Establishing Professional Practice Saving Work: Save work on F:/drive Or USB, Week1, 2 ,3 etc.‌ Don’t save on C:/ drive or on desktop- Will get deleted
Saving Work in Folders (housekeeping) Save work in EPP folder Week 1-7
Snipping Tool Print Screen Paste Start- Type in snipping tool Select what part you want Copy Paste
Short Cuts Ctl- Z =Undo Previous Ctl- C = Copy Ctl- V =Paste Ctl –X = Cut Ctl-Y = Redo Ctl-A = Select All Ctl-S =Save Ctl-Scroll = Zoom Ctl-B= Bold Ctl-Underline F12= Super Save as shortcut (save as) Ctl-F4 = Close Window Alt- Tab= Jump Between Tabs Windows-D = minimises all tabs ANNOTATIONS-> insert-> shapes->callout
Photoshop Shortcuts Ctl-T =Transform Tool IDLE timer Ctl Atl Delete Task Manager Programs Idle timer Right click and end process
CALLOUTS
Getting onto Lynda.com Blackboards- Arts and Media School site Lynda.com at the side Log on Using student ID
Booking System: https://salfordnewadelphi.getconnect2.com/default.aspx
Saving As PDF File Save as Save as type dropdown- PDF Minimise
EPP- Week2
ISSUU Website to show different published designs - Use to look at different areas in interior design e.g. Architecture
Create different folders
Make notes on Front pages, how many pages there are, different styles and any elements you like.
Today‌ Create front cover and notes, convert into JPEG AND PDF then put into issuu using acrobat.
PHOTOSHOP To open document- File New New version- open documents considering your outcome e.g. if for a web open a wed format or to print a print format. STARTING FROM PRINT AND SELECT THE RIGHT SIZE (gives high resolution 300 PPI) Explaining resolution: -
Super Quality Photo 1,200 ppi Photo Quality 600 ppi Magazine Quality 300 ppi News Print 150 ppi Screen 72 ppi
Paper sizes: -
A4 297x210mm A3 297x420mm A2 420x594mm A1 594x841mm
Saving Work: SAVE FIRST THING -
Save as… Week…Module…Title
Dimentions: Image-image size
CREATING TITLE PAGE
ADD TEXT
VITRA
Week 3
Creating a website AWWWARD
WEBSITE LAYOUTS
Clean and clear front page.
Clear Categories as you scroll down
Images fade into focus as you scroll down, showing different projects.
Menus takes up the whole page. Easy to see.
Dropdown menus at the top. Contrasting colours make each section stand out.
Scrolls to the side.
OTHER IDEAS • • • WIX.COM
Moving images created on photoshop as giffs Gallery for portfolio Simplicity to use is key
Choose your own templeate. Blank templates best as have more control.
Edit ontop template. Easy to use.
EPP-Week 4 Auto CAD • Auto CAD is Vector Based- series of lines which have coordinated and equations. -Enables you to zoom in clearly with no pixilation • Other programs such as Photoshop and Paint are raster based(Pixels) • Start point-> Move mouse direction-> Add dimensions
Start Templates ACADISO.DWT
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Middle Mouse button(scroll)-Zoom-Press-Pans in and out To Cancel press ESC, May have to press twice
Always look at the command to help you see what is going on – How many objects you have selected etc.…
ESC to Stop
Select line and press delete button to delete line. Ctrl A to Select all Use line button to draw a line then type in how long you want the line to be e.g. 100 before clicking the mouse. Make sure line is at the right angle.
SELECTION •
Click once don’t hold and move mouse diagonally, Click again when you’ve got your area -drag left to right selects every whole line and no other
-left to right also includes lines which are partly in the box
WHEN DELETING PRESS THE DELETE BUTTON NOY BACKSPACE!
