Courses
Optional: Mechanical Drafting Technology
Course #: 1200M
Duration: 0 hours
What Students Learn: This drawing board includes a straight-edge rather than a separate T-square, a setup preferred by professionals. The drawing instruments are tools trainees will use on the job. The drafting outfit includes: one set of drawing instruments, one 18" x 24" drawing board/straight-edge combination, one 6" protractor, one 10" 300/600 triangle, one 8" 450 triangle, one 12" architect's scale, one 12" engineer's scale, one 300 mm metric scale, one irregular curve, one lettering guide, one erasing shield, one roll >" drafting tape, two mechanical pencils, two tubes of lead, one lead pointer, one pink eraser, and one pad 25 sheets of 15" x 20" transparent paper.
Special Notes: The Drafting Kit must be used for the study of all texts that teach drafting techniques, in which the trainee is required to prepare drawings or architectural plates. Refer to the special notes of the individual print course when this kit is required.
Course #: 5807
Duration: 10 hours
What Students Learn: Sketches of Machine Details; Drawing Straight and Curved Lines; Finish Marks; Surface Roughness; Arrangement of Dimensions; Partial Section; Conventional Sections; Shaft Coupling; Spur Gear; Bevel Gear; Pieces Requiring More Than Two Views; Foreshortening; Measurements; Curved Outlines and Fillets; Pictorial Sketching; Isometric Drawing; Oblique Drawing; Conventional Symbols; Piping Diagrams.
Course #: 5434
Duration: 130 hours
Course Prerequisites: Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn: Drawing Equipment; Lettering; Eight Drawing Plates: 721, 722, and 723, Geometrical Drawing Problems; 724, Projections of Simple Solids; 725, Foreshortened Views in Projection; 726, Common Conventions; 727, Lifting and Test Cover; 728, Hanger Assembly.
Special Notes: Includes 8 plates and requires drafting kit.
Course #: 5739
Duration: 100 hours
Course Prerequisites: Elementary Mechanical Drawing (5434); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn: Classification of Mechanical Drawings; Drafter Duties; Simplified Drawing; Reproduction Methods; Microfilming; Six Drawing Plates: 931, Tailstock Clamp, Flange, Bracket, and Yoke; 932, Clamp, Circular Plate, Angle Bracket, T-Bracket, and Circular Flange; 933, Head Attachment, Bearing, Locating Lug and Pulley; 934, Clamp Block, Clamp Plate, Scribing Block, and Tool Clamp; 935, Details of a Belt Drive; 936, Assembly of a Belt Drive.
Special Notes: Includes 6 plates and requires drafting kit.