Chabot College
Fall 2005
Course Outline for Engineering 32
PLANE SURVEYING
Catalog Description:
32 – Plane Surveying
3 units
Use of surveying instruments: tape, EDM, level, transit, theodolite measurement and errors. Computations
for traverse, horizontal and vertical curves, earthwork.
Topographic surveys, boundary surveys.
Prerequisite: Engineering 22 and Mathematics 36 or Mathematics 37. 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Prerequisite Skills:
Before entering the course the student should be able to:
1. explain the engineering design process;
2. demonstrate use of drafting/sketching instruments: triangles, scale/ruler, compass, drawing templates;
3. draw technical sketches;
4. use proper engineering lettering techniques;
5. demonstrate through drawing, the use of line construction, and identify line-forms contained in the
“alphabet” of technical linework;
6. practice the use of computer aided drawing (CAD) tools;
7. illustrate and discuss solid-object visualization techniques;
8. sketch or draw graphic elements; e.g., planes, angles, surfaces;
9. construct orthographic projection drawings:
a. multiview
b. auxiliary view
c. section view;
10. construct axonometric projection drawings:
a. isometric
b. oblique;
11. apply dimensions to engineering drawings with a basic knowledge of tolerances;
12. describe the fundamental concepts of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T);
13. define, explain, and label standard threaded fasteners;
14. create engineering working-drawings used for fabrication and assembly;
15. use Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) software to construct 3-Dimensional (3D) drawing-models.
a. Surface Models
b. Solid Models;
16. generate using descriptive geometry techniques spatial relationships:
a. the point view of a line
b. the true length of a line
c. the edge view of a plane
d. the true size of a plane
17. identify and use the trigonometric ratios in problem solving;
18. use radian measure;
19. define trigonometric functions in terms of the right triangle and the unit circle;
20. write down from memory the values of sine, cosine, and tangent functions of standard angles, both in
degree and radian measure;
21. write down from memory the Pythagorean identities, reciprocal identities, double angle formulas for sine
and cosine, and sum and difference formulas for the sine and cosine;
22. prove trigonometric identities;
23. use trigonometric formulas;
24. solve trigonometric equations with multiple angles over different intervals;
25. use the law of sines and the law of cosines to solve oblique triangles;
26. graph trigonometric functions;
27. graph the inverse sine, inverse cosine, and inverse tangent functions;
28. convert between polar coordinate system and rectangular coordinate system;
29. graph polar equations;
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30. define and/or illustrate: segment, ray, angle, midpoint of a segment, bisector of an angle or segment,
types of triangles and other polygons, congruence and similarity of triangles, perpendicular and parallel
lines;
31. use definitions of the items in (8), along with postulates and theorems about them, together with
undefined terms, to prove geometric theorems, both synthetically and analytically; and both directly and
indirectly;
32. compute areas and volumes of geometric figures.
Expected Outcome for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
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measure distances by taping and by EDM;
measure elevation differences with the engineer's level;
use a transit or theodolite for angular measurements;
make traverse calculations and adjustments;
make calculations for and lay out horizontal circular curves, and parabolic vertical curves;
make earthwork calculations including areas and volumes;
draw a topographic map;
make statistical analyses of errors in measurement;
identify legal implications in land surveying.
Course Content:
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Linear measurements
Angular measurements
Leveling
Errors in measurements and their treatment
Traverse computations
Horizontal and vertical curves
Earthwork
Mapping
Land surveying
Methods of Presentation:
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Formal lectures using PowerPoint and/or WhiteBoard presentations
Surveying instrumentation usage demonstrations
Surveying laboratory exercises for field and classroom work
Class discussion of laboratory-exercises, textbook problems, solutions and student’s questions
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments:
a. Read chapters in the textbook
b. Work problems from the textbook
c. Complete laboratory field-exercises, reduce the data, and write a report on the field work
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
a. Weekly Homework Assignments
b. Weekly Hands-on Laboratory Exercises
c. Examinations
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d. Final Examination
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Surveying , 5/e, Jack C. McCormac, John Wiley, 2003
Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics, 10/e, Paul Richard Wolf, Charles D. Ghilani, Prentice
Hall, 2002
Surveying: Theory and Practice, 7/e, James M Anderson, Edward M Mikhail, McGraw-Hill, 1998
Special Student Materials:
None required
Bruce Mayer, PE • Course_Outline_ENGR32_041211.doc
New ENGR22 PreReq, ReNumber from ENGR 31Dec04