Unit Code: CEB503

Unit Name: Computer Aided Drafting and Modelling

Description: Engineers are expected to design reliable, affordable and sustainable systems and present conceptual drawings with neat, clear, and understandable detailing. You will need the technical skills in research, design and detailed drawing of engineering projects like roads, airports, railways, buildings, bridges, dams, drainage systems and subdivision scheme plans in civil engineering projects, machines, robots, production equipment, gearboxes, transmission mechanisms, turbines in mechanical engineering projects, electrical circuit, transmission, electronics, transformers in electrical engineering. This unit will enable you to develop your knowledge in 2D and 3D computer-aided environments. You will learn to use computer-aided drafting and modelling programs in many different ways and start to develop techniques that improve your speed and accuracy in engineering design projects. The unit provides you with the fundamental knowledge and skills of drawing using AutoCAD software, which is mainly used in a wide range of industries around the world.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, you should be able to: 1. Apply fundamental engineering drawing knowledge, principles and techniques to a range of engineering designs in Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering problems. (WA1: Engineering knowledge). 2. Understand the 2D and 3D options, selects a suitable tool and explains the selection including consideration of the limitation of the tools available. (WA5: Modern tool usage – IoA 1). 3. Apply AutoCAD to well-defined engineering problems, with an awareness of the limitations. (WA5: Modern tool usage – IoA 2). 4. Apply AutoCAD, check the results for validity, identifies and draws conclusions and limitations on those conclusions. (WA5: Modern tool usage – IoA 2).

Prerequisite: MER

Prerequisite Sentence: Minimum Entry Requirement of the programme

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1