1 Candidates Instructions

City & Guilds Level 3 Award in 2D Computer Aided Design

Assignment 7579-301-2

Time Allowed – 3½ hours

Candidates are advised to read all the instructions carefully before starting work and to check
with their tutor/assessor if necessary to ensure that they fully understand what is required.
Candidates are expected to work safely at all times with regards to current legislation.

This assignment is intended to assess the practical activities of scheme 7579-03-301 Level 3
Award in 2D Computer Aided Design.

The candidate will be advised of the work area.

Candidates are allowed to have an additional ten minutes to read the assignment before
starting and to query with the tutor/assessor any points that are not understood. Drawing must
not commence during this period.

In this assignment the candidates are required to draw/edit a two bedroom villa, place
dimensions, create and manage blocks, hatch, add and edit text and produce a suitable
layering system. Five print space layouts are to be produced from the drawing as shown on
SHEETS 1 to 5 (Figures 18 to 22). The instructions for cheating this drawing are given as
follows:

1 From the suitable media provided copy the following files into the work area.

7579-301-2-BORDER
INNER WALL DETAIL
OUTER WALLS
V-COOKER
V-SINK

2 Execute the CAD software and start a new drawing based on the template file
7579-301-2-BORDER. Ensure that you are currently in drawing space mode.

3 Set the drawing space limits to 0, 0 and 12000, 8000.

4 Attach the drawing called OUTER WALLS as an external reference at an insertion point
of 0,0.

5 Create a layer called INNER WALLS with colour set to GREEN and insert on this layer he
drawing called INNER WALL DETAILS, using the explode option and at an insertion
point of 0,0.
6 Using appropriate 2D commands, draw and edit the inner walls according to the
specifications shown in Figure 5.

Dimensions not to be included on the drawing.

60 100 TYP 4000

2700
25

100 TYP

100
1600 800 3450

R775 TYP

2200

Figure 5 Inner Walls – draw/edit

7 Save the drawing as 7579-301-2-VILLA.

8 Start a new drawing and create 12 items on layer 0 according to the specifications
shown in Figure 6 to 12, making each item into block/symbol and produce a copy of
each in the work area. Their insertion points are at the candidate’s discretion.

9 All blocks/symbols to remain visible on screen and the drawing saved as

7579-301-2-SYMBOLS.

500 1000
500

500

90 90
22

200 420 200

V-BEDTABLE V-DRAWERS
Figure 6 V-BEDTABLE and V-DRAWER block/symbols

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 1500

R225

100
R75

650
R40 R60
450
100 435 430 435 100

V-CHAIR V-SOFA

Figure 7 V-CHAIR and V-SOFA blocks/symbols

500 1500
30

30
500

500
20

70 400

V-FRIDGE V-WORKTOP
Figure 8 V-FRIDGE and V-WORKTOP blocks/symbols

1200

V-COFFEETABLE
Figure 9 V-COFFEE TABLE block/symbol

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 1000 920
500 630

85

325
405

485
R60

725
Ø60
100

°
75
5°
10

2000
R2065

2150

R355
440

R75

500

V-BATH V-BED

Figure 10 V-BATH and V-BED blocks/symbols

700 780
75 TYP

390
135

Ø50
125
250

R50
420
500

R990
R100
450
650

V-BASIN

330
530

V-TOILET
Figure 11 V-TOILET AND v-basin blocks/symbols

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 Ø1550

ATTRIBUTED BLOCK/SYMBOL

V-RDTABLE

Figure 12 Attributed block/symbol

10 The attributed block/symbol called V-RDTABLE to have 2 attributes created on a layer

called ATT and defined as follows:

Mode: Invisible Invisible

Constant Variable

Attribute Tag: DESCRIPTION INVENTORY

Prompt: - ENTER INVENTORY No:
Value: ROUND TABLE 1550

Justification: Middle Middle

Text style: TBLOCK TBLOCK
Height: 125 125
Rotation: 0 0

Insertion Point: Centre point of table Align below previous attribute

11 Into this new drawing, insert the two drawings called V-SINK and V-COOKER located in the
work area.

12 Edit these two new blocks/symbols in-place according to the specifications shown in
Figure 13 and produce a copy of each in the work area when editing completed.

