Drafting II and IV Students
by John Casey
May 09, 2008
The Drafting II and Drafting IV students are working on finishing their House models this Spring. They started the semester by designing a house room by room. They would read about sizes, uses, square footage and the like and then draw rooms 1/4"=1' scale. Once done they organized a floor plan on paper then pro ceded to design on the computer in a program called Chief Architect. This is a high level CAD design software package used by builders and Architects.
Once designed the computer package prints out model plans for the students to then build a scale replica of their house for themselves or their client. This process takes a good deal of time and patience really working on the stud nets very fine motor skills as well as their visualization skills. I have included some photos as well a a link to a slide show well you will be able to see additional photos if you so choose.
