13649 - CAD Workshop

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Giancarlo Gatta
  • Credits: 3
  • SSD: INF/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Architecture (cod. 0881)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module students have acquired basic knowledge and skills about the use of CAD software tools; they can provide 2D or 3D drawings of buildings or building parts, and they can process and create full technical and architectural drawings.

Course contents

Introduction to 2D and 3D CAD systems,

Methodological basis for CAD software representation systems,

2D CAD (AutoCAD): Graphic primitives, Editing

File storage

Templates (.dwt)

ISO reference standard: Technical Drawing

Representation scales

Display and print output

Layer structures (ISO 13567)

Blocks

XRef

Graphic libraries

Sharing working files: standards and format compatibility (.dxf, .dae, etc.)

Dimensioning systems

Notation text systems

3D modelling

Boolean Operators

Second order surfaces

Parametric surfaces

3D view construction

3D model visualisation and rendering

Model space - Paper space

Print output

Teaching methods

- Lectures supported by projections - Assisted CAD Laboratory coursework

Assessment methods

Interim coursework

Teaching tools

Use of the CAD Laboratory within the Faculty

Office hours

See the website of Giancarlo Gatta