Syllabus 2010/2011 VBKA01

Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)

CAD WITH BUILDING APPLICATIONS

VBKA01

Credits: 6. Grading scale: UG. Cycle: G1 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. VBKA01 overlaps following cours/es: VBK063. Optional for: V4. Course coordinator: Johan Jönsson, johan.jonsson@kstr.lth.se, Structural Engineering. Recommended prerequisits: VBFA01 Building Technology and Building Services. The number of participants is limited to 100 Assessment: Accepted assignments. Home page: http://www.kstr.lth.se.

Aim
The course will give the students knowledge how to produce drawings, in two and three dimensions, by using AutoCad 2009.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Understand the fundamentals in a drawing
Understand the meaning of different linetypes
Understand how to scale objects in CAD

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to manage drawings in 2 dimensions
Be able to manage scales, dimensioning and text
Be able to manage basic commands and visualisation in three dimensions
Be able to manage object-oriented CAD and visualisation in two- and three dimensions
Be able to plot the drawings

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to valuate different methods of modelling for a specific task
Be able to see that AutoCad 2009 is a tool for producing drawings
Be able to see that AutoCad 2009 is a tool for the practising engineer

Contents

Repetition in 2D- and technical drawing
The fundamentals in 3D drawing
How to visualize in CAD
Information systems and information systematic of the building business with application
Object-oriented CAD

Literature
Wedeen, J., Erlach, M., Autocad 2009 Grundkurs. Cadmum AB 2008. ISBN 91-7309-359-9
Presentations from lectures