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C4326503
Code: C4326503
Credits: 2
Semester 2
ME(
Computer Aided Drafting - I
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The official GTU curriculum for Computer Aided Drafting - I (subject code C4326503) as prescribed for ME( · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (C4326503)Unit 1 Basics of CAD Software 1a List Computer Aided Software packages. 2a Compare all available software packages.
- 1.1. Discuss about available software in CAD field and their capabilities.
- 1.2. List and compare all software packages.
Unit 2 Creating production drawings using a Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) Software (AutoCAD).
- 2.2. Recall Quick Access Toolbar, Ribbon, Command Bar, Orientation tools, Status bar, Different Menu / Tools / commands, etc.
- 2.3. Methods of Specifying points- Absolute coordinates and Relative Cartesian & Polar coordinates.
- 2.4. Recall Use of object Snap, polar tracking, use of dynamic input and Commands of Draw and modify menu. Concept of Layers. Concept of Blocks. Concept of Hatch. Dimensioning. Computer Aided Drafting-1 Course Code: C4326503
Unit 3 Creating and editing 3D models in AutoCAD.
- 3.1. Introduction to user coordinate systems, working with user coordinate systems, additional ways to change the UCS, managing user coordinate systems and displays, creating text with thickness, text and the UCS, and dimensioning in 3D. (Commands and variables: Computer Aided Drafting-1 Course Code: C4326503 UCS, UCSICON, DDUCSP, UC, UCSMAN, UCSFOLLOW, and PROPERTIES)
- 3.2. Using rectangular 3D coordinates, the right-hand rule of drawing, displaying 3D views, 3D construction techniques, constructing wireframe objects, and constructing solid primitives. (Commands: PLAN, UCS, 3DORBIT, HIDE, BOX, SPHERE, CYLINDER, CONE, WEDGE, and TORUS.)
- 3.3. Overview of solid modeling, constructing solid primitives, creating composite solids, and working with regions. (Commands: BOX, SPHERE, CYLINDER, CONE, WEDGE, TORUS, SUBTRACT, UNION, INTERSECT, INTERFERE, REGION, BOUNDARY, and AREA.)
- 3.4. Creating solid model with EXTRUDE, REVOLVE and Boolean operations with CSG.
- 3.5. Changing properties, aligning objects in 3D, 3D rotating, 3D mirroring, creating 3D arrays, filleting solid objects, chamfering solid objects, constructing details and features on solid models, and removing details and features. (Commands: PROPERTIES, ALIGN, ROTATE3D, MIRROR3D, 3DARRAY, FILLET, and CHAMFER etc)
- 3.6. Overview of solid model editing, face editing, edge editing, body editing, and using SOLIDEDIT as a construction tool.
- 3.7. solid model analysis, and solid model file exchange. (Commands:MASSPROP, ACISOUT, EXPORT, ACISIN, IMPORT, and STLOUT etc)
Unit 4 Extracting 2D
- 4.1. Understanding viewports, creating viewports, drawing in multiple viewports, regenerating viewports, and creating a standard engineering layout.
- 4.2. Use SOLVIEW, SOLDRAW command to generate orthographic views/sectional orthographic views, layers, and layout viewports automatically for 3D solids
- 4.3. Standard sizes of sheet. Selecting various plotting parameters such as Paper size, paper units, Drawing orientation, plot scale, plot offset, plot area, print preview.
- 4.4. Create templates and layouts
- 4.5. Apply Geometric dimensioning and tolerance (GD & T) in a given drawing with following commands. (Commands: TOLERANCE, QLEADER, MLEADER)
- 4.6. Take print outs from a CAD Software in A3 size sheet. Computer Aided Drafting-1 Course Code: C4326503
Unit 5 Create surface models in AutoCAD.
- 5.1. Overview of surface modeling, creating 3D faces, creating invisible 3D face edges, and drawing surface primitives. (Commands: 3DFACE, AI_BOX, AI_WEDGE, AI_PYRAMID, AI_CONE, AI_DOME, AI_DISH, AI_SPHERE, and AI_TORUS etc.)
- 5.2. 3D mesh techniques, constructing a 3D mesh, constructing a single-plane mesh, constructing a 3D polyface mesh, polygon mesh variations, constructing enclosed surfaces with EDGESURF, creating a surface Computer Aided Drafting-1 Course Code: C4326503 mesh with RULESURF, constructing tabulated surfaces with TABSURF, constructing revolved surfaces with REVSURF, drawing wireframe holes, and surfacing around wireframe holes.
- 5.3. Using grips to edit surface models, trimming and extending objects in 3D, creating surfaced fillets and rounds, editing polygon meshes, and editing polygon meshes with grips.( Commands: TRIM, EXTEND, EDGE, and PEDIT etc.)
- 5.4. Lights, creating scenes, rendering models, and rendering preferences and statistics.( Commands: LIGHT, SCENE, RENDER, RPREF, and STATS etc)
- 5.5. Creating surface finishes with materials; granite, marble, and wood; assigning materials to objects; using maps; mapping textures to objects; and material libraries.( Commands: RMAT, SETUV, and MATLIB etc .)
- 5.6. List, Dblist, Area, Massprop.
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