5.6 Creating a detailed design
Drawing programs allow you to create highly accurate designs using the tools available.
Computer graphics exercise 6
Creating designs
In this exercise you will create the following design of a conference room. The steps will guide you through the production of the design. Once the design is complete, save it and print a copy of it. Check the printout carefully, make any necessary adjustments and print a final copy if any changes were made.
Skills practised
- Drawing tools
- Fill and stroke colours
- Stroke weight
- Rulers and grid
- Placing objects
- Transforming objects
- Start a new Adobe Illustrator document with the same settings as in Exercise 1.
- Use the
VIEW
menu to turn onSHOW RULERS
,SHOW GRID
andSNAP TO GRID
. - Draw a rectangle 130 mm across and 120 mm down on the canvas then set the
FILL COLOUR
toNONE
, theSTROKE COLOUR
toLIGHT BROWN
and theSTROKE WEIGHT
to 15 pt. -
Deselect the rectangle by selecting
DESELECT
from theSELECT
menu then draw two white filled rectangles to the left side of the first rectangle and to the top. - Drag a straight line through the two rectangles. These represent windows.
- Add two white-filled rectangles to the right side of the first rectangle then draw two arcs from their intersection. These represent double doors.
- Add another white-filled rectangle and arc to the bottom line of the first rectangle to represent another door.
- Add three unfilled rectangles to the top left and bottom right corners of the room, and outside the double doors. These represent specific areas of the conference room.
-
Use the
ELLIPSE TOOL
to draw a circle near the centre of the room. This is the conference room table. - Display the
FILE
and selectPLACE
. Insert theCHAIR
image downloaded from the above link and move it to the top of the table. -
Make three copies of the chair, rotate one copy by 90°, the second by -90° and flip the third vertically using
TRANSFORM
from theOBJECT
menu. Move the copies around the table. - Insert a pot plant downloaded from the above link. Make two copies of the plant and place them at corners of the room.
- Add labels to the three rectangles and produce an information table below the room.
- Add some plants symbols from the
NATURE
symbols library under the patio. - Save the file in your storage folder under the name: Conference Room.