Office Hours: MW 11:30-1:30 PM and by appointment

Division Chair: Associate Professor Millie McDannel

Natural Science and Mathematics Division

SKCTC Whitesburg Campus

Phone: (606) 633-0279 ext. 13314

Textbooks: AutoCAD and its Applications (v. 2004)

Terence M. Shumaker & David A. Madsen

Goodheart-Wilcox Company, Inc., Tinley Park, Illinois

Supplies: Scientific Calculator – HP 20S or better (must include trigonometric functions). Graphing Calculators are not required.

Course Description:

An emphasis will be placed on techniques of computer aided drafting and design, construction of straight and curved lines; orthographic and axonometric views and sections; dimensions, tolerances, and notes; as well as an introduction to the nomenclature associated with CAD. Basic computer operations involving move, copy, delete, and save are included, and the student will be exposed to drawing manipulation involving translation, rotation, zooming, panning, and windowing.

Prerequisites:

ME-105, DFT-102 or consent of the instructor

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Objectives:

1. Define the hardware used and the nomenclature associated with computer aided design (CAD) technology, comprehensively, and communicate the same both orally and writing.

2. Selectively fit an appropriate display, output, and input devices to the CAD job undertaken.

3. Produce straight lines of varying formats and intensities at any point, based on two or more methods of positioning lines.

4. Construct standard curved lines, full circles, arcs, and concentric circle, at all points required on two-dimensional detail drawings.

5. Develop detail orthographic and axonometric views as required.

6. Construct cross-sections of various designs, with cross-hatching incorporated as desired.

7. Apply dimensions, tolerances, and alphanumeric notes to drawings.

8. Move, copy, delete, and save drawings or portions of drawings.

9. Use CAD to manipulate drawings by means of translation, rotation, scaling, zooming, panning, and windowing.

General Education Competencies:

In addition to the specific course competencies listed above, students are expected to have, and continue to develop the following general education competencies:

1. Writing: to communicate effectively using standard written English

2. Reading: to analyze, summarize, and interpret a variety of reading materials.

3. Integrated Learning: to think critically and make connection in learning across the disciplines.

4. Creative Thinking: to elaborate upon knowledge to create new thoughts, process, and products.

5. Ethics/Values: to demonstrate an awareness of ethical considerations in making value choices.

Evaluation of General Education Competencies:

1. Writing: Students will complete written assignments and possibly answer essay questions in which he/she will demonstrate effective written communication skills using standard English.

2. Reading: students will be responsible for reading assignments from the text and other sources. Student will be expected to participate in an in-class discussion and answer questions in writing over the reading assignments.

3. Integrated Learning: Students will utilize the knowledge they acquire throughout this course to make connections between the various disciplines of drafting by applying certain skills such as analysis, discussion, interpretation, and problem solving.

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4. Creative Thinking: students will elaborate on acquired knowledge to create thought processes, and products that are new to the student. This can be

demonstrated raising/answering hypothetical questions and contributing to the

learning process in various ways.

5. Ethic/Values: Students will demonstrate an understanding of ethical values and consideration by:

a. Showing commitment and responsibility for their own academic pursuit.

b. Respecting opinions in contradiction to their own.

c. Subscribing to a code of courtesy and etiquette in dealing with others.

d. Understanding what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and avoiding such conduct.

e. Showing and understanding of ethics as related to Computer Aided Drafting.

f. Discussing other ethics/values issues.

Mandatory Placement Policy:

Students taking the Compass Exam that fail to obtain the minimum required scores as required by the College must take the required remedial courses. Those results that are waived are listed below with requirements listed.

Math 30-34 Waived Supplementary math through Adult Basic Education

Reading 38-41 Waived Supplementary reading through Adult Basic Education

English 38-69 Waived Supplementary English through Adult Basic Education

Attendance Policy:

All students are expected to attend class. Chronic absenteeism will result in a failing grade. Students with perfect attendance will be given the opportunity of not having to take the final exam.**

Work Policies:

All work must be turned in the same week it was assigned. Work will not be accepted late and there will be no make-up unless the student has an extenuating circumstance, which will be reviewed on an individual basis. All written work must be typed according to present writing standards. Students may withdraw 1 week after midterm and still receive a “W”, after that all withdrawals will result in a failing grade.

ADA/504/508 disability services within the classroom:

Students in this course who need, or who believes that they will need, any academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, or other accommodations because of the functional limitations of a documented disability, should contact either the instructor or Rick Mason with this matter. Rick Mason can be contacted on the Middlesboro Campus, at the Counselor's Office, or call (606) 242-2145 ext. 2111.

