Students may broaden their skills and improve competency through experience in the real world of work. May be taken 4 times for credit for a maximum of 8 units counting towards degree. May be applicable towards certificate. See instructor . An introductory course that prepares the student for more advanced classes in all fields of drawing and drafting.
Emphasis is placed on actual board work using instruments.
Course units include lettering, geometric construction, sketching, orthographic projection, section views, dimensioning, and pictorial drawings. I with emphasis on more advanced problems including detail and assembly drawings, graphics, orthographic, oblique, isometric and perspective projections, technical sketching and related subjects. The course is of equal value to drafters trained or working in architecture, mechanical, civil, electronic, piping, or heating and air conditioning types of technical drawing. Upon completion, the drawing is transferred to paper by a plotter. Per the specified prerequisites, it is important that the student be an experienced drafter.