Kirstie, Plantenberg. ENGINEERING GRAPHICS ESSENTIALS with AutoCAD 2016 Instruction. SDC Publications. ISBN 978-1-58503-955-5

Drawing arcs. Arc Option. Drawing ell ipses and elliptical arcs. Understanding the X, Y coordinate system. Drawing units. Measurement notation. Types of

4 coordinates. Cartesian (Absolute and Relative) coordinates. Polar coordinates. Orthogonal tracking. Displaying coordinates. Resizing commands. Trimming objects. Extending objects. Lengthening objects. Stretching objects. Review. Exam I / Project presentation I .

Choosing unit types. Setting drawing units. Angle type. Angle measure and direction. Drawing limits. Scale formats (English and Metric). Deciding on a

5 scale a sheet size. Understanding the scale factor. The OSNAP mode. Locating points. Object snap tracking: Endpoint, Midpoint, Intersection, Apparent Intersection, Extension, Center, Tangent, and Perpendicular. Temporary tracking feature. Editing your drawing. Basic object selection. Erasing objects. Moving objects. Copying objects. Rotating objects. Scaling objects. Techniques for selecting objects. Selecting objects before choosing a command. Cycling through objects. Selecting objects after choosing a command.

6 Viewing your drawing. PAN command. Scroll bars. ZOOM command. Aerial view. Saving a view. Drawing Curves. Drawing circles. Circle options. Advanced tools for editing drawings. Aligning objects MIRROR command. ARRAY command. Offsetting objects. Creating groups of objects. Modifying and using groups of objects.

Creating more 2-D objects: Creating and editing Polylines. Creating and editing Multilines. Multiline style. Drawing and editing splines. Creating areas:

7 Regions and Boundaries. Creating solid areas. Editing and changing properties of a sol id area. Review. Exam 2 / Project Presentation 2. Creating hatches. Defining a hatch. Determining the hatch boundary. Creating gradient fills. PART III : Layers and Dimensions Creating single-line text. Justifying the single-line text. Setting height and

8 rotation angle for a single-line text. Creating text styles. Making a text style current. Importing text. Creating text for different scales. Creating tables. Inserting a table. Specifying a table style. Adding data to a table. Modifying a table. Working with layers. Creating new layers. Using and modifying layers. Organizing drawings with layers. The elements of a dimension. Preparation. Specifying the dimensioned object. Using dimension options. Aligned

9 dimensions. Drawing baseline dimensions. Dimensioning arcs, circles and angles. Concept of tolerance in a measurement. Formatting tolerances with AutoCAD. Plotting and printing your drawing. Preparing a drawing for plotting or printing. Entering paper space. Setting up the page. Using the Layout Wizard. PART IV: T hree Dimensions (3D) Basic Drawing

10 3D modeling workspace. 3D primitives: Cylinder, Box, Sphere, Wedge, Cone, Torus, Pyramid. 3D Operations: 3D Array, Mirror 3D, Al ign, Rotate 3D. Using

the UCS icon. Creating solids: Extrude, Revolve. Fundamentals of rendering in 3D: Scene, Light, Material. Editing solids to create complex #E models: Union, Subtract, Intersect, Shell, Separate. Controlling the resolution of a 3D model. Adding a background. Visual styles:

1 1 creating wire frame or shaded view. Saving rendered images: creating graphical file extensions. Jpg, .tiff, .bmp. Inserting dimensions in 3D models. In class assistance with Final Projects.

12 2D and 3D assembly environments: Creating assembly drawing views. Creating exploded views of an assembly.

13 Final project Power Point presentation.