Course Title: INTDSN 38, Advanced Computer Aided Design and Drafting
Units: 3
Date Submitted: Feb., 1996
Updated: April, 2007
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1. Catalog Description:

   Prerequisite: INTDSN 35

   This lecture and lab course teaches advanced skills in 2-D and 3-D computer-aided drafting for Interior Architectural Design applications.

2. Required Text and References:
   • Sykes Timothy, 3D AutoCAD 2007: One Step at a Time (Paperback) Paperback: 336 pages, Publisher: The Forager (March 31, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0976588889 (or latest edition of this book matching current software)
   • Grabowski, Ralph; The Illustrated AutoCAD 2006 Quick Reference Paperback: 864 pages, Publisher: Autodesk Press; 1st edition (June , 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 141802046X (or latest edition of this book matching current software)
3. Course Objectives:

   Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

   1. Use advanced 2D AutoCAD drawing & editing techniques
   2. Set up drawings in paperspace
   3. Understand scale as it applies to AutoCAD
   4. Use and control text, dimensions, hatch, and layers
   5. Use attributes, external references, blocks, symbols libraries
   6. Use model space, and layout space with viewports
   7. Draw in Isometric Mode
   8. Use basic 3D modeling techniques for wireframe, solid, and surface models
   9. Rendering and Shade 3D drawings
   10. Use the internet with AutoCAD
   11. Plot
4. Student Learning Outcome(s):

   The student will:

   1. Produce a series of basic 3D CAD models by employing wireframe, surface, and solid modeling CAD technology
   2. Render and plot a series of basic 3D CAD models using material mapping, shading, lighting, and view manipulation techniques.
5. Methods of Presentation:
   

   Lecture, Discussion, Demonstration, Group and One-On-One Critique

6. Course Content:
   

   Percentage of Term / Topic

       
   • 10%   Review Basic AutoCAD commands
   • 5%     Layout – Viewports - Scale
   • 5%     DIM styles
   • 5%     Modelspace vs. Paperspace
   • 5%     Plotting in Modelspace
   • 5%     Plotting in Paperspace
   • 5%     XREFS
   • 5%     Blocks, w-Blocks, Attributes, Library
   • 5%     Templates
   • 5%     Isometrics
   • 5%     D meshes – surfaces, Gradient Hatch
   • 10%   Editing in 3D
   • 5%     Arranging 3D Models
   • 5%     Hide - Shade - Views
   • 5%     Rendering and Lighting
   • 5%     Plotting
   • 5%     Using the Internet with AutoCAD
   • 100% Total
7. Methods of Evaluation:
   

   (Actual point distribution will vary from instructor to instructor but approximate values are shown.)

   Topic / Percentage

   • Drawings  60%
   • Final Project  20%
   • Attendance  10%
   • Quizzes  10%
   • Grades are determined on a percentage basis:
   • Grading:
   • A = 91% to 100%
   • B = 81% to 90%
   • C = 71% to 80%
   • D = 61% to 70%
   • F = Below 60%