EST 1040 - Drawing Techniques

Clock Hours: 150

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
The Drawing Techniques course introduces students to the fundamental role of drafting in engineering design activities. Students will explore specialty areas within the drafting field while developing essential manual drafting skills that are important to a multi-craft maintenance professional. Critical thinking is required in the course as students will learn how to evaluate project problems through professional drawings. Key topics that are addressed in this course include proper line work, engineering lettering, freehand sketching, and geometric constructions, with a strong emphasis on accuracy and technical precision. In addition, students will learn how to apply composition guidelines to course projects and assignments.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Describe the function, working conditions, and potential career paths of drafters in various industries.

Explain the significant and application of industry drawing standards.

Identify and correctly use basic drafting tools.

Produce freehand lettering that meets established industry standards.

Identify and construct basic plan geometric shapes and solid figures.

Convert and determine equivalency between SI metric and English measurement systems.

Identify the six principal views used in orthographic projection.

Determine and label the primary dimensions (height, width, and depth) shown in each principal view.

Sketch accurate representations using third-angle projection techniques.

Apply the correct line types to represent hidden edges in technical drawings.

Describe the characteristics of inclined surfaces and their representation in multi-view drawings.

Create multi-view sketches of objects featuring inclined surfaces.

Create multi-view sketches of cylindrical objects.