2019-2020 Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DFTG 2331 - Advanced Technologies in Architectural Design and Drafting


Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 2 Lab: 4
Use of architectural specific software to execute the elements required in designing standard architectural exhibits utilizing custom features to create walls, windows and specific design requirements for construction in residential/ commercial and industrial architecture.
Prerequisite: DFTG 1305 DFTG 1309  and CNBT 1311  
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Become familiar with available libraries, within the software, related to annotation, design & documentation. 2 - Become familiar with the features available in parametric architectural CAD software. 3 - Become familiar with the methods used to add & modify walls, windows, doors, curtain walls, plumbing fixtures and creating wall modifiers. 4 - Generating schedules and modifying schedule style data content. 5 - Generating sections and elevations and working with 2-D section & elevation objects & styles, editing and merging linework & updating 2-d elevation & section objects. 6 - Learn to load various display configurations, understand display representations and editing properties of display representations. 7 - Learn to manipulate object displays and object styles. 8 - Learn to manipulate objects within the CAD software quickly and easily via properties palettes, direct manipulation or command line input. 9 - Learn to use column grids & structural layouts including labeling and dimensions. 10 - Mastering both manual and automatic wall clean-up. 11 - Plotting & publishing drawing files to the Web. 12 - Set up drawing templates suitable for use in creating construction documents ie. Formatting units, scale, dimensions & text. 13 - Working with rendering features to assign materials & lighting to presentation drawings. Plotting & publishing drawing files to the Web.