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Drafting Communications

• Text book for drafting (required)
  Modern Graphics Communications (4th Ed.), 2009, (by Giesecke et al.)
  ISBN-10: 0135151031 or ISBN-13: 978-0135151037
  Available at MU's bookstore located in Student Memorial Center
• Textbook for AutoCAD (optional)                                               AutoCAD LT 2009 for Designers, by Sham Tickoo, ISBN-13: 978-1932709520, publisher: CADCIM Technologies 
• Workbook (required)                                                       “Engineering Drawing, problem series 1”, by Alva Mitchell, Frederick E. Giesecke and et al., 10th ed., publisher: Prentice Hall; ISBN-10: 0136585361 or ISBN-13: 978-0136585367                                Available at MU's bookstore located in Student Memorial Center
• Syllabus and class calendar: ITEC 241_Spring 2011
• Check Desire2Learn for additional course material
• Drafting equipment (details elaborated in syllabus): architect's scale, engineer's scale, metric scale, triangles (45 and 30-60 degrees), compass (6" bow), circle template, lead holder (0.3 or 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm), dust brush, eraser (for pen and pencil), erasing shield, drafting tape, and protractor
• Suppliers of drafting equipment:

1. MU Campus Bookstore (kits available)
2. OfficeMax
   1700 Fruitville Pike # B
    Lancaster, PA 17601
    Phone: 481-9859

3. DraftingSteals (online supplier)
4. Hearlihy (online supplier)

5. gsDirect (online supplier)

USEFUL LINKS

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  http://www.asme.org/Codes/
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
  http://www.ansi.org/
• Homeland Security Standards Database
  http://www.hssd.us/
• IEEE Standards Association
  http://standards.ieee.org/
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  http://www.iso.org/
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
  http://www.nist.gov/

• U.S.-China Standards Portal
  http://www.standardsportal.org/usa_en/default.aspx

  PROFESSIONAL AND ACCREDITING ORGANIZATIONS

• American Design Drafting Association International
  http://www.adda.org/
• ABET
  http://www.abet.org/
• American Society for Engineering Education
  http://asee.org/
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  http://www.asme.org/
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  http://www.ieee.org/
• National Association of Industrial Technology
  http://nait.org/
• National Society of Black Engineers
  http://national.nsbe.org/
• Society of Women Engineers
  http://www.swe.org/

• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
  http://www.unesco.org

  SOFTWARE DISCUSSION GROUPS / WEB COMMUNITIES

• CATIA Community
  http://www.catiacommunity.com/
• Autodesk User Discussion Group
  http://discussion.autodesk.com/
• Mathematica Documentation: Mechanical Systems
  http://documents.wolfram.com/applications/mechsystems/
• Pro/E Community
  http://www.proe.com/connectusergroup.php

• SolidWorks Discussion Forums
  http://forum.solidworks.com/

  TECHNICAL AND DETAIL INFORMATION

• GD&T Information - TEC-EASE.com
  http://www.tec-ease.com/gdt-tips.htm
• Information related to Bolted Joints and Screw Threads - Boltscience.com
  http://www.boltscience.com/pages/info.htm
• Engineering Fundamentals / Design Standards - efunda.com
  http://www.efunda.com/designstandards/design_home.cfm
• ITEMS OF HISTORICAL INTERESTNASA History Division - Technical Diagrams and Drawings
  http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/diagrams.htm
• Doodles, Drafts, and Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian
  http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/index.htm

 AutoCAD

• AutoCAD Free Tutorials

 

Drafting communications covers introductory engineering drawing. It  includes lettering, English and metric measurement, engineering geometry, multi-view drawings, sectioning, pictorial representation, dimensioning, detail drawings, computer-aided drafting applications, reproduction of drawings, and selection of equipment and supplies.

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