TDaigle-3A

Welcome I'm Tyler and this is my page. :) Assignment A

Now let's do the write up for my kitchen (room in a household where humans engage in socialization and consume carbon based substances of which sustain them).

I've learned some pretty important skills during the short time I've been in this class. I've learned the simple skill of placing a window upon a kitchen wall. Additionally I learned the invaluable skill of installing upper cabinets, lower cabinets, and heightened cabinets, and corner cabinets. I also learned how to place fixtures and appliances in the kitchen. The last major things I learned was how to install soffits, and windows. It is rather simple to install cabinets on the Chief Architect computer program. First you click on the Cabinet Tool button under Toolbar 2. After that there were are several child buttons that can be clicked on. Each sister button creates a different type of cabinet. If you want corner cabinets you left click on the corner cabinet child button. After that you are given the option of modifying the size and style of the cabinets. Finally you right click on the spot where you want to place your cabinets. The process of installing soffits is about the same as installing cabinets. To install soffits you click on the the soffit child button instead of a child one. After that you click and drag the soffits across the top of the cabinets. To install windows you click on the Window tool button, after that you click any spot on your wall and your window will be placed there. After that you can left click on the window to adjust it's height width. If you want to edit the style of your window you right click, a menu will pop up and you just click the open object button that pops up in a menu. To place fixtures of appliances you simply go to the library by going to library in the edit menu at the top of your screen. Then when you're in the library you go to appliances or fixtures. When you go under appliances or fixtures you will be able to click on what type of appliance you want. After that your cursor will take the shape of the selected object. After that you click on the spot where you want to place the appliance or fixture. These basic skills will help me complete more complex projects throughout the future of the course.

The skills I've learned could be used out in the real world. For example if someone was designing a kitchen they would have to install windows, cabinets, soffits, appliances and fixtures. After all no one wants to have a kitchen consisting of blank white walls with nothing in it.

One problem I had installing a cabinet that had to go above the refrigerator. I solved this problem by asking my teacher how to go about doing that. He walked me through it and explained how to do it in a way that I could understand.

I was successful in every possible way. All I did to be successful was follow the directions in the book and asked the teacher for help when I needed it.

I showed my creativity by styling my cabinets. I didn't like boring and neutral cabinets without any form of energy.



Assignment B

Compared to the last drawing I built the home's deck and porch. Lastly I constructed that basement of the home! This class is AWESOME!! :). Almost forgot to mention that I also constructed piers to help support the porch and deck. I just forgot to mention another thing! I guess this just isn't my day.

There were several important skills I learned whilst creating the above picture. I learned how to construct stairs for porches and decks. Also I learned how to build a build a basement for an average everyday American home. The next thing I learned was how to build porches and decks for houses. Lastly I learned how to build piers that provide structural support for porches and decks.

I constructed stairs by clicking on the Stair Tools button under toolbar 2. Next I clicked on the area of the porch where I wanted to place stairs. After I clicked on the area I had to hold down the shift key and click and drag the stairs to the length I wanted them to be at. I repeated the same process twice in order to attach a few sets of stairs to the deck. I built my porch and deck by installing a new type of wall. I installed a wall known as a railing wall. To get to the railing wall I clicked on the Wall Tools button under toolbar 2. After that I clicked on the railing wall child button. Outside the house I clicked and dragged the railing walls to the length I wanted them. I did that for the porch and the deck. After the walls were set up I double clicked on the area inside the walls. A menu came up after I double clicked. Then I proceeded to go under the drag menu and selected the porch room type from the list. Believe it or not it was insanely easy to install the basement of the house. First of all I clicked on the Floor Tool button under toolbar 2. Next I clicked.on the build foundation child button. A specification window popped up next and I was given the option of changing the thickness and height of the foundation. That's all there was to building the basement. I installed the piers by clicking on the Cabinet Tools button under toolbar 2. Next I clicked the the soffit child button. A specification menu came up and I was able to determine how tall and wide the piers would be. I also got to choose what type of material the piers would be made out of.

These skills could apply to the real world if someone wants to build a porch and a deck for their home that has stairs. They also apply to the real if someone decides that want a basement for their home. In the real world someone may want to build piers for their porches and decks so they don't fall to the ground.

The major problem I had was installing the piers, darned soffit tools! I solved the problem by asking the teacher how to install them. The teacher then explained what I had to do and the problem was solved.

I was successful because I followed the instructions in the book and remembered the skills I learned from the previous drawing. This will make me successful because I have to remember previous skills and follow the book in order to do well in the class.

I showed my creativity by giving the home a jade green roof and a dark oak porch and deck.

Assignment C


 * Since my last drawing I have been working on the outdoor environment of my home. It was an extremely fun drawing to complete, I loved it! :]


 * There are several new skills I have learned whilst completing this drawing. I learned how to add hedges and a tree to my outdoor environment. Also I learned how to add a drive way and a walkway to my outdoor environment. Lastly I learned how to build a road in front of my outdoor realm. You can simply create roads, driveways, and walkways by clicking on the Road Tools button and then clicking the child button that matches the type of road you wish to build. You can add hedges and trees to your yard by clicking on the library button at the top of the program screen. After you go into the library you can find where all the outdoor furnishings hedges, and trees are. Trees and hedges are awesome just like the messenger getting Sparta kicked into a bottomless pit by King Leonidas in the movie 300. These skills will help me in the future of this course when I have to apply these skills to accomplish a certain task when making a drawing.


