This module aims to enable the student to communicate engineering information in the form of orthographic drawings.
The design process
The role of drafting in the design process. The role of engineering technicians in the design process. Drawing fundamentals, engineering graphics to international standards as an international language. ISO and ANSI standards.
CAD environment
Menus toolbars, prompts, graphic region, data entry (ribbon, menus, keyboard, toolbars and mouse).
Coordinate systems
Absolute/relative, rectangular/polar.
Drawing aids
Snaps, grid, ortho, coordinates, object snaps, grips, filters.
Geometric entities
Lines, polylines, circles, ellipses, arcs, polygons.
Sketching
Orthographic sketching, isometric sketching, line types, lettering, scale.
Orthographic drawing
3rd angle projection layout of views, use of construction geometry.
Basic dimensioning principles
Conventions, datum features, baseline, continuous and aligned dimensions, dimensioning of holes and radii.
Output devices
Printing, print settings, exporting/printing to file.
Modifying geometric entities
Trimming extending, stretching, scaling, copying, moving.
Layers
Layer conventions, hiding, freezing, layer attributes.
Drawing templates
Defining and applying templates.
Entity properties
Attributes and colours by layer, by entity.
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|---|---|
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |