Drafting school training courses in Ann Arbor, MI (public, in-house or online)

This program prepares students for jobs as a CAD operator or technician, able to prepare clear, complete, and accurate detail and assembly drawings from rough sketches, specifications, and calculations of engineers and designers to be used for mechanical applications.

This program prepares students for jobs as a CAD Designer/Drafter, able to prepare CAD-based models of assemblies and details by working from rough sketches, specifications, catalogs, existing CAD parts and models, and calculations provided by engineers and designers. The program provides the skills to generate complete and accurate assembly and detail drawings and 3D models using industry conventions for manufacturability and economy. Credits can be applied toward the Associate Degree in Comput...

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Students will develop advanced drafting skills using AutoCAD software in this skills-focused course. Students will learn an advanced technical skill set of CAD and complete a professional quality set of documents.

An introduction to graphic communication and its practices including an introduction to the design process with an understanding of manual drafting and computer-aided drafting (CAD) techniques. The theory of geometric construction, sketching, detail drawing, various projections, sections, auxiliary views, dimensioning, lettering, dimension tolerances and basic CAD procedures are presented in relation to the discipline of drafting and design. The course, being a theoretical foundation for the dis...

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At any of the CDM Institute schools in New Jersey the 825-hour CAD Drafting Technology program is our most comprehensive AutoCAD certificate program. The goal of this program is to make you an expert CAD user across several different fields of study. First you will become an expert AutoCAD user and as the program progresses you will learn how to apply these CAD skills to different design fields. This course includes two extensive modules on AutoCAD: one on Civil drafting, and Architectural draft...

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