ME 250 - Computer Aided Drafting and Design

Credit Hours: 2

Basic CAD tasks necessary to complete simple orthographic projections using CAD software (AutoCAD). Various commands are studied and followed up with drawings exemplifying the various commands studied. Commands include lines, circles, arcs, lettering, shading, dimensioning, and introduction to solid modeling. Design projects are assigned.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

demonstrate basic and advanced CADD skills for use within the mechanical engineering fields;
construct multi-view drawings with dimensioning, and text per the ANSI standards; and
complete CADD engineering-type drawings using the necessary commands and entities.

Prerequisites: ME 104, a basic drafting course and an understanding of basic drafting or permission of the instructor.
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