Course Description
Methods for 2-D (print) communication of 3-D design using entertainment industry graphic standards, orthographic projection, ground plans, elevations, and lighting plots. Students use a free student version of Vectorworks™ software running on the students’ own laptops.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will, in addition, complete a third project,
reproducing four plates of CAD plans created by a contemporary
professional designer for a realized stage, television, or film
project.
Athena Title
CAD 2D Drafting
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Students will learn how to communicate scenic design for stage (and film or TV) in the form of 2-D drafting plates intended for directors, fabrication shops, and other production areas. 2. Students will learn entertainment industry graphic standards for design elevations. 3. Students will learn how to use the 2-D components of Vectorworks™ CAD software. 4. Students will complete a portfolio-quality set of drafting plates for a theoretical stage design and lighting design.
Topical Outline
Drafting: scale Software: navigation, palettes, tool sets Drafting: orthographic projection, drafting concepts Drafting: dimensioning Drafting: ground plans Drafting: sections Software: groups, preferences, back-up, border, title block Drafting: elevations Software: classes, design layers Software: sheet layers, viewports Software: publishing, visibility Drafting: details Software: 3-D, multi-scene ground plans Drafting: light plots Software: symbols, lighting positions, label legends, Software: generating lighting paperwork
Syllabus