Course Overview
This course is an overview of interpreting and sketching blueprints. Students will be able to identify the alphabet lines, explain the three most commonly used orthographic views, use isometric drawings, working drawings, and make three way sketches of simple objects. The course includes lecture, as well assignments and quizzes.
Prerequisite(s)
- Entry in to Trades Discovery
Credits
1.5
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Identify basic lines used in drawings
- Interpret basic blueprint components and symbols
- Describe perspective and isometric pictorials
- Distinguish the six views of orthographic projection
- Describe scale and tolerances
- Describe the principles of dimensioning (size location and notation)
- Make three-view (orthographic) sketches of simple objects to scale
- Explain the principles of isometric drawing
- Interpret isometric drawings
- Produce isometric sketches of rectangular objects
- Produce isometric sketches of objects with circular features
- Interpret metric and imperial working detail drawings
- Interpret metric and imperial working assembly drawings
- Interpret metric and imperial working detail-assembly drawings
- Identify the main components for a set of working drawings
Effective as of Fall 2016
Related Programs
Interpret and Sketch Blue Prints (TEXP 1110) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Transportation
- Trades Discovery General
Associate Certificate Full-time
- Trades Discovery for Women
Associate Certificate Full-time
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