COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN PRACTICE IN PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3319 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN PRACTICE IN PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR LEVENT ÜNVERDI

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course targets at providing students the knowledge and skills in transfer of various data to electronic environment, use of analysis and questioning methods, mapping the obtained data and analyses, drawing of plans within adopted norms of implementation plan drawing, estimation of population and area for the implementation plans, animation of drawings, visualization and presentation in computer environment, all via use of NETCAD, the mostly-used drawing software for city planning in our country.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To list the commands required for use of NETCAD software
2   To transform base maps and data of city planning into formats compatible with computing,
3   To prepare maps where city planning data and analyses can be displayed,
4   To relate different planning data with one another,
5   To produce digital implementation plans conforming to norms of design and lejand as described in related bylaws.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, general concepts of NETCAD software, information on items of the menu
2 Introduction of the NETCAD menu and basic commands
3 Introduction of the NETCAD menu and basic commands
4 Description of coordinate systems, transfer of base maps into digitalized maps, rastering and affine transformation, transformation of maps on different scales (from Slice to Slice and from Projection to Projection).
5 Slope and altitude analysis on land models, threshold analysis and questioning modules
6 Data sources, data collection and classification methods, different databases, creation of databases, organization and analysis.
7 Digitalization, identification of classes and data entry, data questioning and related mapping of questions
8 Digitalization, identification of classes and data entry, data questioning and related mapping of questions
9 Midterm Examination
10 Computer-based drawing of implementation plans
11 Computer-based drawing of implementation plans
12 Computer-based drawing of implementation plans
13 Computer-based drawing of implementation plans, preparation of lejands, estimation of population and area size
14 Transfer of data into Google Earth, 3D presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): NETCAD Eğitim Dokümanları, http://www.netcadportal.com
Supplementary Book(s):
1. NETCAD Planet Kitabı, Ulusal CAD ve GIS Çözümleri Mühendislik Bilgisayar AŞ., 2006, Ankara
2. NETCAD 5.1/GIS Kitabı, Ulusal CAD ve GIS Çözümleri Mühendislik Bilgisayar Eğitim Ticaret AŞ., Başak Matbaacılık, 2009, Ankara
3. NETCAD/Surf Kitabı, Ulusal CAD ve GIS Çözümleri Mühendislik Bilgisayar AŞ., 2007,
Ankara
4. NETCAD/3D Kitabı, Ulusal CAD ve GIS Çözümleri Mühendislik Bilgisayar AŞ., 2005,
Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing, Transforming and Preparing activities will be assessed by the Midterm Exam.
Relating and Producing activities will be assessed by the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

levent.unverdi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.30-12.00; Wednesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 3 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 68

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51