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Technical Drafting 10
Quarter 2, Prepare Plan Using CAD
First Edition, 2020

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Development Team of the Self-Learning Module

Writer : Eduardo E. Ronsairo

Jose M. Bagayana (Technical)
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Levan A. Mendoza (Technical)
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Quarter 2
MODULE 6
AUTOCAD DESIGN CENTER

Writers:

Eduardo E. Ronsairo
Jose M. Bagayana (Technical)

Reviewers:

Virgilio R. Cestina Jr. (Validator)

Levan A. Mendoza (Technical)
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Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TLE 10 – Technical Drafting Module on Preparing

Plan Using CAD!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed
by its Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou
Concepcion A. Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig
through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized
the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential
Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5
Cs, namely: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and
Character while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box
in the body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use

this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while
allowing them to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to
encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
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For the learner:

Welcome to the TLE 10 – Technical Drafting Module on Preparing

Plan Using CAD!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while
being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and

skills that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the

lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of

concepts and skills that you already know about a previous
lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to

perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in

the lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned

from the entire module.
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Upon completion of this lesson, you are expected to:

 identify the different option buttons of the Design Center palette;
 differentiate Palette and Tree View of the Design Center; and
 improve awareness on how AutoCAD software be a big help in making our
work become fast and easy.

A. Directions: Read each statement carefully and identify what is described in

the sentence. Write the letter of the corresponding answer on the blank
provided.

______1. It displays the Load Design Center Palette dialog box. You can also load files
in your computer.
A. Folder C. Tree view toggle
B. Load D. Views

______2. A Design Center option which displays the drawings opened in the current
drawing session.
A. Folder C. Tree view toggle
B. Open drawings D. Views

______3. It provides four ways to display the content in the Palette: large icons, small
icons, names, and names with details.
A. Folder C. Open drawings
B. Load D. Views

______4. This option displays or hides the Tree View pane.

A. Circulation C. Tree view toggle
B. Distribution D. Views

______5. It displays the hierarchy of all the files and folders on your computer and
network drives in the Tree view pane.
A. Folder C. Open drawings
B. Load D. Views
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Directions: Kindly read each item carefully and draw a check mark (/) on the column
that corresponds to your answer.
A Not
Skills A lot
little much
I can enumerate the different Multilines Edit Tools.
I can identify the different Multilines Edit Tools.
I understand the important uses of multilines in
creating a drawing.

REMINDERS:

Remember these things before during and after you work on your computer.

 Handle computer with extra care;

 No foods or drinks near the computer;
 Keep your files in good order;
 Log off properly every after use;
 Unplug the computer when not in use;
 Always save your work from time to time.

LESSON

LO2 PREPARE PLAN USING CAD

LO2.1 SET UP DRAWINGS ACCORDING TO STANDARD DRAWING SCALE AND
PAPER SIZE

LO2.1.6 AUTOCAD DESIGN CENTER

The AutoCAD Design Center is a graphic interface where you can manipulate
and re-use drawings and drawing objects (block, layers, external references, and
customized contents) from drawing files, network drives, and Internet locations.
Using the Design Center you can insert, attach, or copy and paste definition into a
current drawing. This way, you can speed up drawing constructing.

To open the AutoCAD Design Center, use the command ADCENTER or its
shortcut DC. The shortcut toggle key for opening and closing the Design Center is
[Ctrl+2]. The Design Center has two panes: Palette (right side) and Tree view (left
side). The contains the locations of the different Design Center contents while the
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Tree View displays the previews of the different items inside the design Center and
other folders.

At the top of the Design Center panel, there are 14 option buttons namely:

1. FOLDER
It displays the hierarchy of all the files and folders on your computer and
network drives in the Tree view pane.

2. OPEN DRAWINGS
It displays the drawings opened in the current drawing session.

3. HISTORY
It displays the locations that you have connected by using Favorites button.

4. LOAD
It displays the Load Design Center Palette dialog box. You can also load files
in your computer.

5. BACK
It enables you to return to the most recent location in history list.
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6. FORWARD
It enables you to return to the next location in the history list.

7. UP
It enables you to display the content of upper level.

8. SEARCH
It allows you to display the Search dialog box.

9. FAVORITES
It contains shortcuts to content on local or network drives as well as in
Internet locations.

10. TREE VIEW TOGGLE

It displays or hides the Tree View pane.

11. PREVIEW
It displays a preview of the selected files at the bottom of the Palette pane.

12. DESCRIPTION
It displays text description of the selected object in the Palette pane.
Description of a drawing can be recorded by using DWGPROPS command.

