Philadelphia University

Faculty of Engineering

Department of Communications & Electronics

Course Syllabus

Course code: (620121) Course Title: Engineering Drawing

Course prerequisite (s) and/or corequisite (s): Course Level: 1st year

Credit hours: 3

Tutorial: 1 hour/Week Lecture Time:

Academic Staff Specifics

Course module description:

Engineering design require a combination of organization, analysis, and communication

skills. Engineering graphics is the primary medium for communicating design concepts and

is an important tool for analyzing engineering problems. This course aims at developing the

skills needed for documenting designs using drawings and for performing graphical analysis

of two dimensional and three dimensional problems. Manual and computer aided methods of

graphical analysis and communication covered. The course lays the foundation for acquiring

the skills that when collectively applied are known as reverse engineering.

Course module objectives:

At completing this module the student should be able to:

- Understand the engineering drawing fundamentals.

- Free hand sketches.

- Be familiar with the main commands in AutoCAD.

Course/ module components:

• Books (title , author (s), publisher, year of publication)

Title: Engineering Design Graphics

Author: Earle, James, 11 edition.

Academic Staff

Specifics

E-mail Address Office

Hours

Office Number

and Location Rank Name

Publisher: J. Wiley

Edition: 11th, 2007

• Support material (s) (vcs, acs, etc).

• Study guide (s) (if applicable)

• Homework and laboratory guide (s) if (applicable).

Teaching methods:

2 Lectures a week

Learning Outcomes:

• Knowledge and understanding

The student should know the basic principles needed for engineering drawings

• Cognitive skills (thinking and analysis)

Some projects assigned aim to develop the thinking capability of the students

• Communication skills (personal and academic)

Not applicable.

• Practical and subject specific skills (Transferable Skills)

Some practical home works assigned aim to develop the practical capability of the students:

- be familiar with AutoCAD software & manual drawing

Assessment instruments:

• Home Assignments & class works.

• Final examination: 40 marks

Allocation of Marks

Mark Assessment Instruments

20% First examination

20% Second examination

40% Final examination

20% Reports, research projects, Quizzes, Home

works, Projects

100% Total

Documentation and Academic Honesty

• Documentation style (with illustrative examples).

• Protection by copyright.

• Avoiding plagiarism.

Course/module academic calendar

week

Basic and support material to be

covered

Homework/reports

and their due dates

(1)

Course Introduction.

AutoCAD: Introduction to

AutoCAD, Introduction to

Commands

(2)

Lettering and Scales

AutoCAD: Draw Commands,

Polylines

1,2,3,4

(3)

Basic drafting, use of instruments

AutoCAD: Erase and Selection

Sets, Options Menu, Basic Display

Commands, Edit Commands

5,6,7,8

(4)

Geometric construction I

AutoCAD: Drawing Aids, Object

Snapping, Layers, Line types,

Colors

9,10,11

(5)

Geometric construction II

AutoCAD: More Draw

Commands, Crosshatching

12

(6)

Introduction to projection, points,

lines and planes

AutoCAD: Regions and

Boundaries, Blocks and Attributes

13,14,15,16

(7)

Multi-view drawing

AutoCAD: Dimensioning,

Dimension Styles

17,18,19,20

(8)

Orthographic projection

AutoCAD: Isometrics

21,22,23,24,25

(9)

Second exam

Oblique projection

AutoCAD: Controlling Views,

Thickness and Elevation

52,53,54

(10)

Sectional views (full, half, offset,

remove, revolve, broken out)

AutoCAD-3D: Visualizing the

Model, Z Coordinates, User

Coordinate System

26,27,28,29,30

(11)

Auxiliary views, true length of a

line, point view, edge view, and

true size of a plane. Visibility of

lines.

AutoCAD-3D: 3D Orbit

Commands, Dynamic View -

Perspective

36,37,38,39,40

(12)

Dihedral angle, piercing point.

AutoCAD-3D: 3D Model Objects.

2D Solids and 3D Faces, 3D

Surfaces

35,41,42

(13)

Angle between lines, angle

between line and plane. Skew

lines.

56,57

AutoCAD- 3D:

Complex surfaces. Solids

(14) Review

(15)

Final Exam

Expected workload:

On average students need to spend 2 hours of study and preparation for each 50-minute

lecture/tutorial.

Attendance policy:

Absence from lectures and/or tutorials shall not exceed 15%. Students who exceed the 15% limit

without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the Dean of the relevant

college/faculty shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive a mark of zero

for the course. If the excuse is approved by the Dean, the student shall be considered to have

withdrawn from the course.

Course references

Books:

1) Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD 2006, James D. Bethune.

2) Getting Started, AutoCAD 2006, Autodesk.

3) Graphic Science and Design, French, Vierck and Foster.