TTI10-CAD

=Computer Aided Design= McCrae Technology Notes

include page="tech_menu" editable="yes" Students are provided with examples of traditional and innovative design and encouraged to discuss and assess these designs in terms of rationale and effect. After becoming familiar with design concepts, students will be assigned AutoCAD design tasks. These tasks will help them identify architectural components and determine room sizes to correct scale, and optimum placement. Students [|evaluation] of their own designs against the original need and purpose will help them conceive and make modifications to improve the quality of products.

Communication
2.1 describe and use various forms of communication techniques to document a project or service from conception to completion (e.g., multimedia computer presentation, graphic or animation presentation, sketches and technical drawings, written or electronic report)

Service and Product Evaluation
3.1 demonstrate understanding of how to continuously evaluate projects and suggest improvements (e.g., choice of material, properties, shape, material or product selection for use in weather conditions, wood instead of metal, pulley instead of gear)

3.2 demonstrate an understanding of quality control to determine that project or service meets approved specifications or standard (e.g., dimensions are correct, joints are clean, welding bead is acceptable, use of accepted allergy testing methods, food ingredients meet safety standard)

3.3 incorporate appropriate technological concepts (e.g., structure, material, fabrication, mechanism, power and energy, controls, systems, function, aesthetics, ergonomics, environmental stewardship) in the design, fabrication and evaluation of a project, product or service

Common Learning Tool and Formative Evaluation
This tutorial was design as a tool to introduce AutoCAD as a Designing software to the students. The tutorial will guide the students through the design of a single house layout. Through this layout, students will learn about the AutoCAD's most common tools. At the end of the tutorial, students will be ask to applicate their knowledge through a project given by the instructor. This small project could be anything from a detailled layout of your bedroom to the layout of your dream house or even the layout of a familly restaurant.

In all, the purpose of this Formative Evaluation is to ensure that the students understood the application of the different software tools through the creation of a good layout. The final layout should demonstrate the use of various tools as well as layers and dimensions.

Here is an example of a project that has been designed by a student in the past.

Evaluation Tool
Here is an example of a [|project] that could be use as an evaluation tool.