The content to be learned in CADD I will include

• • Sketching

  • Layout & Drawings

  • 2D Drawing

  • 3D Drawing

  • Orthographic projection (three views)

  • Numeric descriptions (dimensioning)

  • 3D Printing!

Each student will study Computer Aided Drafting & Design. Upon completion of this course students will be proficient in the following areas:

• Understand the importance of mechanical drawing as a universal a tool to express ideas clearly.

• Understand the broad range of career opportunities requiring mechanical drawing knowledge.

• Know how to navigate through CAD software with sufficient proficiency to produce two dimensional drawings of various views and levels difficulty including single view and multi-view drawings.

• Understand and know how to use basic drawing and editing commands.

• Know all line types and their specific uses within a drawing.

• Know how to create layers with assigned colors, line-types, line thickness and visibility.

• Know how to dimension drawing and set appropriate dimension variables.

• Create and save CAD drawings files with appropriate title block and title information for future use.

• Know how to work in model space, paper space, templates and view-ports.

• Set up printing utilities and plot drawings in the required views.