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AEC 80 - Basic Drafting
Course Description
A first course in drafting. Manual drafting procedures and practices, plus a 5-week glimpse at computer drafting. Designed primarily for students planning to enroll in regular-program Architectural, Engineering and CAD Technologies courses upon completion of this course. Also serves students preparing to be public school industrial arts teachers and those interested in a general "feel" for the subject of technical drawing.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Identify, select, and use the basic manual drafting tools to complete assigned tasks.
- Demonstrate proper linework, lettering, dimensioning, and symbolizing in creating drawings of industry standard quality.
- Demonstrate the ability to center drawings, scale views, and draw neatly and accurately with the common drafting tools.
- Create correct single, orthographic, auxiliary, isometric, sectional, perspective, and developed views of simple objects from different types of views or differently oriented views of the objects.
- Create correct welded object, thread, and architectural floor plan drawings appropriate to the level of the course.
- Using descriptive geometry techniques, find the true length, point, and true shape views of simple lines and planes from given skewed views.
- Explain a few of the advantages of computer drafting over manual drafting, and explain the basic AutoCAD line drawing procedure and coordinate system for locating points on the computer screen.
- Roughly define the terms, concepts, and standards associated with the topics of the course.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate electronically, seek help when needed, work from written instructions, and meet production deadlines.