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EES 208 - Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD)
Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting
Prerequisite: LAC student with T1A or T1LT course or ELAC student

Introduction to Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) introduces students to the industry-stardard AutoCAD. Students attain operational knowledge of the software while learning the methods and purposes of computer-aided drafting for communicating through graphic design. This introduction to design and visualization has a large emphasiis on computer hardware utilization and techniques necessary for generating graphics to represent information for completing anayses in areas of mapping, architecture, interior design, historical recreations, sustainable energy, engineering, land use and surveying, and the geosciences. Topics covered include the purpose of CAD as it relates to a broad range of applications and disciplines, terminology appropriate to designing graphics, importance of file management, 2D and 3D geometric, construction, creation of object and line weight libraries, scaling and tracing, sectioning, plotting to print, and assembly drawings that may be used as portfolio items.

3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture, Online

Environmental Earth Science Department

Course Attributes:
ELAC DC-Science and Math, ELAC LO-Communication, LAC T2CE-Creative Expression

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