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June 2020 FEBEM

Faculty of Engineering & the Buit Environment Question Paper Cover Page
DEPARTMENT: & GEOMATICS
CIVIL ENGINEERING
QUALIFICATION: DIPLOMAIN GEOMATICS
Sem1
ASSESSMENT TYPE: Year 2022 Sem2 X
E.G. MID-TERM TEST
or FIRST TEST
MID-TERM TEST

SUBJECT NAME: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN PAGES: 4 HOURS

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SUBJECT CODE: CAD150S DATE 21st SEPT2022 MARKS 50

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 QUESTION 1Multiple Choice and Short Answer Question 20 Marks

The following describes parts of the AllyCAD screen except

a. Coordinate display
b. Control Bar
. Control Centre

Vd. Help Cursor

Answer:

ii. All AllyCAD functions are displayed in the

a. Prompt Area
b. Control Bar
c. Control Centre
d. Drawing Area

e. Personal

Answer:

information in AllyCAD, mentioning

the two functions
The title bar displays two important
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a. True

b. False

Answer:
 The following are the categories displayed while using the options available in the Angular
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dimensian, except

a. Drawing
b.Running
. Free
d.Chained

Answer
vili How many options are available in linear dimension?

a Three
Six
Two
d. Four

Answer

function in AllyCAD.
Six options are available to execute a hatch
True
b. False

Answer: A
Name the two Toolkit functions in AllyCAD applicable to a surveyor

Answer:

The AllyCAD Survey Toolkit is categorised into how many tools

a. Six
b. Three
c. Four
d. Two

Answer
A
the AllyCAD Survey Toolkit
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QUESTION2 10MARKS
a) Using the given file named exercise file 1, insert the CsV data into AllyCAD
b) Use the Add Point function in AllyCAD to add the following coordinates into the working area of

AllyCAD

PL1 052.672 252.046

PL2 055.318 288.508

PL3 091.805 286.056

PL4 089.165 249.573

c)Using the coordinates in question 2, perform the join coordinates function operation.

QUESTION 3 20 MARKS
a Given a set of coordinates, plot the traverse line using the Traverse function in AllyCAD. See the

file named Exercise file 1.

b) Briefly explain in your own words the Toolkit menu bar stating the function applicable to Land

surveyors and their usefulness.

c)Using a Tache Shots function in AllyCAD, plot the spot height points at an interval of 10m along

PBLA S51 to PBLA 552 usinga Horizontal angle of 225.48.40. Also, plot at an interval of 10m
along PBLA 551 to PBLS 558 using 338.10,.20 as the horizontal distance. See attached fle named

Exercise file Question 7