
AutoCAD2011ProductivityStudy
10 ©2010DavidS.Cohn
DrawingTask#4
Thefourthdrawingtaskwasthecompletionofareflectedceilingplanforarathercomplexofficebuilding.The
floorplanoftheofficebuildwaspreviouslycreated.Thetaskinthiscasewasonlytocreatethereflected
ceilingplan.Portionsofthefloorplanwereatoddangles,however,
andonewingofthebuildingcurves.The
ceilingtilepatterncouldbecreatedasauser‐definedhatchpatternbutwouldneedtobecentered
appropriatelyineachindividualroomaswellasalongacurvingcorridor.Blocksrepresenting24x48light
fixturesandrounddownlightsaswellas
HVACsupplyandreturnairdiffusersandsprinklerswouldneedtobe
addedtotheceilingplan.Figure4showsthecompletedtask#4drawing.
BecauseofthenewfeaturesavailableinAutoCAD2011comparedtoAutoCAD2008,Ianticipatedanumberof
productivityimprovements.Themostsignificantimpactonthe
timerequiredtocompletethisdrawingwould
beintheadditionofhatchpatternstorepresenttheceilingtilesineachroom.Inparticular,Ianticipatedthat
beingabletoseeandmanipulatetheangleofthehatchpatternandtheoriginofthepatternwithineachroom
wouldprovide
asignificantreductioninthetimerequiredtocompletethisdrawinginAutoCAD2011
comparedtoAutoCAD2008.
Figure4:Completedtask#4drawing–areflectedceilingplanofacomplexofficebuilding.
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