BCN 1251C - Construction Drawing

Engineering and Building Arts Department

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 62
Effective Term Spring 2020 (570)

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the tools and techniques used in producing hand-drafted construction drawings. Emphasis is on residential construction.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will develop fundamental use of tools, techniques, and posture related to basic mechanical drafting by:
    1. properly using traditional drafting equipment used in making pencil tracings for blueprinting.
    2. demonstrating drafting techniques, including the use of the scale, triangles, erasing shields, etc.
    3. properly cleaning and maintaining each piece of drafting equipment.
    4. exhibiting the correct chair and desk positioning relative to individual body size and proportion to demonstrate elements of correct posture, providing for both temporary comfort and long term health.
  2. The student will develop pencil drafting techniques emphasizing layout, line quality, dimensioning and lettering by producing drawings which exhibit:
    1. rough layout and positioning;
    2. preliminary overall sizing and dimensioning;
    3. line weight variations for emphasis of particular elements within a single drawing;
    4. segmental dimensioning of lesser parts of a building as a standard and uniform system;
    5. a lettering style which is clear and easily readable in field work;
    6. appropriate letter sizes for various parts of a drawing which produces clarity for the reader by hierarchy of visual importance.
  3. The student will develop an understanding of traditional construction methods, including both freehand sketches and drafted sections and details by:
    1. drawing construction sections for simple wood and masonry framed buildings with emphasis on clarity of primary full length wall sections and isolated window and door details, by means of textbook examples, information developed on the blackboard and in sketches, and by personal inspection whenever possible.
    2. developing and drawing such details and sections from rough freehand sketches through rough drafting to finished drawings correctly labeled with appropriate parts.
  4. The student will provide general information on simple electrical, plumbing and mechanical installations by identifying and drafting the following:
    1. electrical information, including layout, switching and circuit distribution;
    2. plumbing information, including sanitary line and water riser diagram;
    3. heating and ventilation information, including simplified heat loss/gain calculations and duct sizing.
  5. The student will develop perspective techniques using accepted mechanical processes by:
    1. drawing proper perspectives from a variety of orientations and heights, by means of freehand sketching and mechanical drafting techniques.
    2. defining and explaining the following terms: ground plane, station point, horizon line, vanishing point, leading edge, picture plane, ground line, and measuring line.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors, based on textbook examples or by comparison to reserve student work from previous semesters.

History of Changes

Revised 8/84 Reviewed C&I 6/19/90 3 YR C&I Review 1993-94 eff SessIII 95-96 SCNS # change 6/28/96 was 1126 3 YR Review 1999-2000. 3 Year Review 2007. C&I Approval: 10/10/1995, BOT Approval: 11/21/1995, Effective Term: Fall 2007 (385).
C&I Approval: 09/05/2019, BOT Approval: 09/24/2019, Effective Term: Spring 2020 (570)

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