The Drafted Line . Architecture . Philadelphia

creating a website on Drexel's DUNX1 server

designing a website in Frontpage

more frontpage tips

renaming a website

create html code to open a link in a new window

System / Computer

how to determine if my operating system is 32-bit or 64-bit (for Vista and XP operating systems)

install the HP Designjet 500 Printer series driver (3201 Arch studio plotter) on a personal laptop computer

install the HP Designjet 800 Printer series driver (3201 Arch studio plotter) on a personal laptop computer

Graphics and Layout

intro to photoshop 1

intro to indesign

scanning and adjusting images in photoshop

scanning images in 3201 Arch

scanning images in Nesbitt

using photoshop to create a composite drawing with layers

scanning a large drawing and piecing it together in Photoshop

two-point perspective

constructing shadows in plan and elevation

sketchup 7 basics

advanced sketchup

import autocad model into sketchup

creating a 3D site model in sketchup from topography lines using the sandbox tool

export a .jpg from sketchup and adjust the file resolution for higher quality images

keeping a sketchup model organized

retrieve a sketchup backup file after a crash

converting from sketchup to 3dsmax

add texture to a 3d sketchup terrain model

use sketchover to integrate real photos with a digital model

cut sections through 3d sketchup models

create sun studies in sketchup

create an animation in sketchup with scenes

converting from sketchup to rhino (and dealing with meshes and nurbs)

Kerkythea: free software to inprove sketchup renderings

output and annotation of drawings

creating a PDF for plotting

fix text that appears outlined in print and preview but not in layout

create 3D flat wiremesh using union, subtract and array

create 3D curved wiremesh using union, subtract and radial array

plot with hidden lines

retrieve an AutoCAD backup file after a crash

create a radial array

create an individual thicker line without creating a new plot style (ie for ground line)

import raster image or jpg

xref / using JPG as an underlay

explode polylines and create polylines from line segments

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AutoCAD	Computer Crash
Dreamweaver	Graphics & Layout
Frontpage	Plotting
InDesign	Website Design
Photoshop	System / Computer
SketchUp & 3DsMax	Hand Drawing

Instructor, Director of Instruction in Representation . 3201 Arch Street, Suite 110, Philadelphia . Phone: 215-895-0208 . Email: LKM@Drexel.edu

Department of Architecture + Interiors . Drexel University . Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design