How To Design 3D Doors And Windows In Autocad?

by Ravi Bhadauria ADMEC Multimedia Institute

Depending on the drawing, you can start to place the doors and windows into the external wall of the layout [i.e., Creating door and Windows in 2D]. Once all the doors and windows are done placing then select the 3D modeling [by selecting the workspace switching].

Now follow the below-given steps and finish your drawing.

1. View controls and Visual Style controls

This view control and visual Style controls provide access to standard and custom view, and 3D projection as to the visual style controls.

Now that the plan has been converted to 3D modeling select the visual style controls [below the Menu bar of the workspace] then select the wireframe clicking the right side of the mouse.

2. Add layer for 3D door and windows

Select the layer and click on layer properties [ Menu bar> layers> layer properties] and add layers for 3D doors and windows [ edit layers as desired].

Now that the layer has been selected change the workspace to drafting and annotation [by clicking the workspace switching] and draw a solid object around the edge of the doors and windows using the polyline command/rectangle command. [ change the view to 3D modeling].

3. Extrude/press pull command

Now select the object for the doors and windows and click on the extrude/press pull command [enter dimension as required].

4. 3D moves

Select the 3D doors and windows and mention the height for displacement as per the wall height [3D move>select object>Displacement> specify height with x, y, z ordinates].

5. Solid Editing

Solid editing is a toolbar place in the workspace of the menu bar. Solid editing has tools namely Extract edges, slice, union, subtract, intersect etc.

Select the subtract tool and subtract the 3D doors and Windows for opening. [Now initially you need to select those objects that you want to keep > go ahead hit enter. Now it's time to select those objects that you might want to subtract].

6. Door and window frame

Doors and windows can be done according to your designs either one frame, two frames etc. Click on the rectangle tool and take point perpendicular to the other point intersecting the lines of the wall. Once the rectangle is done turn off the 3d wall [ go to layer] and move the object to free workspace.

a) Take offset [ draw tools> offset>enter dimension>press enter] of the object and mention its thickness [ both for window and door border].

b) Again, make another rectangle perpendicular to the interior of the door and window border and move away from the interior object [rectangle] to another free workspace. And take the offset of the rect. for both the door and window frame.

c) Now extrude all the objects to the required dimension [thickness].

d) Subtract the border [ for openings]by selecting the outer line, press enter, then select the inner line to subtract. Once the border is done select the copy command and click on the border and place it on the opening of the wall intersecting with it.

e) Again, select copy command and place the frame intersecting with the border.

7. Materials

Type material command and press enter and then select the designs [ wood, glass etc.] for the door and windows. select object for doors and window and the press the required design.

Once all the set is done then change the view by pressing the realistic mode.

So, this is how we've designed 3d doors and windows in AutoCAD. I hope I could explain clearly all the steps. Do let me know your views on this blog in the below given comment area.

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