Things You'll Need:
- CAD program
- Advanced CAD skills
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Step 1
Determine the wall length you are designing the workstation for by either dimensioning the wall on the plan or measuring the existing wall. Workstations can be on a single wall or multiple walls. For the purpose of this exercise, we will construct our drawing showing a single wall workstation that is nine feet long.
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Step 2
Draw the shell of the elevation showing the ceiling line, floor line, right wall, and left wall:
• Draw the floor line at nine feet long.
• Draw the left corner wall at least nine feet high.
• Mirror the floor line using the midpoint of the wall line.
• Mirror the wall line using the midpoint of the floor line. -
Step 3
Create the outline of the cabinets and countertop by offsetting horizontal lines beginning at the floor line:
• From floor line to top of countertop: 30 inches.
• Top of countertop to bottom of countertop: 1 and 1/2 inches.
• Top of countertop to bottom of upper cabinets: 24 inches.
• Bottom of upper cabinets to top of upper cabinets: 36 inches. -
Step 4
Complete the outline of the cabinets by offsetting vertical lines beginning in either the left or right corner:
• From the corner offset to create first cabinet set: 36 inches.
• From first cabinet set offset to create second and third cabinet set: 36 inches.
• Trim lines between ceiling line and top of upper cabinets.
• Trim lines between bottom of upper cabinets and bottom of countertop.
• Label the lower middle section as “KNEE SPACE” and add the front view of your chosen wall base. -
Step 5
Create open shelving in the 36 inch wide space above the knee space only.
• Draw a rectangle from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the 36 inch space.
• Offset the rectangle to the inside one inch. Delete the outside rectangle after offset.
• Create two equally spaced half inch thick shelves by offsetting horizontal lines. -
Step 6
Create the upper cabinet doors to the left of the open shelving.
• Draw a rectangle from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner of the 36 inch space.
• Offset the rectangle to the inside one inch. Delete the outside rectangle after offset.
• Draw a straight line from the middle of the top of the rectangle down to the bottom of the rectangle.
• Draw a 3/4 inch circle on each side of the middle line to create doorknobs. -
Step 7
Create the base cabinet to the left of the knee space:
• Create the toe kick by offsetting the floor line three inches.
• Then trim the toe kick line out of the knee space.
• Draw a rectangle from the intersection of the left wall and bottom of the countertop to the intersection of the toe kick and the knee space.
• Offset the rectangle to the inside one inch. Delete the outside rectangle after offset.
• Create three drawers inside the rectangle. You will create one six inches high drawer and two equally sized drawers below the six inch drawer.
• Offset a horizontal line six inches from the top of the rectangle going down.
• Offset a second line equally divide the remaining space to create the second and third drawer.
• Draw a 3/4 inch circle just below the top of each drawer to create the drawer knobs. -
Step 8
Create the upper cabinets and the base cabinets to the right of the knee space.
• Mirror the upper cabinets and drawers from the left side to the right side of the knee space. Use the mid point of the floor line as your mirror point.
