The task of CAD Pre-Engineering classes is to offer general knowledge and information regarding career awareness, basic skill reinforcement, positive work habits, technology, employability skills, life management, and occupational skills.  We will assist students in making informed career choices that meet the flexibility needed in a rapidly changing local and regional labor markets.  All classes meet the practical arts graduation requirement as well as the state requirement for applied arts.

Our Drafting program is designed to expose the student to the newest technologies and our software is the newest available in industry.  We lease new software every year to keep up with the readily changing technologies in industry.  Our students will be prepared to enter into college or the work field and will be confident in the use of the newest software.  After completing two years of CAD the student will earn college credit at Mott Community College and Baker College.

Following is a logical progression of classes for the drafting program at the high school.  The program may be entered in any grade by taking CAD 1/Pre-Engineering and then following with subsequent classes as indicated by the chart below.  Students interested in any type of engineering should take CAD 1 Pre-Engineering and CAD 2.

Drafting classes may qualify as a math related experience if taken in the final year.  See your counselor for details.

COURSE

NUMBER                COURSE NAME                                    GRADE LEVEL                       CREDIT                  PREREQUISITE

6113    COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING, Pre-Engineering (CAD 1)                    9,10,11,12                    1.0

In this beginning level drafting class, the student will learn to make geometric constructions, multiview drawings, sections, auxiliary views, working drawings and pictorial drawings.  Students will be exposed to professional drafting careers by making architectural, fabrication, machine and illustration drawings.  Students will also be exposed to computer aided design drafting through use of AutoCAD 2000 software.  Neatness, ability to visualize shaped and good general math skills are important for success in this class.

6123    COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING, Pre-Engineering (CAD 2)         10,11,12            1.0                            CAD 1 

Emphasis in this class is to introduce the students to the use of the computer in the creation of drawings in place of traditional drafting methods.  The students will create and edit drawings using the most recent AutoCAD software available.   Students will learn rendering, shading, dimensioning, tolerancing, hatching, revolutions, perspective drawing, and solid modeling all in AutoCAD. Successful completion of this class will allow students to earn college credit at Mott Community College and Baker College. 

6133    ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING    11,12                            1.0                            CAD 1

Emphasis in this class is directed toward residential architecture.  In the first semester students will learn to read and make architectural symbols and plans.  Basic residential construction methods will be discussed. Students will use the CAD system to generate some of their assignments.

In the second semester design will be discussed as it relates to both function and aesthetics.  Students will be introduced to perspective drawing and rendering, and architectural modeling.  Time will be allowed, during the second semester, for students to design and draw plans for their own home.  Successful completion of architectural drafting will allow students to earn college credit at Mott Community College and Baker College.

Students, during the year, will construct a foam-board house from the designed house plans they created.

6143    MACHINE DRAFTING                    11,12                            1.0                           CAD 1

This class further develops skills learned in CAD 1 with an emphasis on Machine Drafting.  New topics include Machine Operations, Welding Drawing, Development Drawing, Cams and Gears, Descriptive Geometry, and Illustration Drawing.  Students will be expected to develop basic proficiency using the CAD system.  Time will be allowed for student projects involving an area of Machine Drafting of their choice.