Welcome to CADD 3662. Above is an animation of a 3 frame capture with the appearance of continuous rotation. Through the use of precision math with respect to proportions and ratio's, several calculations were made with a precision of .000001 by 2nd Semester CADD students. With the use of the practical application of math and Autocad Software, and with their advanced modeling skills, students provided us all with this fast loading animation, considering a 56K connection speed. This is just one example of what a well trained student is able to accomplish after taking 2 Semesters of CADD.

These series of pictures represent 3d images that were created by Students like yourself and of course you will be demonstrating the very same ability. The above hydraulic pump and its gears were modeled by Adam Monteilh a 2nd Semester CADD student 2005.

With precision and perseverance you will be creating such models and all of the drawing processes that are involved with their creation. Below is another animation created as an outcome of students developing modeling and animation skills in CADD. The Use of Right Angle Trigonometry provided the students with the data to model this part in ACAD. It was a complex task and a construction grid had to be layered into a drawing file in order to assemble all of the counterweights, bosses and bearing surfaces, as well as the bolt pattern on the flange end of the crankshaft, in their accurate places. The students from Career and Technical Education at Startech Professional Center that were involved with the creation of this animated model of a 350 chevrolet crankshaft are: Tyler Smith, Donovon Sites, Bryan Leishman, and Taylor Swanson.

Please Come and Join us at the Startech Professional Center, located at Paradise Valley High School which is part of the Paradise Valley Unified School District

Manufacturing Industries create products that are designed and engineered for some purpose. Draftsman are those company employees that blueprint parts that will be manufactured. A Draftsman may also have the responsibility of modeling parts of machines to illustrate what they look like before they are manufactured. A machine, whether an automobile, a light switch .e.g. has many parts. A Draftsman, would then have an illustrative responsibility to show how the various parts fit together, which is called an Assembly Drawing. On this web page there is a link above that shows what the pictorial drawing of this wind generator. Just a little more clicking on your part and you will see the orthographic's of this wind generator on hyperlinks labeled; detailed drawings, d2 and d3.

You as a Drafting Student taking CADD will be practicing and developing the skills of a Draftsman while creating the orthographic, isometrics and 3d views of models from simple to complex. I hope you enjoy this course and have the satisfaction in developing this skill, both with the use of the software and the understanding that goes with becoming a Draftsman.

The lessons will be created with CADD software: ACAD 2004 provided by the Cad Store in Phoenix.

 

1. Read and listen to the Welcome Statement.
2. Read the syllabus to view prerequisites and computer software and hardware requirements.
3. Send an e-mail message to your instructor, Email.
4. Review your Assignment Calendar.
5. Contact your Counselor and register for a class.The floating menu bar has links to the High
    Schools in the Paradise Valley School district.
6. Meet your Instructor.
7. Go to your lessons.
8. Look at your grades and see how you are doing.

 

Once you have completed all of these steps, you are ready to begin your coursework by clicking on the "Lessons" link above.