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PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Effective Term: Fall 2016

CAD 117 Print Reading with CAD for Manufacturing

Credit Hours: 4.00 Lecture Periods: 3.00 Lab Periods: 3.00

Description:
Principles and concepts of print reading, technical freehand sketching, and CAD drawing. Includes common
print and manufacturing terms, print fundamentals and standards, freehand sketching. CAD applications, and
print analysis. Also includes an introduction to SolidWorks solid modeling and detail drawing production.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Define common print and manufacturing terms associated with print reading.
2. Apply basic principles and standards to part and assembly drawings.
3. Create freehand sketches for orthographic, section, and isometric views of parts.
4. Communicate the fundamentals of the SolidWorks environment.
5. Construct parametric part models and assemblies using SolidWorks.

Outline:
I. Common Print and Manufacturing Terms
A. Print format
B. Alphabet of lines
C. Decimal and metric units
D. Fabrication materials
E. Bill of Materials
F. Tolerances and limits
G. Basic manufacturing processes
II. Print Fundamentals and Standards
A. Machine process callouts on prints
B. Introduction to American National Standards Institute (ANSI), American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME), and International System of Units (SI) metric symbols
C. Conventional drawing practices
D. Dimensioning standards
E. Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), and datum referencing
F. Basic layout principles
III. Freehand Sketching
A. Nomenclature and use of lines including lineweights and types
B. Sketching practices
C. Orthographic projections and minimum views required to adequately define part
D. Section views
E. Auxiliary views
F. Isometric views
G. Standard text practices
H. Standard dimensioning practices
 I. Use of Bills of Materials
J. Drawing notes
K. Proper annotation of drawing revisions
IV. SolidWorks Environment and Introduction to Parametric Modeling
A. SolidWorks screen layout
B. Mouse buttons
C. Cancelling commands
D. Units setup
E. Viewing functions and tools
F. Design tree
V. Parametric Part and Assembly Modeling Techniques
A. Feature based parametric modeling
B. Modeling strategy
C. Creating sketches
D. Creating geometric relationships
E. Apply dimensions
F. Create base feature
G. Add extruded boss or cut features
H. Parent and child relationships
I. Introduce GD&T symbology
J. Insert parts into assembly
K. Create mate relationships