| Week 1 This week introduces students to Drafting and Design |
Week 2 Week two provides practice creating freehand design sketches |
Week 3 Week three provides an introduction to AutoCAD basic commands along with basic drawing creation |
Week 4 Week four provides information on dimensioning, tolerancing and drafting standards |
Week 5 Week five applies AutoCAD drawing principles to create working design drawings (Design Project) |
Week 6 Week six - Working/Assembly Drawings and 3-D drawing manipulation |
Introduction to Drafting and Design View video (CADAM-The Productive Edge, 19 mins) and deliver PowerPoint presentation on sketching Topics covered in the video and in class
| Sketching This week lessons involve guided practice and homework in freehand sketching. Teachers will need to download sample AutoCad drawings from this site Sample Sketches
| Application Program Demonstrate to students the MS Windows-AutoAD desktop environment and elementary commands in the AutoCAD application. Students will practice on the dwg1form.dwg file included in this curriculum Topics to be covered
| Dimensioning in AutoCAD Demonstrate and practice dimensioning in AutoCAD Elements of AutoCAD dimensioning
| AutoCAD Drawing Principles Introduce Principles and create 3-D drawings Principles
| Assembly Drawings Present assembly drawing elements and guide students in creating assembly drawings in AutoCAD Assembly Drawing Elements
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Drafting Principles Drafting Principles Presented - Line Conventions - Drawing Formats - Title Blocks - Notes/annotation/lettering styles Student Practice - Homework
| Freehand Sketching Guided Practice | Application Program Continue demonstration and practice with elementary AutoCAD drawing commands. Students practice using dwg2form.dwg Additional AutoCAD command demonstrations
| Drafting Standards Introduce students to industry and government drawing standards Standards
| AutoCAD Drawing Lab Create 3-D latchplate view using C-Form.dwg drawing format Link for Lesson: | Assembly Drawings Instruction and guided practice. Understanding Assembly/Working drawings and parts lists. |
Drafting Principles - Elements Drafting Principles Presented - Measuring Scales - Measuring Practice Sheets | Freehand Sketching Create sample sketches. Multi-view and auxiliary view sketch with lettering Guided Practice | Application Program Continue demonstration and practice with elementary AutoCAD drawing commands. Students practice using dwg3form.dwg, Latch Plate Additional AutoCAD command demonstrations
| AutoCAD Drawing Lab Create 3-D latchplate view using C-Form.dwg drawing format Link for Lesson: | Assembly Drawings 3-D drawing. Students create model airplane gasket. Link for Lesson: | |
Drafting Principles - Elements View Conventions - Single View Drawings - Multi-view Drawings PowerPoint Presentations - Orthographic Projection - Student View Practice Homework
| Freehand Sketching View Video on Dimensioning Rules and Guidelines Links for Lesson: | Application Program Guided Practice. Students continue practice on Latch plate drawing (dwg3form.dwg) Link for Lesson: | AutoCAD Drawing Lab Create 3-D latchplate. Scale MS data in PS environment. Link for Lesson: | 3-D drawings Students create 3-D caster wheel bushing. Link for Lesson: | |
Drafting Principles - Evaluation PowerPoint Presentations and Worksheets on -Auxiliary Views -Section Views Administer Drafting principles Quiz Links for Lesson: | Freehand Sketching Evaluation Turn in homework; administer quiz Link for Lesson: | Application Program Continue demonstration and practice with elementary AutoCAD drawing commands. Students create drawing of a Geneva cam. Drawing commands
| AutoCAD Drawing Lab Create 3-D latchplate. Plot 3-D Latch Plate drawing Link for Lesson: | 3-D Drawings 3-D demonstration, rendering, and displays Link for Lesson: |