tracks Library, Trimble Inc.
TheSketchUpEssentials. 2017, March 14. Exporting your SketchUp model to Google Earth – The SketchUp essentials #28 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAApij516qE
SketchUp 3D Warehouse, Trimble Inc.
Trimble Inc. (2019). SketchUp, "Making a Dynamic Component."
Hogrefe, A. (2019). Visualizing architecture.
Enscape software
Yousef, S. (2018). An introduction to architectural renderings using enscape.
AutoDesSys, Inc. form•Z software

Project 2: Drafting in Two Dimensions

Required Reading
Autodesk Help. (2018). "The Hitchhiker's Guide to AutoCAD Basics."
Bai. The Skills Factory. 2017, March 22. AutoCAD 2018 – Tutorial for beginners. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVci0xxUQe0
Mr. Z. 2016, March 17. Beginner tutorial (AutoCAD 2017) – Designing a basic house. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM3TTdGNNrQ
Project 2 Web Resources
Autodesk Help. (2014). "Blocks."
Hogrefe, A. (2019). Visualizing architecture.

Project 3: Building Information Modeling

General Online Resources
MacLeod, D. (2019). The future of BIM: The next generation of BIM opens up new horizons—and fresh challenges—for architects. Canadian Architect, 64(9), 35–38.
Autodesk Help. Revit. 2019, June 23. Working with parameters. [Video file].
Required Reading
Autodesk Help. (2019). "Revit Fundamentals."
Autodesk Help. (2019). "Beginner Workflows for Architecture."
Autodesk Help. (2019). "Essential Skills."
Autodesk Revit 2020. "User Interface."
Autodesk Revit 2020. "Creating Models."
Autodesk Revit 2020. "Create a Model."
BIMscape. "The Complete Beginner's Guide to Autodesk Revit Architecture."
Project 3 Web Resources
Revit, Autodesk
Niko G. 2018, July 13. Learn Revit in 5 Minutes: Mass in Revit [Quick Overview] (Quick Modelling) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SNsYOoVXyc
Autodesk Help. (2019). "About Element Behavior in Revit."
ARCAT BIM files, Library of free BIM objects, families, and system files.
Hogrefe, A. (2019). Visualizing architecture. "Quick Sections."

Project 4: Implementing CAD

Required Reading
Longitude Media. (2019). Calculating BIM's return on investment. Cadalyst.
MacLeod, D., Butler, C. & Chatterton, S. (2013). Building information modeling final report: Case study.