Course Overview
This is a course that continues building on the skills from CAD 1 in many areas and also in new areas we didn't go into during CAD 1. One of the areas that this course builds on from CAD 1 is mechanical drawings using drafting tools and techniques. Also it builds on doing drawings working with AutoCAD and Onshape with more complicated drawings and different styles of formatting drawings. Finally we will also look at multiple different drafting styles and we will focus a lot on 3D parametric modeling. This class is a course for anyone who is thinking about going into any design, engineering, mechanical, or industrial careers.
Mechanical Drawings
To start off the course we began doing mechanical drawings. During the mechanical drawing section you build on your traditional drafting skills from CAD 1 and also learn new techniques and drawings that help do the more complex drawings you complete in CAD 2. Also later in the section you will do a bunch of cool orthographic drawings that require you to really think about what lines you are drawing and also do isometric drawings. Finally you will start to use different tools like ellipse templates and also use different paper sizes to fit the larger drawings on.
AutoCAD Drawings
Next after finishing mechanical drawings we went onto working on AutoCAD. In AutoCAD we began with drawing single view drawings to then making orthographic projection views and section drawings. For the single view drawings we drew relatively simple parts that could be used with just one view. Then when we moved to orthographic projection views and section drawings we began working on harder drawings that would need multiple views to fully understand what the part really is and to see all the dimensions you need. These drawings gradually got harder as they went on and made me really have to think about each of lines I drew and made me have to think outside of the box to finish the drawings.
Manufacturing/Materials Presentation
Onshape Drawings
The final type of program that we did drawings on in this class was Onshape. In Onshape we transitioned from drawing partsin 2D to drawing parts in 3D. When we started on Onshape we had to learn how to correctly draw a part in 3D and then how to use the tools Onshape has to create drawings. For the drawings we did orthographic projection views, section drawings, auxiliary drawings, and assembly drawings. Overall I liked Onshape the best out of all the other programs we used because I really enjoy drawing objects in 3D and that's what we did in Onshape.
Conclusion
Overall this class was a very fun and engaging class. It made me really have to think outside the box and understand a bunch of concepts from CAD 1 and new concepts introduced in CAD 2. What I took away from this class is that hard work will pay off because when I was doing harder drawings I knew to just keep on persevering through it and in the end I would finish it and end up getting a pretty good grade on it. Also I took away new skills from the drawings that we completed like how to be responsible for the work I need to complete, how to work as a team to get work done, and drafting skills that will help me as I want to do some sort engineering in college.