COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPUTER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1334 COMPUTER COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUHAMMED AYDOĞAN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Teaching Computer Aided Design and implementing the system, which is one of the essential parts of urban design and city planning process.
Gaining three dimension modeling in scale.
Object texturing, lighting, animating and rendering skills.
Teaching how to use CAD in process of visioning, sketching, modeling and feedback.
Introducing programing languages which are working with CAD systems.
Evaluating potential advantages of CAD systems which have reformed city planning and urban design process.
Learning technology management and innovation management processes.
To raise awareness about the importance of technological innovations and entrepreneurship in the professional field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding Computer Aided Design concept and related technologies, Defining CAD process main attributes and it's components.
2   Comprehending technology management and innovation management approaches. Understand the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation.
3   Using one of the recent Computer Aided Design software and managing a CAD process.
4   Creating vector models that define visioning/designing urban spaces.
5   Using layer, block and object functions to manage vector drawings.
6   Preparing presentations and layouts to show designed models.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Computer Aided Design, related concepts, definition, and technologies. What are minimum necessities makes a design process as CAD.
2 What is Computer Aided Design concept; what are the technologies related with CAD and what are the objectives of these technologies.
3 Introduction of software used in planning process. Autocad among drawing and design programs.
4 Explaining three dimensioned drawing concept and using basic drawing commands.
5 Using basic drawing commands and starting case project of the course.
6 Teaching editing commands and its applications
7 Explaining view and viewport commands and using them in case project.
8 Explaining dimension and scale commands and using them in case project.
9 Mid-term Exam - Laboratory studies
10 Creating 3D models for urban design and deciding among different possibilities.
11 Scanning two dimensional maps and plans. Making them underground maps with real dimensions.
12 Creating legal notation of development plans and drawing two dimensional urban plans with CAD.
13 Aggregation of area and density of lots in development plans.
14 Creating 3D model of the case project. Designing layout maps, editing page setup and creating presentations.
15 Lighting and texturing 3d models in studio software.
16 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Autocad kullanma klavuzu ve Web destek sistemi.
Supplementary Book(s): Autocad 2011 & Autolisp (Mehmet Şamil Demiryürek, 2010)
Materials: Autocad Software and Sketchup Software

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lessons and computer laboratory studies with CAD software.
Lecturing and drawing with AutoCAD and SketchUp software.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Ability of using computer will be measured in the computer laboratory via CAD programs.

Assessment Criteria

Understanding and identifying abilities will be measured by mid-term exam.
Managing, using and creating abilities will be measured by assignment.
Understanding, identifying, managing, using and creating abilities will be measured by final-exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Course will be held in computer laboratory.
Conception, definitions and new technologies related CAD will be explained with virtual presentation in computer lab.
Technology management in the city planning process, use of software, additional coding and data management process will be done practically in computer lab.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

m.aydogan@deu.edu.tr
0 (232) 301 83 64

Office Hours

Friday 13:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing the laboratory notebook 2 3 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 51

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
LO.61

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