Associate of Applied Science - Drafting (Co-op)
About Associate of Applied Science - Drafting (Co-op)
Drafters work with architects, engineers, designers, and technicians as part of construction, manufacturing, and engineering teams. By earning the degree in drafting at Lane Community College, students will be ready to enter the workforce and start their career. The classes will cover a diverse range of skills and topics that employers ask for in a professional drafter. When they have completed their degree, they will be ready to go to work making drawings for manufacturing or construction projects as a qualified member of a professional team.
Students will learn:
- To use computer programs including AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Revit.
- Visualization: how to start with a two-dimensional drawing to visualize the three-dimensional object it represents, and how to start with a three-dimensional object and create a two-dimensional working drawing so the object can be made.
- Drawing standards used by mechanical designers.
- Put dimensions on drawings.
- Determine tolerances, clearances, and fits for mechanical parts.
- Apply symbols on mechanical drawings including surface finish, weld symbols, and geometric tolerances.
- Make parts lists and revisions.
- Use speed ratios to design belt drives and gear trains.
- Hands-on familiarity with electrical circuits and hydraulic systems.
- Drawing standards used by architects.
- Make drawings as part of a set of house plans.
- Set up drawings as part of commercial building projects.
- Principles of the systems used in green buildings, including energy, water, light, heat, and cooling.
- Communicate in a professional office setting.
- Communicate with engineers and architects using the right vocabulary.
- Basic engineering calculations including force and stress.
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