AMG SKILLED HANDS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE

Makapilapil, San Ildefonso, Bulacan

COURSE CODE : DRW 1

COURSE TITLE : Drawing 1 (Introduction to AutoCAD)
COURSE DESCRIPTION :

This course will cover two-dimentional commands in AutoCAD.

PLACEMENT : 2nd year -1st Semester, School Year 2009-2010

ALLOCATION : Three (3) Units
PRE-REQUISITES: : None
GENERAL OBJECTIVES :

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

 Become familiar with using the essential 2D features of AutoCAD

 Draw 2D drawing plan of a building
 UNIT NO./TITLE CONTENT TIME FRAME
1. Introduction to AutoCAD Objectives Week 1
The AutoCAD Interface The model space
The ribbon
The menu browser
Using the command line
Activating toolbars
Docking palettes
The status bar
Saving workspace
Exercises
2. Opening, Viewing, and Saving Drawings Objectives Week 2
Opening existing drawing
Mouse functions
Zooming, panning, and regenerating
Working in a multiple-document environment
Using templates
Exercises
3. Drawing Fundamentals Objectives Week 3 & 4
Drawing lines
Using Ortho and Polar modes
Using heads-up display
Set units of measure
Working with metric units
Exercises
4. Prelim Exam Week 5
5. Controlling Accuracy Objectives Week 6
Cartesian coordinates
Using object snaps
Exercises
6. Primary Modifications Objectives Week 7 & 8
Moving and copying elements
Rotating elements
Creating offset lines
Erasing elements
Exercises
7. Selecting Entities Objectives Week 9
Selecting elements with windows
Removing elements from selections
Exercises
8. Making Major Changes Objectives Week 10

9. Organizing Drawings
Trimming and extending elements
Fillets and chamfers
Using arrays
Applying mirror image
Stretching elements
Scaling elements
Exploding elements
Joining elements
Objectives Week 11 & 12
Layers
Layer properties manager
Layer control
ByLayer property
Exercises

10. Midterm Exam Week 13

11. General Annotation Objectives Week 14 & 15
Annotating with single-line text
Justifying text
Creating text styles
Editing text
Exercises
12. Dimensioning Objectives Week 16
Creating dimensions
Creating dimension styles
Inserting callouts
Modifying dimensions
Exercises
13. Basic Exception Handling Creating quick plots Week 17
Selecting a pen table
Layouts
Model space
Exercises
 LEARNING
LEARNING
LEARNING OBJECTIVES CONTENT VALUE FOCUS EVALUATION/
EXPERIENCE
APPLICATION
1. Introduction to AutoCAD The model space Lecture Diligence Hands-on exercise
The AutoCAD Interface The ribbon Discussion
Objectives: The menu browser Hands-on
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Using the command line
able to: Activating toolbars
• Identify parts of the user interface Docking palettes
• Change settings on the ribbon The status bar
• Issue a command using the ribbon and Saving workspace
command window
2. Opening, Viewing, and Saving Drawings Opening existing drawing Lecture Listening Recitation
Objectives: Mouse functions Hands-on Coordination Hands-on exercise
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Zooming, panning, and regenerating
able to: Working in a multiple-document environment
• Open existing drawing file Using templates
• Use mouse to adjust drawing area

3. Drawing Fundamentals Drawing lines Lecture Listening Quiz

Objectives: Using Ortho and Polar modes Hands-on Analysis
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Using heads-up display
able to: Set units of measure
• Create lines using the line command Working with metric units
• Set modes using ortho and polar
• Set units of measurement

4. Controlling Accuracy Cartesian coordinates Lecture Diligence Hands-on exercise

Objectives: Using object snaps Discussion Self-confidence
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Hands-on
able to:
• Explain what cartesian coordinate is
• Use object snaps

5. Primary Modifications Moving and copying elements Lecture Listening Recitation

Objectives: Rotating elements Hands-on Analyis Hands-on exercise
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Creating offset lines
able to: Erasing elements
• Manipulate elements using move, copy
and rotate commands
• Create lines using offset command
 • Erase elements using erase command

6. Selecting Entities Selecting elements with windows Lecture Listening Quiz

Objective: Removing elements from selections Hands-on
At the end of the lesson, the student should be
able to:
• Manipulate elements with windows and
from selections

7. Making Major Changes Trimming and extending elements Lecture Diligence Hands-on exercise
Objectives: Fillets and chamfers Discussion
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Using arrays Hands-on
able to: Applying mirror image
• Make changes on an element using trim, Stretching elements
extend, fillet, chamfer, mirror, stretch, Scaling elements
scale, explode and join commands Exploding elements
Joining elements
8. Organizing Drawings Layers Lecture Listening Recitation
Objective: Layer properties manager Hands-on Creativity Hands-on exercise
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Layer control
able to: ByLayer property
• Categorize objects using layers

9. General Annotation Annotating with single-line text Lecture Listening Quiz

Objectives: Justifying text Hands-on
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Creating text styles
able to: Editing text
• Add text to a drawing
• Modify text in a drawing

10. Dimensioning Creating dimensions Lecture Diligence Hands-on exercise

Objective: Creating dimension styles Discussion
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Inserting callouts Hands-on
able to: Modifying dimensions
• Apply dimensions to drawings

11. Plotting Creating quick plots Lecture Listening Recitation

Objectives: Selecting a pen table Hands-on Cooperation Hands-on exercise
At the end of the lesson, the student should be Layouts
able to: Model space
• Set drawings for plotting
• Apply layouts to drawings
REFERENCES:
• www.lynda.com
• www.autocadmark.com
• AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009 All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies, Wiley

Prepared by: Checked by: Noted by:

Eric Ebenezer V. Quitalig Ryan C. Rodriguez Oliver DA. Detalo

ICT Trainer ICT Program Coordinator School Administrator