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The student will:
1. Make freehand pictorial and orthographic sketches of objects.
2. Construct auxiliary views and section views.
3. Learn the terminology and standards of geometric tolerancing.
4. Develop three dimensional visualization skills.
5. Practice teamwork through group projects.
6. Understand models of the engineering design process.
7. Practice public speaking and group communication skills.
8. Construct solid models of objects in AutoCAD.
9. Develop networking and practical experience by making a CAD
drawing for a local company.
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1. Freehand sketching of isometric and orthographic views.
2. Primary auxiliary views of objects to show true shape
surfaces.
3. Section views and hatching patterns.
4. Layout, outline, assembly, and detail drawings.
5. Measurement of true length, true angles, grades, slopes,
azimuths, and bearings.
6. Review of conventional dimensioning and tolerancing.
7. ASNI hole basis standards for clearance, interference, and
transition fits.
8. Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing: datums, symbols,
material modifiers.
9. Discussion of algorithms for the engineering design process.
10. Concurrent engineering and design for manufacturing concepts.
11. Documentation standards for engineering projects.
12. Common requirements for engineering presentations.
13. Solid modeling primitives in AutoCAD: box, cylinder, torus,
cone, wedge, sphere.
14. Solid modeling construction in AutoCAD: revolve, extrude,
union, subtract, intersection, fillet, chamfer, section,
slice, interference, align, 3Darray, 3Dmirror, 3Drotate.
15. Parametric modeling in CAD.
16. Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in AutoCAD.
Possible additional topics:
1. Perspective drawings.
2. Graphical solution of civil engineering problems: Ore vein
outcropping, dam construction, cut and fill, pipe profiles.
3. Graphical solution of robotics problems: work space volume,
forward kinematics, inverse kinematics.
4. Graphical solution of mechanical engineering problems:
shear/bending diagrams, torsion diagrams, force diagrams,
maxwell diagrams (trusses), displacement diagrams (cams),
sheet metal layout.
5. Finite element analysis.
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Earle, ENGINEERING DESIGN GRAPHICS, 8th Edition, Addison Wesley 1994
Jensen and Helsel, ENGINEERING DRAWING AND DESIGN, 5th Edition,
Glencoe/McGraw Hill 1996
Duff: Freehand Sketching for Engineering Design, PWS, 1995