Solid Modeling/Design Syllabus for 2017-2018
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Course

DFTG-2340-001 Solid Modeling/Design

Prerequisites

<p>Prerequisite: DFTG 1309 or&nbsp;department chair consent</p>

Course Description

A computer-aided modeling course. Development of three dimensional drawings and models from engineering sketches and orthographic drawings and utilization of three-dimensional models in design work.

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Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact your advisor, the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.

Hours

(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 2 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Discovering AutoCAD 2017  by Mark Dix and Paul Riley

Supplies

Flash drive or external hard drive

Student Performance

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 Review of isometric drawing; using 3-D coordinates to create wireframe models; setting up user coordinate systems; modifying the view in 3-D; creating multiple viewports in both paper space and model space; setting up perspective views; creating solid models by primitives, extrusion, revolving, intersection, subtraction, and union; setting up rendering scenes using lights, materials, and shading; creating simple animation with the Showmotion utility.

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Student Rights and Responsibilities

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In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

  Student Responsibility Web Site:

http://www.actx.edu/president/index.php?module=article&id=131

It is the responsibility of the student to initiate drop or withdrawal procedures. Students who stop attending class but do not officially drop or withdraw from this course will receive a letter grade at the end of the semester.

Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact the Student Service Center room 119, phone 371-5436 as soon as possible.

Grading Criteria

A - 89.5 and above

B - 79.5 to 89.4

C - 69.5 to 79.4

D - 59.5 to 69.4

F - 59.4 and below

 

 The final grade will be computed as follows: 

    Weekly Written Assignments               20%
    Weekly Drawing Assignments             20%
    Three Exams                                      20%
    Three Projects                                    30%
    Final Exam                                         10% 
                                                             100%

Students will be given assignments each week that include both written and drawing tasks. Late assignments will be lowered ten points. Assignments later than one class from their due dates will receive a grade of 0. 

 

Attendance

 Students are expected to attend all regularly scheduled class meetings. Attendance is monitored. If a class is missed, it is the student's responsibility to determine what may have been missed and take appropriate action.

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