AutoCAD Facilities Management: Occupancy
2h 27mBeginner2016-08-25
Authors
Shaun Bryant
Autodesk Certified Instructor in both AutoCAD and Revit Architecture
Course details
Computer-aided facilities management (CAFM) is a three-step process. Once you have 1) defined the available area and 2) developed areas into usable spaces, it's time to 3) identify the people and equipment that will occupy each room. AutoCAD, Autodesk's flagship CAD platform, is the world's most popular tool for this job. Join Shaun Bryant as he shows how to use AutoCAD to specify occupancy in your CAFM drawings. He shows how to set up drawings, create occupancy blocks and polylines, define occupancy areas, set up tables to house your occupancy data, and annotate drawings with that data. By the end of the course, you'll be able to export the information to applications such as Microsoft Excel, so you can analyze the data in a tabular format.
Learning objectives
Managing occupancy in AutoCAD
Setting up facilities drawings
Managing XREF layers
Adjusting settings such as units, limits, and fills
Creating occupancy blocks and polylines
Defining occupancy areas
Annotating occupancy
Setting up occupancy table styles
Finding and linking occupancy table data
Exporting occupancy table data
Learning objectives
Managing occupancy in AutoCAD
Setting up facilities drawings
Managing XREF layers
Adjusting settings such as units, limits, and fills
Creating occupancy blocks and polylines
Defining occupancy areas
Annotating occupancy
Setting up occupancy table styles
Finding and linking occupancy table data
Exporting occupancy table data
Skills covered
AutoCAD2D Drafting and DrawingBIMAutodesk3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
Introduction to FM
- What is facilities management
- Using occupancy in AutoCAD
- Managing your occupancy
Setting Up a Facilities Drawing
- Using a proprietary title block
- Working with the structural drawing (FP)
- Creating your facilities drawing (FM)
- Referencing in the structural drawing
- Managing XREF layers
Getting Your FM Settings Right
- Drawing units
- Drawing limits
- Layer naming strategy
- Setting gradient fills
- Setting hatch patterns
Blocks and Polylines
- Why use blocks and polylines
- Using defined layers
- Using object snaps
- Creating occupancy blocks and polylines
- Using different occupancy types
Defining Occupancy Areas
- Methods of measurement
- Using object snaps and centerlines
- Using draw order
- Using lineweight (LWT)
- Using hatches and gradient fills
- Creating an occupancy legend on your drawing
Annotating Occupancy
- Text styles
- Using text fields
- Text field settings
- Using attributes
- Organizing occupancy text on the drawing
Setting Up an Occupancy Table Style
- Setting up the occupancy table style
- Setting up the table title
- Setting up the table headers
- Setting up the table data
- Inserting the occupancy table
Using the Occupancy Table
- Locating block data
- Finding occupancy atttribute data
- Linking polyline areas to table fields
- Using appropriate unit annotation in the table
Exporting the Occupancy Table Data
- Exporting occupancy table data to Excel
- Editing exported occupancy table data in Excel
Conclusion
- Next steps