Essentials of computer literacy

Computer graphics software are very powerful design media tools that enable architects to really design with efficiently. Three-dimensional design visualization and analysis are now essential necessities as buildings becoming more complex. As buildings become more complex, there was a request for more-complex tools in order get higher and more sophisticated returns.These tools can and are deepen and enriching our methods for designing buildings.

This course is usually given as a prerequisite for higher architecture courses for all entering undergraduate architecture students. It's the first undergraduate design studio course.

This course will introduce the use of the personal computer as a tool for architectural illustration, drafting, and design. Many digital architectures terms will be intrduced such as 3D Scanning and Rapid Prototyping. Simply this course teaches skills crucial for all entering first year professional undergraduate students in architecture or environmental design.

This course is concerned with the development of computer-aided design (CAD) or the use of computer technology to design buildings especially the 2D vector base drafting systems and the relatively new 3D modelers. These two applications (two and three-dimensional) are used for developing and communicating design ideas. We attempt in this course to show how software supports design thinking through the language of architectural graphic.

As a start, we first discuss the essentials of computer literacy, then we focus on building skills and experience in image processing using both 2D and 3D modeling. Moreover, the rendering of buildings, inside and out, will be thouroughly discussed. The integration of traditional and digital media to produce complex designs is also highlighted. You will study how to model and edit 3D forms and spaces. Your awareness of fundamental issues of design representation and the language of architectural graphics will be slowly developed after each topic you study.

Software used will include :
AutoCAD
Revit
Sketchup

Introduction to Architectural Computer Graphics

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