13. VIEWS
It provides four ways to display the content in the Palette: large icons, small
icons, names, and names with details.

14. HOME
It returns Design Center to its home folder.

Note: You can access shortcut menus by selecting the right button of your mouse.
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Below is a sample of a floor plan with no furniture and fixtures. The red hidden
lines indicate the location of the different furniture and fixtures to be placed in
the floor plan.

To insert the required furniture and fixtures at the marked locations in the
floor plan using the AutoCAD Design Center, follow the instructions below:

Figure 1: Furniture
layout
Command: ADCENTER, DC, Ctrl+2 or go to the VIEW tab in the Ribbon panel
and click on the Design Center icon on the Palette toolbar.

1. On the Design Center window, click on the plus sign (+) “This PC’ (it will
display the partition content: “C” drive, “D” drive, “E” drive, etc.);
2. Expand the “C” drive by clicking on the plus sign (+) to display its contents
(+ sign will change to – sign);
3. Go to “Program Files” and expand its content;
4. Go to “Autodesk” and expand its content;
Expand all other options by following the numbering below until you open the
Design Center (see illustration below). In the options under Design Center, you
may open the block on the “Home Space Planner”, “House Designer”, and
“Kitchens” to find the different items like furniture and fixtures needed for the
floor plan. These items are displayed on the Tree view (see Kitchen items on the
tree view in the illustration below).
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Choose the items that are required in the floor plan above and insert them by
right clicking on the item and choose the INSERT BLOCK option. An INSERT
dialog box will appear showing the details about the chosen item. Click OK and
click on the location on the floor plan you want to insert the item. Do the same
in all other required furniture and fixtures. Other option is by click and drag the
item to the location on the floor plan.

1
2

3
4
5
6

7
8

a
b

Figure 2: Design Center window showing default content.

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It is noted that, not all the items you need can be found in the Design Center.
And these items does not always meet the specifications you need. With this, you
can create your own folder containing different items you need in creating you floor
plan so that it can be easily accessed when you open the Design Center (see Figure
3). You can have different sizes of sofa for the living area, different sizes of dining
table depending on the number of occupants, different sizes of beds, etc. Same in the
default items, these can be inserted as block or can be copied by clicking and
dragging it to the desired location.

Figure 3: Design Center window showing pre-created folder.

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A. Directions: Read each statement carefully and identify the different Design
Center option buttons described below. Write your answer on the blank
provided before each number.

_____________1. It displays a preview of the selected files at the bottom of the Palette
pane.
_____________2. It returns Design Center to its home folder.
_____________3. It displays text description of the selected object in the Palette pane.
_____________4. It provides four ways to display the content in the Palette: large icons,
small icons, names, and names with details.
_____________5. It displays the hierarchy of all the files and folders on your computer
and network drives in the Tree view pane.
_____________6. It displays the Load Design Center Palette dialog box. You can also
load files in your computer.
_____________7. It contains shortcuts to content on local or network drives as well as
in Internet locations.
_____________8. It enables you to return to the most recent location in history list.
_____________9. It enables you to display the content of upper level.
_____________10. It allows you to display the Search dialog box.

What are the three command options in opening the Design Center?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

How does Palette and Tree View differ from each other?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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AutoCAD is giving us many command options for us to have a choice from which we
can work easily and fast. In this new normal, what option did you chose to make
your learning easy and practical? Make a short reflection.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

A. Directions: Match the names in Column A with each icon in Column B. Write
the letter of your answer on the blank before each number.

______ 1. FAVORITES

______ 2. PREVIEW

______ 3. SEARCH

______ 4. FORWARD

______ 5. LOAD

______ 6. VIEWS

______ 7. UP

______ 8. TREE VIEW TOGGLE

______ 9. BACK

______ 10. HOME

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KEY TO CORRECTION

10. A 10. Search

9. E 9. Up
8. B 8. Back
7. F 7. Favorites 5. Folder
6. C 6. Load toggle
5. I 5. Folder 4. Tree view
4. J 4. Views 3. Views
3. G 3. Description drawings
2. H 2. Home 2. Open
1. D 1. Preview 1. Load
POST TEST ACTIVITY PRE-TEST

REFERENCES:

Arriola C., Bermas D., Milambiling O., Guevarra Jr. V., Technology &
Livelihood Education ICT– Technical Drafting 10: Learner’s Material. Deped-
IMCS, 2013

AutoCAD 2018

http://acad-atc.ic.polyu.edu.hk/AutoCAD2013/autocad_design_center.htm