Computer Aided Drafting and Design        

This course explores the use of computer-aided drawing or CADD. The current trend of the drafting industry is toward CADD. It is important that the student preparing for the field of drafting or any other engineering field have a fundamental knowledge of this drawing tool and its methodologies. This course provides fundamental operating skills for the computer and the CADD software package. AutoCAD 2011 is used as the principle tool for instruction. Students will explore the concepts of basic drawing and layout, dimensioning, isometric drawing, AutoCAD commands, 3D drawing and solid modeling.

1st Nine Weeks:

 Students will engage in a variety of activities from learning the basic program to being able to create and plot a two dimensional drawing. Students will use their two dimensional drawing skills to program the NC Mill and utilize the laser engraver. 

2nd Nine Weeks:

Students will learn how to dimension drawings as well as edit drawing information.  This will consist of using multiple dimensioning techniques and defining the properties of objects.

3rd Nine Weeks:

 Students will learn how to create and edit three dimensional drawings.  This will consist of using multiple commands to manipulate the 3-D solids.  Students will have a comprehensive project to draw.  

4th Nine Weeks:

Students will learn the basic commands of Architectural Desktop to design a garage to a certain set of parameters.  Students will learn basic framing practices by constructing garages in groups of four out of balsa wood to a smaller scale.