AutoCAD: Floor Plan Development Using Area Command

An understanding of square footage is necessary for designing and drafting floor plans. The AREA command in AutoCAD provides the ability to measure and compute square footage. In this video primarily utilizes Method #2 from the AREA command video to create and assess spatial understanding. This video focuses on residential floor plan development highlighting (3) zones: public, or "common", private, and mixed zones. Tips and Tricks in this video: adding a line width to the polyline for better visual clarity; creating a unique layer for the square foot, polyline, so that you can turn off and on the square foot information + using the area command. The code for creating the square foot symbol using dtext: after the "ft" type in the code: \u+00B2 For the Master Layer List download, visit: http:\\cjsclass.com #autocad #floorplan #designstudio