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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| M | Review drawing setup procedures | Architectural Building Section and Details | Architectural Building Section and Details | Orthographic projection exercises | Autocad drawing exercises | 3-D Drawings |
| Tu | Review drawing setup procedures | Architectural Building Section and Details | Architectural Drawings External Reference (XREF) | Mechanical Assembly Drawings | AutoCad drawing exercises | 3-D Solids |
| W | Isometric Drawing | Architectural Building Section and Details | Site Plans and Profiles | Mechanical Assembly Drawings | Paper Space, Model Space and 3-D Wireframe | Assembly Sections |
| Th | Isometric Drawing (continued) | Architectural Building Section and Details | Orthographic projections | Mechanical Assembly Drawings | 3-D Surfaces | Portfolio Printing |
| F | Lab Day | Lab Day | Lab Day | Lab Day | Lab Day | Lab Day |