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 120 260 120

75 TYP

235 150
Ø135

235
Ø100

115
370 65
V-SINK V-COOKER

Figure 13 V-SINK and V-COOKER – In place block/symbol editing

13 Open the drawing called 7579-301-2-VILLA.

14 Using appropriate 2D commands, drag and drop the blocks/symbols from drawing 7579-
301-2-SYMBOLS into the drawing on a layer called SYMBOLS, colour set to WHITE at a scale
of 1. The two bedroom villa interior, to be as shown in Figure 14.

Figure 14 Position of the block/symbols

15 Using an appropriate command, enter the text as shown in Figure 15 on a layer called
ROOMS, colour set to GREEN. Use the text style TBLOCK and a height of 200mm.

16 Make the defined text in the attributed block/symbol visible.

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 ROUND TABLE KITCHEN
1550

BEDROOM

PATIO

BATHROOM
BEDROOM

Figure 15 Positioning of text

17 Using appropriate commands, hatch the drawing on layers called WALLS-HATCH, BEDS-
HATCH and PATIO-HATCH, according to the following specifications and illustrated in
Figure 16.

Layer Colour Type Pattern Angle Scale Spacing

OUTER WALLS
WALLS-HATCH RED Predefined ANSI32 0 25 -
(Note: If not appropriate, a suitable equivalent may be used)
INNER WALLS
WALLS-HATCH RED User Defined Single 135 - 100

BEDS-HATCH CYAN Predefined HOUND 0 30 -

(Note: If not appropriate, a suitable equivalent may be used)
PATIO-HATCH RED User defined Double 0 - 225

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 ROUND TABLE KITCHEN
1550

BEDROOM

PATIO

BATHROOM
BEDROOM

Figure 16 Hatching

18 Change the patio door and walls to colour RED.

19 Enter print space layout and create 5 layouts of the two bedroom villa based on the border
and title block located at 5,5 absolute in each layout and in drawing space layout the scale
should be set to 1:50 and the viewport display locked.

20 The title bock to be completed as shown in Figure 17 and the SHEET No: incremented for
each layout, 1 through 5.

Figure 17 Title Block

21 Using layer management to control visibility within the viewports, produce the following
drawing space layouts shown in Figures 18 to 22.

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22 SHEET 1 - A layout of the complete drawing

Figure 18 SHEET 1 – Hatch

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23 SHEET 2 - A layout without any hatching – Figure 19.

Figure 19 SHEET 2 – Text

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24 SHEET 3 - A layout without hatching, text and all attributes – Figure 20.

Figure 20 - SHEET 3 – Blocks/Symbols

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25 SHEET 4 - A layout without hatching, text and blocks/symbols – Figure 21.

Figure 21 SHEET 4 – Walls

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26 SHEET 5 - A layout without hatching, text and blocks/symbols – Figure 22.
Dimensioned as shown in print space layout, using a suitable dimension style with no
decimal place precision and making use of the TBLOCK text style with a dimension height of
2.5 mm.

F
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Figure 22 - SHEET 5 – Dimensioning.

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27 Turn OFF the logo frame and set the PSVPORTS layer to prevent it being
printed/plotted.

28 Rename the layer called ATT to ATTRIBUTE.

29 Purge out of the drawing, the layers called BATHROOM and KITCHEN.

30 Save the drawing as PA7579-301-2 into the work area and print/plot a hardcopy of the
5 layouts (SHEETS 1 to 5) onto A4 paper in landscape mode, full size.

This completes drawing.

31 Copy the following 16 drawing files onto the portable storage media:

PA7579-301-2 7579-301-2-SYMBOLS
V-BASIN V-BATH V-BED
V-BEDTABLE V-CHAIR V-COFFEETABLE
V-COOKER V-DRAWERS V-FRIDGE
V-RDTABLE V-SINK V-SOFA
V-TOILET V-WORKTOP

32 Print your name on the media label and hand this media together with the
printed/plotted hardcopy to your tutor/assessor.

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