So now we're going to look at laying out our walkways and paths around our sites.
And it's going to be a simple process just using power lines and we have, oh, snap on.
So we're going to be using endpoint points in sections offsetting that kind of thing.
And you can see these tools, these offsetting and copying and moving.
But is the basics of AutoCAD really?
I like to think of also cards.
I mean, we have all these tools available, and that's what makes the software a bit intimidating to
many because you have just so many tools available to use.
And when people first look at the software, first load it to think, How am I ever going to learn all
that?
The truth is you don't need to at first.
I think I've also cast a bit like a mechanic would have a big chest of all these tools he's going to
use to fix a car or something.
Or maybe a carpenter has all these tools to make something out of wood.
He'll walk around with a tool belt on with all these basic tools, whether that's a hammer, screwdriver
or maybe a wrench, that kind of thing.
And he's going to have on a tool belt because he uses all the time.
So these tools up here that we use all the time, that's kind of like your tool belt.
But then I'll also have a cupboard full of tools for specialist things that he will use every now and
then.
And that's all these other things.
So the main tools tend to be used 90 percent of the time, and you can see that just working through
these examples of drawing a line from a midpoint there, which is where the door will be.
And I'm going to offset.
I want this path to be free meats as y, so I'm going to offset 1.5.
Remember where he meets us on this one, so that will give us our path.
I also want a walkway all the way round that will connect into these walkways here, so I'm going to
offset one point two point two meters, just offset up this way.
And then I'm going to use this.
Break Line Command, which will let you break a line at a certain point, so if I just click on this
line here.
I want to break it there, and then same with this line, I want to break it back, and now you can
see these are two different lines, so I can just delete these orange parts here.
I mean, I'll use trim and trim off these.
Actually, I use groups on that when I get back home, I would go so these now well, kind of combine
into this.
Yeah, and I'm going to.
Fine, I'll leave for now.
Okay, so this is all curb I'm going to trim.
Yeah, and truly so.
OK, I know I'll copy this path is free meter wide path and I'll put it in front of every office.
I'm going, I'm going to do a mirror, I'm going to select all these and I can just mirror down the
center point and we have them on this side.
I'll trim windows, select all those.
And trim out.
I'm going I'm going to do it again.
I'm here.
OK, and then all I want to do now is offset, let me say this is going to be point one.
This is just to show kind of a middle curb in there.
And this is going to be landscaped inside, OK, if lots of same cup in just sort of got this cup showing.
OK.
And.
But as I walk away, so we now have a walkway all the way around the way of paths going in, I'm going
to create a layer, so I'm going to call this layer, I'll call it walkway.
Why not?
And I'm going to make this green.
Dark green.
Okay.
And now I'm going to select all those.
Well, I was I'm actually going to put this on the what way like I just maybe sort of got it curve or
line, but it will do more what we're laughing now.
Again, you can call these layers and color them however you wish.
It's up to you.
Just just for good measure.
I'm actually going to break these lines just so just whatever, become part of a site, so.
That's right, and I just want to be able to differentiate what is our kind of construction and what
was already there, so I'll put these lines back on the original line.
OK, so this is everything in green is our new walkway and pavements.
And now all we're going to do next is add a bit of some blocks and some hatch and just to show the landscape
and that's required and create a bit of a landscaping drawing.