Unit 09: InDesign

The final unit of LA 280 focused on the Adobe program InDesign. I really enjoyed using this program because of the many different tools and features it has to offer. Every time that I use InDesign I stumble upon a new tool, which makes it exciting and fun to use. For this final unit, I had to select a project and make a portfolio template; I selected the most recent studio project to be featured in this unit. I was Excited about this project because I was planning on over-hauling my portfolio over the summer and this gave it the kick start it needed. I kept the overall design quite simple with no extra graphics to clutter the page. I also tried to keep the text down to a reasonable level as to not clutter the pages and be too much of a burden to actually read. 

Unit 06: AutoCAD

For the final phase of the AutoCAD portion of lessons, we were instructed to create a package of boards, each showing different aspects of the site and related details. This projects combined all that I have learned throughout the AutoCAD lessons and brought them together into one cohesive project. The first two boards that are featured show what I have been working with throughout the AutoCAD lessons, the site plan and site survey .dwg files. The last board shows the more recent parts of this project. I found that the wall section to be particularly enjoyable to make in AutoCAD. Since it was the last part of the project that I worked on, the wall section was one of the easiest because I had already spent time and effort figuring out what to do on the earlier drawings of Unit 06. Overall, AutoCAD was an interesting and exciting tool to learn how to use. I look forward to working more with AutoCAD on future Studio and other LA projects as well. 

Unit 06: AutoCAD

For this unit of AutoCAD, we primarily focused on board layout and other small details that are vital to the production of work in AutoCAD. In this unit, I learned how to dimension drawings, add labels, and cut sections. I particularly enjoyed this unit because I was able to see and make an AutoCAD come from the beginning to a completed product. I feel that I am more confident with the commands that I had struggled with on the first part of this unit have discovered many new, useful commands to use in future projects.