NationalChiayiUniversity Syllabus
Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering
Course:Engineering Application of Computer (Selective)
Credit: 3
Hours: 3
  1. Course Description:
Computer acidDrafting is one of the elementary tools for engineering students. In this course, the AutoCAD (2008) commands were introduced and Drafting skills were practice through computers. Students will learn the related objects of civil engineering and architectengineering during the class. Students will also learn how to apply the AutoCAD in practical works. This course is helpful to improve students’competition in their future career.
  1. Teaching Objectives:
Upon completion the successful student will learn skills of AutoCAD that enable a user to create and modify adrawing in fields of civil, water resources, and architectengineering. Student will be able to take the technique-license examination for professional computer acid drafting.
  1. Class Schedule

Week / Topic/Activity
1 / Preliminaries
Drawing environment setting
Entity Snaps
Placing entities in drawings using software aids. Using the OSNAP command with its various options - the Mid, Int, Node, Per, End, Qua, Cen entity snap options. Using handles and grips to edit entities.
2 / Introduce to basic commands (1)
Line, xline, ray, arc, circle, donut, ellipse, rectangle, Rectangle, polygon, solid, point, divide, measure, boundary…….
3 / Introduce to basic commands (2) and comprehensivepractices
4 / Modify entity tools (1)
Copy, move, offset, trim, extend, break, fillet, chamfer, scale
5 / .
Modify entity tools (2)
Rotate, align, array, stretch, mirror, explode, lengthen, properties
6 / Introduce to basic commands (3) and comprehensivepractices
7 / Layer Management and Best Practices
• Layer Filters
• Layer States Manager
• Layer Standards
8 / Advanced Modification entity tools
Pedit, mledit, xplode, region, union, subtract, intersect
9 / midterm
10 / Dimensioning and Annotation
• Introduction to Annotation Scaling
• Controlling Annotation Scal
• Using Multileaders
• Dimensioning
• Center Marks
• Ordinate Dimensions
• Geometric Dimensioningand Tolerances
• Dimension Styles and Overrides
11 / Dtext, style, mtext, ddedit, scaletext,properties, spell
12 / Sectional drawing commands
Hatch, bhatch , hatchedit, toolpalettes
13 / Query commands
List, id, dist, area, setvar, time, status….
14 / Blocks and Attributes
• Blocks
• Attributes
• Edit and Extract Attributes
15 / 3D solid drafting
Designing in 3D
• Introduction to 3D
• Creating Basic Models
from 2D Profiles
15 / Layouts and Views
• Creating Layouts
• Modifying Layouts and Using Page Setups
• Creating Layout Viewports
• Working with Layout
Viewports
• Controlling Object
Visibility in Layout
Viewports
• Controlling Annotation
Scales in Viewports
17 / Comprehensive Review
18 / Final Exam
  1. Evaluation：

There will be two major examinations during the semester: a midterm and a final. The midterm will be worth 30% of the final grade. The final test will be worth 30%. The remaining 40% of the final grade will be completed with laboratory exercises.