Drafting school training courses in Chesapeake, VA (public, in-house or online)

Introduces technical drafting from the fundamentals through advanced drafting practices. Teaches lettering, metric construction, technical sketching, orthographic projection, sections, intersections, development, fasteners, theory and applications of dimensioning and tolerances. Includes pictorial drawing, and preparation of working and detailed drawings. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week

The Architectural Drafting and Design Technology specialization is offered at the Virginia Beach Campus and prepares students for employment as an advanced CADD drafter or designer in an architectural firm. Graduates have the knowledge and skills to pursue a wide variety of employment
opportunities in the design and construction industry. Under formal articulation agreements, students may transfer course work toward a baccalaureate degree program in an engineering technology field or to some ...

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The Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) Technology program has three different options for students seeking to obtain a degree or choosing to develop or update their technical skills. The Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree concentrates on mechanical drafting and design and prepares students for employment in the fields of mechanical and machine design, structural, manufacturing, civil engineering, marine design, and construction. The Architectural Drafting and Design Technology s...

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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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