COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4294 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CEM POLAT ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The main objective of the course is to teach the students general technical drawings
related with civil engineering. The course also aims to give the students the ability
of creating any technical drawing in AutoCAD software environment including 3D and
solid modeling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize technical drawing features
2   To sketch civil engineering structures regarding general technical drawing rules
3   To be able to realize their sketches and designs in computer environment with help of AutoCAD software
4   To use 3D drawing techniques
5   To be able to obtain scaled plots of drawings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Project assignment
2 Script, drawing and map sections, Cross-sections and facets
3 Perspective, AutoCAD's basic concepts and adjustments
4 Schemes, Layouts, Dimensions
5 AutoCAD Drawing commands
6 AutoCAD 3D Drawing commands
7 AutoCAD format commands
8 Architectural schemes, 3D views
9 Architectural schemes, 3D views
10 3D drawing techniques
11 Render and Solid Modeling
12 Intersectioning and embedding 3D models
13 Animation
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
Özel Bağcı & Doğanay Çerçi (2002) Bilgisayar Destekli Tasarım MEB Yayınevi,
Istanbul.
Ismail Danış (2001) Inşaat Teknik Resmi MEB Yayınevi, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The main teaching method is the comprehensive explanations of graphical presentations
(which are uploaded to Lecturer s personal web page). The students are demanded weekly
to read and study the available presentations before their attendance. With the start
of the semester, students prepare two person-specific projects covering the design of a
two-storied building.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1, 2 and 4th learning outcomes are evaluated by the questions posed during mid-term
and final exams.
3th and 5th learning outcomes are evaluated trough the semester project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Completion of Midterm assignment is necessary to fulfill the course, else students do not have the right to enter final exam and will fail the course

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Cem P. Cetinkaya, cem.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced after the course schedule is determined.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.253
LO.344
LO.454
LO.54454