TDSN 105 - Reading Engineering Drawings

2 Credit (0.5 lecture, 1.75 lab) 2.25 Contact Hours

This technical blueprint-reading course, with practical applications, is structured around a workbook approach to learning. Topics include basic projection of views, lines, reading scales, sketching, isometric and oblique projection, sections, perspectives, threads, title blocks, stock lists and interpreting blueprints. This course also contains a brief introduction to geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
OFFERED: summer and fall semesters

Course Goals; Objectives; Competencies
Goal 1: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know the basic concepts of reading blueprints.

Goal 2: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know the various views of an object and how they are projected.

Goal 3: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know how to read scales graduated in fractions, decimals, and millimeters.

Goal 4: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know the various lines on blueprints.

Goal 5: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know the different types of sections on a blueprint.

Goal 6: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know how to numerically number views in respect to points, lines, and planes.

Goal 7: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know how to identify points, lines, surfaces, edges, and auxiliary views.

Goal 8: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know how to read geometric dimensioning and tolerancing specifications.

Goal 9: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: gain a basic understanding of auxiliary views.

Goal 10: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know and apply tolerance terms.

Goal 11: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know how to read title blocks, and revisions on a blueprint.

Goal 12: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: know how to interpret welding symbols.

Goal 13: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: meet the skill requirements for admission to TDSN106, Layout & Precision Measurement.

Goal 14: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: meet the skills and knowledge requirements for transfer to a four-year technical program.

Goal 15: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following functions: meet the skills requirements for entry-level employment in technical drafting.