University o of Washington – College of the e Built Environme ents

ARCH 312 - Arc

chitectural Desig
gn Drawing III (UUnofficial Title: Architectural Representa
ation and Presentattion)
Spring 2011

Workin
ng with CTB Filles:

Copy atttached .ctb file

e into your “Plot Styles” folder. To
T find the file path, type “optio
ons” in the comm
mand line of Au utCAD and clickk on the Files tab
b.
Expand the Printer Suppport File Path an
nd Plot Style Tab ble Search Path. Here you will find where to droop in the .ctb file
e. (You may ne
eed to unhide
hidden ffolders to accesss C: Program Data
D if using Windows.)
Copy .c
ctb file here (you
ur file path may vary):
.ctb filess manage whatt line weights are e assigned to what color in you ur file. Dependin ng on the printe
er or plotter, you may want to adjust the
thicknessses. I typically use
u 5 line weights:
Color 1 (Red): Grade (ssection) and Pro operty Line (plan)
Color 4 (Cyan): Walls (p plan and section), building outlline (elevation), cut elements (d detail)
Color 3 (Green): Partial height walls (plan), built-in cab binets (plan), wiindow or door outlines
o (elevatio
on)
Color 8 (Gray): Furnishin ngs (plan), sills, doors
d and door swings (plan), textures (plan an nd elevation). CCenterlines, leadder lines, dashed above and
below.
Color 9 (Light Gray - thiss one is adjusted d to 40% screening): Floor patte g or roofing patttern (plan and elevation)
ern (plan), siding

ng line weights by
Masterin b hand first (an
nd then by comp
puter) will give your
y drawings depth.
d
When yo
ou are ready to plot, expand th
he plot dialog box
b and select your
y .ctb file und
der the “Plot styl e table (pen assignments)” dro
op-down.

Print to P
PDF to preview your
y line weightts. Feel free to edit
e the .ctb file.. To do so, click button right nextt to the drop-down menu.
k on the “Edit” b
Workin
ng with Line Ty
ypes:

Line types are assigned in the Layer Pro

operties Manager dialog box. Type “Layer” in the command l ine:
Start cre
eating new laye
ers and assign na mple with grade
ames to them. For this exercise, let’s keep it sim e, heavy, medium
m, light, and scrreen:
Let’s asssign colors. Dou
uble click on the
e “white” box to the right of the lock symbol. Se
elect colors from
m the bar of 9 basic colors. Rem
member, the .ctb
file is sett up with:

Color 1 (Red) – Grade (and

( Property Lines)
Color 4 (Cyan) - Heavy y
Color 3 (Green) - Mediu um
Color 8 (Gray) - Light
creen
Color 9 (Light Gray) - Sc
Let’s asssign some line ty
ypes. Create a new layer called “light-dashed d” and assign Co olor 8 to it. Dou
uble click on the
e linetype of thiss layer. By defau
ult,
only con ntinuous lines arre loaded in you
ur file. Click on “Load”
“ to selectt additional line types.
Load “D
DASHED2” and click OK. Load “CENTER2” and click OK.
Click OK
K again. These linetypes are no
ow available to be assigned to other layers you
u may create. C
Create a “cente
erline” layer with
h Color 8 and
“Centerr2” as a linetype
e.

Work witth these 5 line weights

w and 3 lin
ne types to deve
elop plans and sections
s odels. Understand what role
of your Site Position mo e your line
weightts and types play
p in your drawing
d by ha
and first beforre attempting
g to representt them on the
e computer.