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Posted: 11/2/05

DDF 152 - Monument Design

 

Course Description

Provides instruction in the use of monument design software in design and engineering applications.  Students become proficient in creating and modifying designs in the monument design manufacturing process.  Topics include:  history of monument design and design characteristics, manufacturing processs, safety practices, terminology, hardware and software characteristics, basic entities, software commands, basic software applications, exporting, and printing.

 

           

Competency Areas

Hours

History of Monument Design & Design Characteristics

Class

1

Manufacturing Processes  

D. Lab

4

Safety Practices

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Terminology

Credit

3

Hardware and Software Characteristics

 

 

Basic Entities

 

 

Software Commands

 

 

Basic Software Applications, Exporting & Printing

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

Provisional Admission

Corequisite:

     

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.

History of Monument Design & Design Characteristics

Write a definition of monument drafting.

Identify typical drafting tools and their use.

Identify general characteristics of monument design.

Identify the basic steps in design.

 

1

0

 

Manufacturing Processes

Describe the manufacturing processes as it relates to monument design.

Describe how the software produces a monument stencil mask.

Identify the tools used on the manufacturing processes.

Identify safety practices that must be implemented in the manufacturing processes.

Describe the results of manufacturing processes that use poor monument design.

1

0

 

Safety Practices

Match terms related to general safety with their correct definitions.

List two reasons for maintaining a clean and orderly drafting classroom.

Match types of fire extinguishers with their operation and class of fires.

List the two classes of fires that might be encountered in the classroom.

List six steps to be followed in case of an accident in the classroom.

1

0

 

Terminology

Match basic geometric terms with their correct definitions.

Identify basic geometric shapes.

Match terms related to media with their correct definitions.

Match characteristics of surfaces with their definitions and dimensions.

Read metric, fraction and decimal scales.

1

2

 

Hardware and Software Characteristics

Match monument design equipment terms with their correct definitions.

Identify all major components of hardware associated with a monument design system.

List hardware used in a monument design system.

Distinguish between input and output devices in a monument design system.

Initialize Start up and shut down the available monument design system.

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Entities

Recognize and define the principal terms of entities in a monument CAD system.

Create a single-view drawing.

Demonstrate ability to load from and store a program to disk.

1

1

 

Software Commands

Match Monu-CAD and Gerber terminology with correct definitions.

Demonstrate scanned drawing input subsystems.

Demonstrate letter modifications.

Demonstrate the correct use of the alphabet of lines.

Identify the basic type of lines.

Select suggested line widths for line work.

1

6

 

Basic Software Applications, Exporting and Printing

Demonstrate the use of the following commands: escape, line, line color, orthogonal mode, three point ARC, tangent ARC, two point circle, three point circle, ellipse, object move, object erase, erase last, un erase, object copy, object break, object change, trim, extend, snap parallel, move point, constructions point, standard point, reference point, snap to nearest point, snap to nearest line, fillet, pan, undo, redo, measure distance, cursor size, cursor color, window move, window erase, window copy, window save, window scale, window change, window rotate, window image, window clean, window convert, window weld, window stretch, window sort, snap intersection, snap midpoint, snap to center, snap perpendicular, quit, radial copy, redraw, rectangle, component create, component, explode, component list, component rename, component place, component rotate, component save, component remove, component scale, objective explode, grid size, leaders dimensions, linear dimension fraction, fraction value, decimal, decimal value, settings dimensions, feet/inches, feet, inches, drawing cut, drawing change, drag image, drawing clean, drawing load, drawing print, drawing rotate, drawing save, drawing erase, drawing re-scale, zoom all, zoom back, zoom value, zoom previous, zoom up, zoom window, regular polygon, layer list, layout save, load batch, select, save font, snap to grid, screen ratio, thumbnails, tolerance, explode all current layer, layer display, layer change, layer hide, layer load, layer rotate, layer save, layer erase, layer re-scale, arc to Bezier curve, Bezier to Arcs, and all layers edit.

 

3

30

 

Total

 

10

40

0

 

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