Autodesk ARCHITECTURE 2010 User manual

AutoCAD®
Architecture 
Designed for architects.

Immediate Productivity
If you are an architect who knows AutoCAD®
software, you can start using AutoCAD®
Architecture software with minimal training
to create drawings, documentation, and
schedules faster. Purpose built with
architects in mind, AutoCAD Architecture
automates tedious drafting tasks to help
reduce errors and increase eciency. As
you work, you can discover new and useful
features at your own pace.
Smooth Collaboration
Easily share designs and project information
with clients and members of your extended
project team. Use integrated rendering
tools to create contextualized design
visualizations for clear client communication
and accelerated approvals. Rely on industry-
leading DWG™ technology to exchange
information with colleagues. Expedite
project review cycles by publishing files
directly to DWF™or DWFx formats.
And exchange files with mechanical,
electrical, and plumbing engineers and
structural engineers who use other
AutoCAD-based programs.
Key Features in AutoCAD Architecture
Streamlined Design Environment
AutoCAD Architecture features a streamlined user
interface. Find your favorite tools and commands
faster, locate lesser-used tools more eciently, and
discover relevant new features more easily. The
result is less time searching through menus and
toolbars, and more time getting your work done.
Details
AutoCAD Architecture software includes a
comprehensive library of detail components
and keynoting tools. Rather than spend time
and eort on often tedious documentation and
design annotations, you can fully automate the
creation of details to ensure appropriate, consistent
annotations. When you are ready, you can generate
keynote legends quickly and easily.
Walls, Doors, and Windows
Draw and document typical building elements such
as walls, doors, and windows. Draw wall layouts
that reflect actual construction. Modify walls and
their endcap conditions on a component level for
improved handling of common wall conditions, such
as angled, cornered, or intersecting fire-rated walls.
Automatically insert and place doors or windows
with complete placement control. Move any wall,
and all connected walls and spaces automatically
update. Use familiar AutoCAD®commands such as
Fillet and Chamfer.
Spaces
Automatically tag every room in a drawing, complete
with room areas. As room boundaries change, you
can easily update spaces, causing tags and areas to
refresh, maintaining accurate documentation.
Sections and Elevations
Generate D sections and elevations with material
hatching, directly from your floor plans. If your
design changes, fully updated section and elevation
graphics are generated, maintaining layer, color,
linetype, and other properties.
AutoCAD Architecture Software Is AutoCAD for Architects
Gain immediate productivity and smooth collaboration
within a software environment you already know.

Get all the functionality of AutoCAD software, plus tools
designed specifically for architectural drawing, design,
collaboration, and documentation.
Drawing Compare
The Drawing Compare feature enhances
collaboration by using color-coded displays to
show items on a drawing that have been changed,
added, or deleted by other members of the
design team. Changes to items such as styles, fire
ratings, or other nongraphical properties are also
tracked. Combined with redlining features, such
as revision clouds, Drawing Compare helps clarify
communication across the design team.
AutoCAD®Revit®Architecture Suite—
For Maximum Flexibility
and Advantage
Combining AutoCAD, AutoCAD
Architecture, and Autodesk®
Revit®Architecture software
applications into a single,
comprehensive package, this
AutoCAD®Revit®Architecture
Suite software allows you to transition to building
information modeling (BIM), while protecting
your legacy software, training, and design data
investments. Purpose built for BIM, Autodesk
Revit Architecture delivers a powerful competitive
advantage by speeding creative design work,
facilitating analysis for sustainable design, and
automatically delivering coordinated, consistent
documentation. Support ongoing work in either
AutoCAD or AutoCAD Architecture while you make
the switch to BIM with Autodesk Revit Architecture,
at your own pace.
AutoCAD Architecture
Success Story
Whitney Architects, Inc.
Since , interior architecture firm
Whitney Architects has delivered a broad
range of technical and design services for
large corporations, financial services firms,
and hospitality providers. Whitney adopted
AutoCAD Architecture software to better
provide this diverse blend of services and to
foster improved collaboration.
Before moving to AutoCAD Architecture,
Whitney experienced diculty sharing files
with consultants, and required a great deal
of support from their previous CAD vendor.
Additionally, says Stephen Bures, president
of Whitney Architects, “We consistently ran
into trouble training new employees. They
were familiar with AutoCAD, but none of them
knew our previous CAD application, resulting
in a steep learning curve and increased costs.
That was a big part of our decision to make
the switch.”
Since adopting the software, Whitney has
completed almost  major construction
projects more productively and accurately
than possible with their previous CAD
software. “Right out of the box,” says Bures,
“AutoCAD Architecture helped us save roughly
 percent in time spent on drawings.”
Collaboration with mechanical, electrical,
and plumbing engineers as well as structural
engineers and other consultants has improved
significantly, too. According to Bures, “Our
drawings are much better with AutoCAD
Architecture, not only because the quality
control process is easier, but also because the
interface with all of our consultants and clients
is easier and more exact. As a result, we save
time on projects.”
Scheduling
Whether you are customizing the appearance of
out-of-the-box schedule styles to meet company
standards or creating new schedules from scratch,
complete with required calculations, you can do so
with ease. Since schedules are linked directly to your
designs, you can update them to reflect any design
changes at the click of a button.
Rendering
Bring designs to life for client presentations at
any stage of the design with integrated rendering.
The streamlined visualization capabilities are fully
integrated into the AutoCAD Architecture workflow.
Make your presentations stand out by visually
communicating richer design information.
Dimensioning
With even greater flexibility in AutoCAD
Architecture, you can now dimension any wall—and
all its components, including wall stud centerlines
and faces—according to your own dimensioning
standards. And since the dimensions are associative,
they automatically update as your designs change,
eliminating the tedium of many manual updates.
The Power to Be Productive

Right out of the box AutoCAD Architecture
helped us save roughly  percent in time spent
on drawings.
—Stephen Bures
President
Whitney Architects
Building design by CBT Architects.
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