 * These skills could be applied to the real world because when people want a driveway, a walkway, and some vegetation on withing there outdoor spheres. After all no one wants a drab boring yard that appear to have no soul.
 * The only problem I had during this drawing was adding shadows, I solved it by asking the teacher for assistance.

Assignment D
 * I was successful because I was able to make my outdoor milieu look amazing and soulful. I was able to be successful because I followed the directions in my book correctly and made sure I continued to so as I worked diligently.
 * I showed my creativity by placing a tree the complemented the background and its surroundingd in my outdoor kingdom, well yard.
 * Since my last drawing I have been working on the layout of my house.


 * I learned various new skills whilst working on my home layout. I learned how to create a picture that displayed what my home home looked from each side and each angle. Also I learned how to make a picture showing a birds eye view of my house along with all the dimensions of the home. Lastly I learned how to create a birds eye view photo of the home that doesn't show dimensions of my home. These skills will help me in the future of the course because most likely I will need to know how to make a layout of my home at a later date. It's quite easy to create a picture that shows what the house looks like from each side and angle. You simply use the vector view camera in the tool bar. After that you can adjust the camera to the angle and distance that you desire. After that you simply go under file and export each picture you've made. Next you open up a new layout and you import the pictures onto the new layout. To create a birds eye view of the home that displays the homes dimensions is also very easy to do. All I had to do was click on was the Dimension Tools button under Toolbar 2. After that I simply clicked the Auto Exterior Dimension child button. To get rid of the things you do not want to display in or on your house you go under the layer list and uncheck what you don't to display. After I did all that I imported the image to to my layout. To create a birds eye view of my home without the dimensions being displayed is the easiest thing ever! I just went to the layer list and unchecked the exterior dimensions.


 * These skills could be applied to the real world if someone wants to hire and architect to build a house for them. Afterall an architect needs to follow a plan so he/she knows what you want done.


 * Overall this whole process was very challenging. I overcam e this problem by asking the teacher for help everytime I needed it.
 * I was sucessful because I was able to complete this difficult layout! It was insanely hard!

Assignment E
 * It was hard to show creativity in this layout, because afterall it was just a layout.
 * Since my last drawing i have been working on designing my summer cottage.


 * The new skill I learned was adding elevation to the land around my cottage. That skill was very facile to learn to say the least. All you have to do is go under Terrain Configuration underneath Toolbar 1. After that you click on the Terrain Elevation tools child button. After that you just click on the Elevation Spline button. After that you make splines by drawing lines into the shape of these "^". I had to only make splines. I created a grand total of 3 splines. You adjust the elevation by clicking on each spline and typing how high you want them to to be in the Elevation Specification box. To complete adding elevation you go under Toolbar 1 and you select the Terrain tool. Next you simply click the Build Terrain button.


 * This skill could be applied to the real word if people wanted elevated areas on their property. Having point of elevation helpes keep water out of people's yards also.


 * The only difficulty I had was making the elevation splines. I solved that problem by having my teacher show me what I had to do.

Assignment F
 * Well there is not a lot of creativity in this project since it is just a birds eye view of my cottage and the points of elevation around it.


 * Since my last drawing I have been working on CAD block logo.
 * The new skill I learned was how to design my own CAD blocks. This was a very easy skill to learn. First I clicked on the CAD Mode ON took under Toolbar 1. After that I created text for my logo. When I created text I simply went under Toolbar 2 and clicked on the Text Tools buttons. After that the Text Specification box came up. In the box I was able to choose what color, font, and size I wanted my text to be. I was also able to add lines to my logo by selecting the Lines Tools button under Toolbar 2. Then I proceeded to click the Draw Line child button. After that was done I simply drew my lines in. The last thing I did was add shapes to my logo. To add shapes you simply go under the CAD menu at the top of the opened program. After that you simply select the lines you want to use to make the shape. You don't need to use lines to make shapes if you choose not to. You can select the square button or circle button underneath the CAD menu.
 * These skills can be applied to the real world when a construction or home design company wants to design a logo for advertising purposes.
 * I seriously had no difficulties during this assignments so there were no solutions needed for any problems.
 * I showed my creativity by using the colors red and white together. Also I showed creativity by encompassing my logo text inside a shape. Lastly I showed my creativity by creating my own design instead of the one that was in the book.



Home Design Project





There are many problems with this type of home. First of all these types of homes take up a lot of surface area, More surface area means more maintenance is needed. If more maintenance is needed more money is also needed. Also building the home would take a long time and cost a good amount of money. Overall the construction of ranches are rather costly. Heating is another thing that may be difficult in these types of homes. When ranches are built people must install thermostats and radiators in almost every room to keep the house warm. Also a lot of fuel or electricity may be needed to heat up all the rooms in a ranch in the winter months. A lot of electricity or fuel use results in higher costs. However ranches are easy to cool. The ranches already cool themselves down because of their size. The heat is evenly distributed within the house therefore it does not get very hot in the house when it's the summer. The style of the house also contributes to keeping the house cool. The ranch has a sloped roof and the roof keeps the house from absorbing all the heat. The heat goes down to the ground instead of into the house.