Download for free: Search auto cad students free -Auto Desk -Auto CAD
OURTHO TOOL (OURTHOGRAPHIC) OSNAP
F8
F3
-CTRL + RIGHT CLICK-> OSNAP SETTINGS -SELECT ALL-> TAKE OFF NEAREST -> OK
EPP WEEK 5 FOLLOW UP SEESSION ON AUTOCAD USING THE TRIM TOOL: 1. cutting edge- TR AND ENTRE - first select line your cutting to 2. select the lines you want to remove, use selection tool right-> left
TR Select the cutting edge (two circles) Press entre or right click Select the lines you want to trim
OFFSET TOOL COPPIES LINES PARRALELL 1. OFFSET 2. SPECIFY DISTANCE 3. SELECT A LINE 4. SELECT SIDE TO OFFSET 5. CAN THEN REPEAT
Establishing professional practice
AutoCAD Week 6 Tim tool short cut. -Using trim tool without selecting object- Select all -Hit space bar and will select every line as a cutting edge. Fillet tool F+Entre -Joins two lines, can add a radius -Default- joins to a point -change radius to create a curved intersection -keyboard shortcut SPACE BAR repeats previous command Rectangle RED+entre -Select starting point -length, height
Week 7- Establishing Professional Practice Covering today: • • •
Layers Layout spaces (paper space) Preparing our work to print
Layers Home -> layers -can turn on/off (light bulb) -edit colour (colour of lines) -line weight, maximum line weight 0.5 (prominent lines, outside walls, heavier the material the more prominent the lines) -line type (dashed or dotted) -lock layers (symbol is a pad lock) Can cause problems using transparency and vectors Will draw in current layer, if you want it to be in a different layer select the right layer first. -
Can change layer properties go on layer properties.
MAKE SURE YOU OPEN AS ACADISO- file> New> Acadiso. -Add new layer go to layer properties> right click> new layer.
Match properties – short cut (MA) -chose layer want to copy -paste it into other layer
Spline toolEnables you to draw curves.
Layout sheet On mac- file, page setup
-paper size is also different
Template: -file -new -sheet set - architectural metric
Week 10 Dimensions
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Dimensions in paper space not model space Dimension tools: linear (measuring horizontal and vertical) and aligned (measuring lines at angle) Make sure you lock your view port window -select -right click -lock, click yes After locked you can them do your measurements Dimension style modify
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WEEK 11
Establishing Professional Practice Isometric Drawing Take a plan drawing and rotate the bottom line and shift it round 1. Where are you standing? 2. Rotate 20/30 degrees 3. Measurements Tools- Isometric snap -right click on grid settings (next to model)
F5 switches the view round so you can draw the other angles
To draw a Circle: 1. El for ellipse 2. then press, isocircle in the bottom left 3. To get the circle on the other side, copy from the top and drag along
EPP- SketchUp Week 13 • • • • • •
Vector based 3D software. Works with points, lines, and edges. 2D shape is the face. In Sketch up, everything is made of triangles e.g. a square is made up of two triangles. 3dimentional axis Have to align our view to draw in different axis
How do we change our view? • • •
Pan- left hand and middle mouse button Zoom- Scroll middle mouse button Orbit(stand in one spot and look anywhere- Middle mouse button
Keyboard Shortcuts •
Rectangle Tool- R
First starting SketchUp •
Select template in mm
Drawing in Different Faces (aligning object to axis) • • •
R to create rectangles Change your view to draw on different angles White is the outside and Blue/Grey is the inside
Extruding objects • • •
Take rectangle and use push pull tool (P) Move curser over the object and can extrude the object Rectangle to Size (R Entre) type in dimension e.g. 1000mmX1000mm
Groups •
Selection of objects, holds everything together. Similar to using layers in autocad
Creating a Group • • •
Select objects Right click Make group
Editing a Group • • •
Double click the group You can the edit inside the group selection Click outside the group to exit
Manipulation •
Select tool Page 2
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Double Click Change tool (m) for move (P) for push pull Manipulate Select tool Space bar Click outside to exit
Page 3
Sketch up week 14
Draw two rectangles and erase the inner line.
F tool to offset the outside edge, then push upwards from the bottom.
Chess Boards
To copy an object. Select all and use the move tool. Press Control and object will copy.
To add colour press B this menu will come up at the side. Drop down to colour.
