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Spring 2024 Course Syllabus
Course: DFTG-1309 (Section: 71Z, CRN: 10911) Basic Computer-Aided Drafting |
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| Instructor | Brent Campbell | ||||||||
| campbellba1@lamarpa.edu | |||||||||
| Phone | (409) 984-6507 | ||||||||
| Office | Umphrey Industrial Technology Center - Room: 201F | ||||||||
| Office Hours | MW 8-9 am TR 8-11AM |
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| Description | An introduction to computer-aided drafting. Emphasis is placed on setup, creating, and modifying geometry, storing and retrieving predefined shapes, placing, rotating, and scaling objects, adding text and dimensions, using layers, coordinate systems, and plot/print to scale. |
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| Required Textbooks |
Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.
None required |
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| Additional Materials/Resources | None. | ||||||||
| Corequisites/Prerequisites | None | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | Identify terminology and basic functions used with CAD software; used CAD hardware and software to create, organize, display, and plot/print working drawings; and use file management techniques. | ||||||||
| Program Student Learning Outcomes |
PSLO 1: Utilize drafting and CAD terminology, symbols, and commands. PSLO 2: Practice ethical and professional practices in drafting. |
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| Lecture Topics Outline |
Course Outline Session Topics and Commands 1 Chapter 1. Introduction to AutoCAD software 2 Chapter 2. Drawings and Templates 3 Chapter 3. Introduction to Drawing and Editing 4 Chapter 4. Basic Object Commands 5 Chapter 5. Line Standards and Layers 6 Chapter 6. View Tools and Basic Plotting 7 Chapter 7. Object Snap and AutoTrack 8 Chapter 8. Construction Tools and Multiview Drawings 9 Chapter 9. Text Styles and Multiline Text 10 Chapter 10. Single-Line text and Additional Text Tools 11 Chapter 11. Modifying Objects 12 Chapter 12. Arranging and Patterning Objects 13 Chapter 13. Grips, Properties, and Additional Selection Techniques 14 Chapter 14. Polylines and Spline editing Tools 15 Chapter 15. Obtaining Drawing Information |
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| Major Assignments Schedule |
Course Outline Session Topics and Commands 1 Chapter 1. The AutoCAD software structure, drawing planning, interface items, dialog boxes, selecting commands, starting and exiting AutoCAD, getting help, commonly used terms and definitions Command: HELP Resources: Chapter 1 exercises, review, and problems 2 Chapter 2. Starting and opening a drawing, drawing file names, working with multiple drawings, setting up a drawing template, specifying limits, changing units Commands: QNEW, NEW, QSAVE, SAVEAS, CLOSE, CLOSEALL, CLOSEALLOTHER, OPEN, DWGPROPS, UNITS, LIMITS Resources: Chapter 2 exercises, review, and problems 3 Chapter 3. Point entry methods, drawing lines, coordinate display, basic editing commands, dynamic input, working with grid and snap modes, undoing the effects of commands, redoing undone operations Commands: LINE, GRID, DSETTINGS, SNAP, ORTHO, ERASE, U, UNDO, REDO, OOPS Resources: Chapter 3 exercises, review, and problems 4 Chapter 4. Drawing circles, arcs, ellipses, polygons, rectangles, polylines, splines, and donuts. Drawing rectangles with chamfered corners and rounded corners Commands: CIRCLE, ARC, ELLIPSE, PLINE, POLYGON, RECTANGLE, DONUT, SPLINE Resources: Chapter 4 exercises, review, and problems 5 Chapter 5. Line standards, drawing objects on separate layers, creating and managing layers, assigning linetypes and lineweights, changing object properties, using DesignCenter Commands: LAYER, LINETYPE, LINEWEIGHT, LAYERSTATE, ADCENTER Resources: Chapter 5 exercises, review, and problems 6 Chapter 6. Using commands transparently, realtime zooming and panning, using the navigation bar and navigation wheels, creating views, model space and tiled viewports, making a print Commands: NAVBAR, ZOOM, PAN, VIEWBACK, VIEWFORWARD, NAVSWHEEL, NAVVCUBE, REGEN, REGENALL, ISOLATEOBJECTS, UNISOLATEOBJECTS, DRAWORDER, VIEW, NEWVIEW, VIEWPORTS, PLOT Resources: Chapter 6 exercises, review, and problems 7 Chapter 7. Object snap modes, using object snap tracking and polar tracking Command: DSETTINGS Resources: Chapter 7 exercises, review, and problems 8 Chapter 8. Geometric constructions, creating parallel offsets, dividing objects, drawing points, using construction lines to assist in creating multiview drawings and auxiliary views Commands: OFFSET, POINT, PTYPE, DIVIDE, MEASURE, XLINE, RAY Resources: Chapter 8 exercises, review, and problems 9 Chapter 9. Text standards, annotative styles, drawing scale factors, developing and using text styles, forming columns, placing multiple-line text on a drawing Commands: SCALELISTEDIT, STYLE, RENAME, MTEXT Resources: Chapter 9 exercises, review, and problems 10 Chapter 10. Placing single-line text on a drawing, creating special text characters, editing existing text, inserting fields, checking spelling