This course is the basic Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) that develops computer skills and electronic skills and applications within the field of drafting. Topics covered are safety, tools, equipment, media and reproduction, sketching, scale usage, drawing formats, alphabet of lines, lettering and geometric construction, computer literacy through CADD, operating systems and file utilities, software functions, office functions, hardware applications, coordinates, drawing environment, plotting, printing, multi-view drawing environment, geometry modifications and dimensioning, symbol library development, intro to parametric and software, intro to multiple CADD software’s used to manipulate text and graphics, and basic CADD applications.

This is an engineering focused drafting course utilizing Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software that develops computer skills and electronic skills and applications within engineering applications of drafting within manufacturing. Topics covered are advanced computer operations, CAD application software, and principles of structural drafting, process pipe drawings, electronic/electrical drafting and civil drafting.