CAD 120 - Mechanical Blueprint Reading with Sketching

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 2
Lab Contact Hours: 1
Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to the basic concepts and standard practices necessary for the graphical communication of technical data, which includes the reading and interpretation of engineering drawings, calculating surface area, calculating component volume, and technical sketching. Topics introduced include orthographic projection, pictorials, sectioning, auxiliary views, dimension and tolerance practices and various symbols.

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter
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Course Competencies

Explain an orthographic drawing.
Interpret section views of a drawing.
Interpret auxiliary views of a drawing.
Apply dimensions and tolerance.
Interpret notes of a drawing.
Perform arithmetic operations for dimensional and tolerance stack-ups.
Demonstrate the ability to read a metric scale.
Demonstrate the ability to read an inch scale.
Construct 2D orthographic sketches.
Summarize title block information.
Decipher basic surface finish symbols.
Decipher basic thread symbols and notation
Decipher basic welding symbols.
Calculate fit information and limit of size of holes and shafts.
Perform arithmetic operations of perimeter for square, rectangle, triangle, eclipse, trapezoid and circle.
Perform arithmetic operations of area for 2D shapes.
Perform arithmetic operations of volume for 3D shapes.