Course

10607147 Civil Drawing 1
Course Information
Description
This is an intermediate course in computer aided drafting (CAD) software, with emphasis on civil engineering land development applications. It covers drafting of property boundary surveys, topographic surveys including point coding for automated point and line drawing, surface modeling, basic grading plans, volume computations, and critical settings such as linear units, coordinate systems and object styles. Software used is Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Civil 3D.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)
  1. Draft property boundary surveys
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Map shows boundary evidence in standard industry format
    Verify spatial accuracy, such as polygon misclosure and line trimming
    Use automated routines and associated objects to design new parcels
    Results are verified against Wisconsin regulatory requirements

  2. Draft topographic surveys
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Configure software settings for survey data import
    Use point codes to automatically draw point and linear features
    Check and edit point codes to fix drawing errors
    Use points and breaklines to build a surface model
    Dimension labels are placed to convey sufficient information to user

  3. Draft topographic surveys
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration

  4. Design grading plans and compute volumes
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Use design criteria and site constraints to determine a range of acceptable designs
    Draft key grading plan elements and verify compliance with criteria / constraints
    Create full surface model
    Draft grading plan
    Compute earthwork volumes required for construction

  5. Configure critical CAD settings
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Criteria
    Set linear units
    Perform checks to avoid accidental conversions, particularly between International foot and U. S. Survey foot
    Modify block and style settings to change object appearance

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