CAD 3010 - Drafting Applications

Each of these fields has unique design and drafting practices.  Topics include:

Architectural, electrical/electronic, structural drafting, civil, HVAC, pipe drafting, 3D illustration, Animation, Rendering, and professional Development.  All projects relate directly to specific drafting career fields.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. Architectural

• Identify typical drawings used in residential and commercial architectural plans.
• Identify the components of a typical residential cross section.
• Identify architectural abbreviations, codes, symbols, and terms.
• Construct a typical floor plan and cross section.
• Construct a typical electrical plan.

B.  Electrical and Electronic Schematics

• Identify the following electrical diagrams:  block, elementary, highway, wireless, and cable.
• Draw and identify the common electric power schematic symbols.
• Draw an industrial electrical schematic.
• Identify electronic schematic symbols.
• Draw electronic block and schematic diagrams.

C.  Structural Drafting

• Identify, describe, and draw various components of the following commercial construction method:  concrete, concrete block, steel, and laminated beam.
• Draw commercial structural drawings from engineering sketches.
• Correctly identify an oblique triangle.
• Complete gage line calculations for a structural steel truss or cross brace.

D.  Civil

• Identify linetype conventions for representation of boundaries, utilities, etc.
• Identify and construct standard topographical map symbols that conform to the National Map Accuracy Standards.
• Apply standard point conventions for property corner markers.
• Prepare a plat map of an individual lot from survey notes or legal descriptions.
• Define metes and bounds.
• Construct a residential plot plan.

E.  HVAC / Sheet Metal Patterns and Developments

• Identify HVAC Symbols.
• Identify and interpret HVAC plans, schedules, and details
• Use an engineering problem as an example for HVAC and sheet metal drawings solutions.
• Identify common sheet metal seams and hems.
• Draw sheet metal pattern developments and intersections.
• Industrial Process Piping
• Identify pipe fittings and valves
• Draw a single-line piping drawing using pipe fittings and valves
• Construction piping isometric drawing using piping plans and elevations