This is a Design Technology course in intermediate computer-aided design and drafting. This is primarily a full laboratory course which emphasizes practice over theory. It is assumed students have completed a basic course in drafting fundamentals and CAD application software. Instructors are assumed to have more than an elementary familiarity with AutoCAD. Requires access to AutoCAD drawing application.
| Week 1 Setup review. Isometric and orthographic projections. |
Week 2 Architectural Drawing |
Week 3 Architectural Drawing |
Week 4 Mechanical Assembly Drawing |
Week 5 Sectioning and 3-D Surfaces |
Week 6 3-D Wire Frame and Solids. Portfolio creation. |
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Review drawing setup procedures Review drawing setup. Instructor demonstrate how to create a blank drawing template including inserting a title block. Students will create their own templates for this and subsequent exercises. Practice using the DIMENSION command. Exercises
| Architectural Building Section and Details This is a multi-day lesson. Students will learn to draw, dimension, and section simple architectural structures using CAD software. Use the daily lesson guide with the exercise drawings to complete the assignments. Begin this lesson with the Architectural Title Block assignment. Exercises
| Architectural Building Section and Details Demonstrate on board or screen the process of creating building sections. Guided practice and exercises
| Orthographic projection exercises Complete drawings using CAD program or by hand sketching. Instructions are on drawing sheets. Exercises
| Autocad drawing exercises Use AutoCad drawing exercises to explain and lead guided practice. Instructions are on drawing sheets. Links for Lesson: | 3-D Drawings Explain and practice the Exercise drawings. Instructions are on drawing sheets. Exercises
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Review drawing setup procedures Continue Monday lesson. Add extra credit exercise. Exercises
| Architectural Building Section and Details Continue Monday activities. Exercises
| Architectural Drawings External Reference (XREF) Definition and uses of External Reference Guided practice and exercises
| Mechanical Assembly Drawings Introduce engineering sketches and work through mechanical assembly drawing exercises. Exercises
| AutoCad drawing exercises Use AutoCad drawing exercises to explain and lead guided practice. Instructions are on drawing sheets. Links for Lesson: | 3-D Solids Illustrate 3-D drawing features in AutoCad Exercises
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Isometric Drawing Use prepared AutoCAD drawings to practice creating and editing isometric drawings. Exercises
| Architectural Building Section and Details Continue Monday activities. Exercises
| Site Plans and Profiles On screen have class work with drawing property lines and inserting raster image. Exercises
| Mechanical Assembly Drawings Continue Tuesday lesson. Complete Exercises with valve mechanical assembly drawings. Links for Lesson: | Paper Space, Model Space and 3-D Wireframe Understand and apply concepts Exercises
| Assembly Sections CAD or hand drawing exercises. Follow instructions on exercise sheets. Links for Lesson: |
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Isometric Drawing (continued) Continue Wednesday lesson using the lesson guide Exercises
| Architectural Building Section and Details Continue Monday activities. Time permitting, do exercises 5-2 and 5-4, which introduce students to the XREF drawings and electrical symbols used in architectural drawings Exercises
| Orthographic projections Complete practice exercises using CAD program or by hand sketching. Follow instructions on drawing sheets. Exercises
| Mechanical Assembly Drawings Continue Tuesday lesson. Complete Exercises with valve mechanical assembly drawings. Links for Lesson: | 3-D Surfaces Explain 3-D surfaces and how to render them in AutoCad Exercises
| Portfolio Printing Describe portfolio contents and quality standards. Show examples of quality portfolios. Students assemble evaluation portfolios. Links for Lesson: |
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Lab Day Catch up, review and evaluation. Complete all assignments for week 1. Portfolio requirement and preview
| Lab Day Review, catch up and evaluation. Complete Week 2 assignments. Retain drawings for portfolio. Link for Lesson: | Lab Day Catch up, review and evalation. Retain drawings for portfolio. Link for Lesson: | Lab Day Catch up, review, and evaluation. Retain drawings for portfolio. Link for Lesson: | Lab Day Catch up, review and evaluation. Retain drawings for portfolio. Link for Lesson: | Lab Day Students turn in drawing portfolios for evaluation. Link for Lesson: |