CDAE 101- Computer Aided Drafting & Design-
Syllabus
3 credit hours CR# 10622 Spring 2008
Tuesday, Thursday
Instructor
“Walk in” Office Hours
Charles W. Ferreira, Ph. D.
Tuesday/Thursday
004A Morrill Hall Wednesday 10:00AM-12:00PM
Required Text
Nasman, Leonard. The Datacad 10 Project Book. Microcomputer Education Systems Inc., 2001.
Course Objective
The main objective of CDAE 101 is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills
required to generate universally accepted architectural line drawings using a PC based work
station.
Attendance
You are expected to be in the lab at the scheduled time unless previous arrangements with the
instructor have been made. When absent you are expected to take the responsibility of making
up and/or securing the information you missed.
Grade Determination
Your grade in CDAE 101 will be based upon your performance in three areas. Area one is lessons
assigned from the text. You will be required to complete a lesson for each chapter in the book as
cited in Weekly Assignments below. Area two is a series of drawings assigned by the instructor
to compliment weekly classroom instruction. And area three is the completion of a Final project
as cited below. All drawings required in each area will be graded by the instructor and assigned a
grade of 0-5 based upon the following. 0=0, 1=60, 2=70,3=80,4=90, and 5=100. The mathematical
average of drawings in each area will count 33% of your grade. Your final grade will be the
composite score of the three areas.
Weekly Progress Chart
To check your progress in class, click on the word PROGRESS below.
ASSIGNMENTS
All assignments must be plotted with the class border. If you would like the border as a Datacad file(.dc5)
Click the word BORDER below.
If you would like the border as a Word file(.doc), click BorderWd below.
Week 1 Brief overview of the system
January 25 Starting the system
Creating a file
Storing a file to your zoo account
Retrieving your file from zoo
Access to the lab during non-class hours
Commands Toggles
To Scale Snap-x
Grids Big Cursor-+
Erase Erase-e
Cleanup Cleanup-alt j
Architect(walls) Walls-=
Ortho-o
Redraw-esc
Assignment:
Create a file named FLRPN followed by you initials. Redraw the floor plan provided by
the instructor entitled PLAN VIEW. Exterior walls are 6” width and interior walls 4”.
Do not be concerned with doors, windows, room labels, or dimensions. Be sure to clean
all partition intersections.
Text: Chapters 1 and 2
Week 2
February 1 Commands Toggles
Layers Layers(l)
Architect(windows, drs) Architect(a)
Text Text(alt t)
Plotter Plotter(alt p)
Change Tab
Assignment:
Add two layers to the FLRPL created in Week 1. Name the three layers FLOORPLN, WIN&DRS,
and LABELS respectively. Plot out the three layers on a single plot. Make sure each layer has a
different color. Make sure your plot has your name on it and the name of the lesson it is meeting the
requirement for.
Text:
Complete Chapters 3 and 4
Week 3 Commands Toggles
February 8 Polygons Reference Point-~
Architect(hi-lite) Coordinate System- insert
Assignment:
Download LESSON3.dc5 by clicking on the word LESSON3 below. Lesson 3 contains two layers that
represent the exterior walls of a two story home you are going to design. Using the appropriate layers design
floor plans for both layers. Interior partitions should be represented as 4” width. Include windows, doors,
and room labels in your design . Use separate layers for interior partitions, windows and doors, and room labels.
Incorporate attributes of a well designed home in your plan. Plot out for grading a copy of your floor plans.
Text:
Complete Chapters 5 and 6
Week 4 Commands Toggles
February 15 Copy Z Height (z)
Mirror Template (t)
Enlarge Dimension (d)
Dimension Mirror (alt m)
Template Enlarge (alt e)
Assignment:
Create two more layers for LESSON3. Dimension both floor plans created in LESSON 3.
Plot out for grading a copy of both floor plans dimensioned.
Text:
Complete Chapters 7 and 8.
Week 5 Commands Toggles
February 22 Slab Object Snap (X)
ROOFIT
Assignment:
Create another 4 layers for LESSON3. Name them 1STDECK, 2NDDECK, ROOFSYS1, and ROOFSYS2.
Design a floor system for the first and second floors of the home you designed in LESSON3. Accurately position
appropriate sized openings to accommodate stairs. Design both a gable and a hip roof system for your house. Place
your designs on the appropriate layers.
Text:
Complete Chapters 9 and 10.
Week 6 Commands
March 1 3D Views
Elevations
New Elevation
Assignment:
Draw a front and side elevation of your house. Put the new drawings on separate layers, appropriately named.
Email your LESSON 3 as drawn to date as an attachment to
Text:
Complete Chapter 12. Plot and submit for grade all chapters completed to date. Make sure each
Chapter is clearly identified with its respective plot.
Week 7
March 8 Catchup! Review work to date and set assignment requirements and submittal deadlines.
Week 8 Commands
March 15 3DSTAIRS(Toolbox)
New Elevation(Elevations)
Layer File
Hatch
Assignment:
Design the number of staircases required by your Lesson 3 house. Keep the stairs on a separate layer. Plot
out a 3D drawing of your staircases along with the decks they connect. The plot should illustrate the stairs were
designed correctly. Design front steps or a deck for your home . Email your plots as attachments to
Text:
Complete Chapter 13. Plot out a hard copy of Chapter 13 and submit for grading.
Week 9 Commands
March 29 Inclined Slabs
Template(Explode)
Set Perspective
Object Viewer
Assignment:
Complete a presentation drawing of the Lesson 3 house. Email your finished drawing to Charles.Ferreira@uvm.edu.
Text:
Complete Chapters 14 and 15.
Week 10
April1 Review!!!!
Week 11
April 14
FINAL EXAM
Your final exam can be downloaded by clicking on the word FINAL below. Your final exam is a drawing file named
101FINAL.dc5. The drawing file contains 15 layers. Layers 1-10 are complete and require no modifications.
Layers11-15 are included and named but contain no information. However, all the information needed to complete
them is contained on layers 1-10. Complete layers 11-18 as follows:
Layer 11, 1st Floor Plan- Include all information and details normally displayed on a floor plan including
all dimensions.
Layers 12-15, Front Elevation- Include information, dimensions, and details normally displayed on an
elevation drawings.
Back Elevation-
Right Side Elevation-
Left Side Elevation-
Layer 16, Construction Section- This drawing should reflect typical construction methods and materials,
properly labeled.
Layer 17, Presentation Drawing- This drawing should display an appealing pictorial view of the house
with appropriate additional features added to it for enhancement.
Layer 18, Design a set of 3D stairs originating on the first floor and terminating on the second. Use only
information from the existing layers. Hint: the staircase has only ten risers and the first three risers
and treads are made as three individual slabs stacked on top of each other. The layer should
display a 3D model of the staircase
