Engineering Design
Course Overview and Syllabus
Course Number: EL5728
Grade level: 6-10
Prerequisite Courses: None
Credits: 0.5
Course Description
The Engineering Design course teaches the basics of introductory computer-aided design including
the creation of geometric forms, interpreting 2D and 3D drawings of objects, and editing isometric
and perspective drawings in a 3D CAD environment. Students create a diverse portfolio of projects
while learning to translate abstract concepts into functional designs. Projects include orthographic
projections of 3D objects, isometric drawings, and 3D walkthroughs. Students produce drawings to
meet design specifications, create oblique, and perspective CAD drawings, and edit drawings in a
3D CAD environment.
Course Objectives
Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:
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CAD Standard Lite’s interface and tools
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Google Sketchup’s interface and tools
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Interpreting 3D and 2D drawings of objects
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Creating isometric, oblique, and perspective CAD drawings
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Producing drawings to meet design specifications
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Editing drawings in a 3D CAD environment
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Dimensioning drawings to standards
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Preparing a set of working drawings to be viewed by clients
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Three-dimensional walkthroughs
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Workplace experiences of CAD professionals
Student Expectations
This course requires the same level of commitment from you as a traditional classroom course
would. Throughout the course, you are expected to spend approximately 5–7 hours per week online
on the following activities:
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Interactive lessons that include a mixture of instructional segments and tasks
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Assignments in which you apply and extend learning in each lesson
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Assessments including quizzes, tests, and cumulative exams
Communication
Your teacher will communicate with you regularly through discussions, email, chat, and system
announcements. You will also communicate with classmates, either via online tools or face to face,
as you collaborate on projects, ask and answer questions in your peer group, and develop your
speaking and listening skills.
Grading Policy
You will be graded on the work you do online and the work you submit electronically to your teacher.
The weighting for each category of graded activity is listed below.
Grading Category
Weight
Assignments
0%
Essays
0%
Labs
0%
Lesson Quizzes
20%
Unit Tests
10%
Cumulative Exams
Projects
0%
70%
Scope and Sequence
When you log into Edgenuity, you can view the entire course map—an interactive scope and
sequence of all topics you will study. The units of study are summarized below:
Project 1: Create Shapes: In this project, you’ll identify CAD careers, use CAD tools and
coordinates to draw lines and shapes, and edit, move, copy, mirror, and rotate lines and shapes.
Project 2: Create Orthographic Drawings: In this project, you’ll define orthographic projection,
layers, dimensions, scale, and layout, and draw three-view orthographic drawings.
Project 3: Draw Sectional Views: In this project, you’ll visualize and draw sectional views of 3D
objects, and draw cutting plane lines to cut through important features of 3D objects.
Project 4: Create an Isometric Drawing: In this project, you’ll define pictorial and isometric drawing,
use distance and angle measurements to draw lines, and create an isometric drawing.
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Project 5: Create an Oblique Drawing: In this project, you’ll create an oblique drawing, and use
foreshortening to draw a more realistic-looking object.
Project 6: Create a Perspective Drawing: In this project, you’ll define perspective drawing,
vanishing point, and horizon line, identify types of perspective, and draw a two-point perspective
drawing.
Project 7: Draw an Auxiliary View: In this project, you’ll identify the purpose of auxiliary views,
visualize auxiliary views of 3D objects, and use a reference plane to draw an auxiliary view.
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