Use the copy tool again to complete your chess board. (Select, M, Ctrl)
To create figures (complex extrusions) Follow me tool: (similar to push tool but does go straight up) 1. Select path 2. Select face
Sketch Up - Week 17 Recap Last week • • • • •
Build rectangle 1200,260 Push pull to 165 Right click to create component, enables you to edit all at the same time Multiple copy. Select object, move, ctrl to move press control click into position Add multiple copy, type X10 press entre and you get 10 steps
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Too build hand rail. Push pull tool, CRTL to create new face
Scale tool- Keyboard shortcut S • • • •
Copy Make half the size To flip the copied, use the Scale Tool and drag through Join the two together
Spiral Stair case • • • • • •
Polygon tool, 16 sides Draw polygon aligned to an axis Create segment Copy segment Turn segment into component Rotate tool (Q)
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Push pull up 160 Copy upwards type in X15 Select your stairs with the shift button Copy the selected stairs To create hand rail Double click onto one pf the stairs Draw line straight up Connect the lines
Making a sofa using the follow me tool
Week 16- Sketch up
Importing an image -file -import -import the image (studio plan) If you can’t find the image, make sure you change the file type, probably under Jpeg. To Scale: - Use the tape measure tool from the 0 point to the 100 point - Click one - Type in 100,000
When using components if you change one, the rest will change as well. -To only change one RIGHT CLICK, MAKE UNIQUE. Image Textures- Curved textures -import as texture -right click -texture -projected -paste with drop clicker
Week 17- EPP Sketch Up
Intersecting Faces • • • • • •
You cannot push up a circle out of a cylinder shape You have to make the sections separately Place the circle on the other object Select all Right click- intersect faces Select the sections going through and delete
For more complex designs you will need to make a group, expand the group and then intersect faces.
Another way of doing this: • • • •
Open solid tools tool bar This is called boleem This works best with minimal and simples shapes With no internal lines
LAYOUT • • • • • • • • •
Save work View- animation- add scene Set views Scenes Change camera to parallel projection mode Save view Update Save Send to layout button under file
To import to CAD • • • • •
Change the raster to a vector (sketch up model- view- vector) Change style (style- default styles- hidden line) this changes into a line drawing File export- dwg file Auto cad- layout Model space
Week 18 Creating a landscape. Add Sandbox toolbar
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Use the scratch tool to create a grid, 3000mm grid spacing
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Then use the smoove tool to create the lumps and bumps of a landscape
Creating a contour landscape • • • • •
Draw a rectangle Use the freehand tool to create the contour lines Delete the inner section so you are just left with lines Separate the contour lines by using the move tool on the blue axis. (tip- use the up arrow to stay on blue axis) Then select all and click the contour button
Using the stamp tool • •
Draw the shape you want above your hill grid (the first one we made) Use the stamp tool to combine the two, can create steep ridges
The drape tool • • • •
Start by drawing a rectangle and drag it over your landscape Use the freehand tool to draw the shape of your river Then delete the areas surrounding your river shape in that rectangle Then use the drape tool and drag down to create your river.
Use these tools and the ones you have learnt to create a Victorian folly to place on your landscape
Importing Trees • • • • • •
Google search for a PNG tree Go to settings Advanced search Select file- PNG file Save image, make sure the image has a transparent background On sketch up, import image, file type-PNG file
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To make the tree as a ‘face me’ image Explode the image Turn the image back into a component When doing this make sure you press always face camera
Digital Practice- Summative skills audit Throughout this module I have learnt an array of different digital skills which have then in turn helped me develop my ideas for the design modules. Here is a list of just some of the skills I have learnt: • • • • • • •
Saving work effectively and as a PDF How to minimise PDF files A range of different keyboard shortcuts How to turn on and off the IDLE timer Publishing work online through ISSU Creating a Title page in Photoshop Creating a Wix website
AutoCAD • • • • • • •
Orthographic and OSNAP tool Trim tool Offsetting a line Fillet tool Using layers How to put on dimensions Isometric drawing using AutoCAD
SketchUp • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Drawing simple shapes Creating groups Manipulating shapes such as using the push pull tool Creating a house Creating a figure Multiple copying Scale tool Creating a spiral staircase Importing an image Image texture on a curved surface Intersecting faces Layout How to import the drawing into AutoCAD Creating a landscape Importing trees ‘face me’ images
Achievements: In summary this module has taught me a range of skills which has enabled me to create more complex shapes and to combine these skills to show a well-developed design. By being able to create a 3D model of my design it enables me to be more creative and explore different ideas. Improvements: I believe I need to improve these skills by practice. However, there are a few skills specifically I need to improve. These include: Using Sketchup to add texture to and manipulating curved surfaces. I would also like to improve my intersecting faces skills and creating a landscape. I hope to be able to create more realistic visuals to represent my designs.