Commands: TEXT, FIELD, UPDATEFIELD, SPELL, FIND, TEXTALIGN, SCALETEXT, JUSTIFYTEXT Resources: Chapter 10 exercises, review, and problems 11 Chapter 11. Drawing chamfers and fillets, using editing commands, joining objects, scaling objects, exploding objects Commands: FILLET, CHAMFER, BLEND, BREAK, JOIN, TRIM, EXTEND, STRETCH, LENGTHEN, SCALE, EXPLODE Resources: Chapter 11 exercises, review, and problems 12 Chapter 12. Moving and copying objects, creating mirror images, aligning objects, arraying objects Commands: MOVE, ROTATE, ALIGN, COPY, MIRROR, REVERSE, ARRAYRECT, ARRAY, ARRAYPOLAR, ARRAYPATH Resources: Chapter 12 exercises, review, and problems 13 Chapter 13. Using grips to edit objects, editing associative arrays, using the Quick Properties and Properties palettes, using Windows Clipboard functions to edit between drawings, matching properties, selection techniques Commands: ARRAYEDIT, PROPERTIES, MATCHPROP, ADDSELECTED, SELECTSIMILAR, QSELECT Resources: Chapter 13 exercises, review, and problems 14 Chapter 14. Editing polylines and splines, creating a polyline boundary Commands: PEDIT, BOUNDARY, SPLINEDIT Resources: Chapter 14 exercises, review, and problems 15 Chapter 15. Obtaining information about the drawing, using QuickCalc to make mathematical calculations on numeric values, comparing drawings Commands: MEASUREGEOM, ID, DIST, AREA, LIST, DBLIST, STATUS, TIME, TEXTSCR, QUICKCALC, COMPARE Resources: Chapter 15 exercises, review, and problems |
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| Final Exam Date | May 7, 2024 - 3:00 PM Through May 7, 2024 - 4:00 PM | ||||||||
| Grading Scale |
90 - 100 = A 80 - 89 = B 70 - 79 = C 60 - 69 = D Below 59 = F |
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| Determination of Final Grade |
Drawings 40% Chapter Reviews, Exams & Notebook 30% Final Exam or Certification 20% Participation/Professionalism 10% Total Grade 100% |
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| Course Policies | |||||||||
| Instructor Policies |
1. Students may be moved around for the purpose of taking a test. 2. Every student must have a copy of the required textbooks and supplies. 3. Grades will be posted on Blackboard. 4. Extra Credit may be assigned at the discretion of the instructor. 5. Students are required to read any assigned reading. 6. There is no tolerance for plagarism or academic dishonesty in any form, including unacknowledged or borrowing of proprietary material, copying answers or papers, fabrication, collusion, falsifying documents, using crib sheets, unauthorized help during exams, or passing off someone else's work as one's own. |
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| Attendance Policy |
Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Missing a day of lecture can possible cause you to drop a letter grade on tests. 1. Tardiness: Tardiness (more than 5mins), for lectures or labs, 2 Tardies will count as an Absence. 2. Absences: NOTE: Excused absences (verifiable) are only allowed for, an illness that requires a hospital stay or a death in your immediate family, excluding aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. 5 absences=drop 1 letter grade, 7 absences=drop 2 letter grades, 9-absences=drop 3 letter grades, 11 absences=F 3. A student with Perfect attendance will receive 15 bonus points added to your test points total at the end of the semester. |
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| Additional Information | |||||||||
| Institutional Policies | |||||||||
| MyLSCPA | Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA. | ||||||||
| Academic Honesty | Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty. | ||||||||
| ADA Considerations | The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the the Office for Disability Services Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241. | ||||||||
| COVID 19 Information | The Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) Student Code of Conduct COVID 19 Policy requires students who have been diagnosed with COVID 19 to report their condition directly to their local health department. Students should also contact their course faculty to report their quarantine status. In addition, this policy requires all students to wear face coverings when directly exposed to COVID 19 in compliance with the criteria included in the policy. For more information please refer to the COVID 19 link on the LSCPA website. | ||||||||
| Facility Policies | No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited. | ||||||||
| HB 2504 | This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504. | ||||||||
| Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect | As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual. | ||||||||
| Title IX and Sexual Misconduct | LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website. | ||||||||
| Clery Act Crime Reporting |
For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website. |
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| Grievance / Complaint / Concern | If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair. | ||||||||
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