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Evaluation:

1. Classroom assignments are worth 50% of the overall grade

2. Tests are worth 30% of the overall grade

3. Final exam is worth 20% of the overall grade**(See note above)

Course Outline:

Topics

1. Introduction to CAD Hardware

Brief History
Display Devices
Input Devices
Output Devices

2. Starting and Setting Up Drawings

A. Planning Your Drawing

B. Starting a New Drawing

C. Multiple Design Environment (MDE)

D. Changing Drawing settings

E. Opening an Existing Drawing

3. Introduction to CAD Software & 2D Drafting

Establishing a Grid on the Screen
Introduction to Drawing Lines
Canceling a Command
Setting Increments for Cursor Movement
Creating and Using Drawing Templates
Saving Drawings
Opening Existing Drawings
Closing a Drawing
Exiting AutoCAD
Determining the Drawing Status

4. Drawing Lines, Erasing Objects, Using Layers, and Making Prints

A. Lines Conventions

B. Drawing Lines with AutoCAD

C. Introduction to Editing

D. An Introduction to Layers

E. Introduction to the Layer Command

F. Changing Object Properties

G. Overriding Layer Settings

H. Reusing Drawing Content

I. Introduction to Print and Plotting

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5. Drawing Basic Shapes

A. Drag Objects

B. Drawing Circles

C. Drawing Arcs

D. Drawing Ellipses

E. Drawing Regular Polygons

F. Drawing Rectangles

G. Drawing Donuts and Solid Circles

6. Object Snap, Geometric Constructions, and Multiview Drawings

A. Snap Commands

B. AutoSnap Settings

C. Locate Points

D. Dividing an Object

E. Orthographic Multiview Drawings

F. Drawing Auxiliary Views

G. Drawing Construction Lines

7. Using the Geometry Calculator and Filters

A. Using the Geometry Calculator

B. Introduction to Filters

C. Creating Selection Sets

8. Placing Text on the Drawing

A. Text Standards

B. Scale Factors for Text Height

C. Font and Styles

D. Special Characters

E. Ddedit

F. Properties

G. Spelling

H. Text Tips

9. Drawing Display Options

A. Redrawing and Regenerating the Screen

B. Zoom

C. Pan

D. Working Views

E. Transparent Commands

F. Aerial View

G. Model Space and Paper Space

H. Tiled Viewports

I. Floating Viewports

J. Introduction to 3D Commands

K. Controlling the Display

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10. Layouts, Plotting, and Printing

A. Plotting Procedure

B. Layout and Plotting Terms

C. Layout Settings

D. Plot Management

E. Plot Settings and Hints

11. Basic Editing Commands

A. Chamfers

B. Rounds and Fillets

C. Trimming

D. Extending Lines

E. Changing Lines and Circles

F. Moving and Copying Objects

G. Mirror Images

H. Rotating

I. Scaling and Stretching an Object

J. Object Groups

12. Automatic Editing

A. Grips

B. Basic Editing vs. Automatic Editing

C. Properties

13. Creating Multiple Objects with Array

A. Arranging Objects in a Rectangular Pattern

B. Arranging Objects around a Center Point

14. Working with AutoCAD Files

A. Files Names

B. Windows Explorer

C. Drop and Drag

D. Recovering a Damaged Drawing

E. Audit Command

F. Temporary Files

G. Importing and Exporting Files

15. Introduction to Polylines and Multilines

A. Drawing Polylines

B. UNDO Command

C. Redoing the Undo

D. Filling Polylines and Traces

E. Drawing Multilines

F. Editing Multilines

G. Sketching with AutoCAD

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16. Drawing and Editing Polylines and Splines

A. Drawing Polyline Arcs

B. Polyline Edit (PEDIT)

C. Spline Command

Creating a Polyline Boundary

17. Obtaining Information about the Drawing

A. Finding the Area of Shapes and Objects

B. Listing Drawing DATA

C. Distance

D. ID Command

E. Time

18. Basic Dimensioning Practices

A. Dimension Arrangement

B. Linear Dimensions

C. Angle Dimensions

D. Dimensioning Practices

E. Location Dimensions

F. Datum and Chain Dimensioning

G. QDIM

H. Symbols and Dimension Text

I. Center lines and marks

J. Dimensioning Circles and Arcs

K. Leader Lines

L. Alternate Dimensioning

M. Thread Drawings and Notes

N. Layout Dimensioning

O. Dimension Styles

P. Dimension Variables

Q. Dimension Mode