- 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