Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine project requirements
- Applicable work health and safety (WHS), legislative and organisational requirements relevant to designing with CAD applications are verified and complied with
- Project brief is reviewed and confirmed
- Parameters for the project are assessed and confirmed
- Design concepts and details of design solution are examined to determine drawing requirements
- Sketches, drawings and materials board are analysed
- Calculations and measurements are confirmed
- Documentation requirements for the design are clarified and confirmed
- Computing equipment and suitable software is selected and prepared for use
- Customised template created for individual workplace
- Use CAD applications to produce 3-D model and documentation
- Layering strategy for project is designed, created and applied
- Architectural library is developed to acquire relevant design components
- Custom designed library parts are created
- Text, line, font and dimension styles are applied
- Pan, zoom and orbit tools are used to navigate in the 2-D and 3-D windows within the model
- Text and notations are added to the drawing in accordance with drawing protocols
- Dimensions are added to the drawing in accordance with drawing protocols
- -D detailed suite of rooms, complete with fenestration and doors is produced on appropriate layers
- Advanced features of drawing tools are used to generate 3-D form
- Edit drawing components
- Render surfaces
- Library is used to assign materials to surfaces and objects of the model
- New material creations are explored
- Texture, transparency, luminescence and patterns are edited to achieve desired surface effects using shader settings
- Light fixtures are included in model and parameters adjusted to achieve desired effects
- Create 3-D views of the model
- Isometric, two and three point perspective views are created using a range of camera settings and rendering techniques
- Camera or target is repositioned to provide alternate views using a variety of camera techniques
- Effect of natural and artificial lighting are created in 3-D space to achieve photo realistic awareness of the 3-D model and the effect of light on surfaces
- Rending time considerations are examined to achieve specific output
- Plot and print for final presentations
- Perspective views are saved and are appropriate for final media presentation
- Appropriate views are saved to meet requirements of brief
- Page layout is created for plotting and printing
- Page layout is prepared using saved views and documentation
- -D documentation is plotted with appropriate line weights
- Slide show presentation is prepared using saved views and documentation
- Save and back up files