Course Overview
Cabrillo College
Engineering Tech 24
Gary P. Marcoccia
Suggested Prerequisite: One or more of the following: CABT 101, CABT 106, CS 1, CS 1L
Purpose: I will provide students with introductory-level training in the use of the Autocad Drawing Editor.
Students will gain the ability to create beginning-level drawings using the principles of graphic communication
typical to those found in industry.
Required Textbook: Beginning AutoCAD 2014 by Shrock – see internet bookseller sites. My faculty folder
contains the first four chapters in pdf format so that you can complete your homework while you wait for your text
to arrive.
Suggested Textbooks: Since the Exercise Workbook is soley a tutorial-type text, I suggest purchasing an
AutoCAD reference-type text. In addition, an AutoCAD quick reference guide is also very handy for quickly
locating command information.
Required Supplies: Removable storage media that can hold at least 5 mb
Attendance: I will take attendance at the end of class.
Lectures: Prior to class, you are expected to have completed the reference text reading that corresponds to
the lecture topic. Furthermore, you must be prepared to participate in the lecture by asking/answering
questions. Lectures will be approximately two hours in duration.
Lab: While attending lecture is important, nothing surpasses spending time using the AutoCAD system.
As per the Cabrillo schedule of classes, this course requires that you spend 2 hours 5 minutes/week working
on AutoCad projects in a Cabrillo College lab. Lab hours are considered class time and all students are
expected to complete them in order to fulfill the requirements of this course. It is the students’ responsibility to
record their lab hours on a log sheet. I will periodically review log sheets. Labs will be held in rooms 801, 810,
834 and 1400 at the announced times.
Assignments: Drawing assignments, meant to provide you with practice on the topics discussed, are due on the
dates indicated by the instructor with a point reduction of 25% imposed on all late submittals. While your
classmates may answer questions and provide you with guidance, you are expected to complete your own work.
Unless prior arrangements have been made, no late drawings will be accepted.
Submitting Your Assignments: All AutoCAD homework files must be placed in the Gary Marcoccia
folder/Etech-24/turnin. This folder can be accessed via the “start menu/all programs/faculty folders” or via the
“faculty folders” shortcut on the desktop. All homework should also be saved on your own media, and may be
deleted only after you have verified your assignment grade. Lastly, all drawings must be named using the 7
digits of your student ID number followed by a dash and the drawing name (no spaces). Ex/ 4201668-Ex3c.
The drawing name will be provided in the text. Note: files submitted in windows folders and/or using improper
naming formats will not be graded.
Evaluation: I will correct your assignments as quickly as possible and post grades. Grading is based on the
following:
90 – 100 pts.
80 - 89 pts.
70 - 79 pts.
55 - 69 pts.
0 - 54 pts.
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50 pts. - drawing assignment (36 @ 1.39 points/dwg)
15 pts. - midterm project/exam
15 pts. - final project
20 pts. - Participation in lab hours (log sheet)
Instructor Information: phn: 479-5705, fax: 479-6507, email: gary@cabrillo.info, my web page:
cabrillo.edu/~gmarcoccia, department web page: cabrillo.info
Miscellaneous: You are required to adhere to all of the guidelines stated in the Cabrillo College Student
Handbook. All types of disabilities must be reported to me on your first day of class (our conversation will be
kept confidential).
Student Learning Outcomes 1. Construct AutoCAD drawings with accuracy and efficiency.
2. Analyze and evaluate AutoCAD drawings for compliance to ANSI Standards. 3. Apply the concepts of
design to the principles of 2D modeling.
Important Dates:
2/17
Holiday
3/31
Spring BreaK
4/7
Midterm Project and Workbook Lessons 2-10 due by 10p
5/12 Final Project and lessons 11-19 due date
Class Calendar
Class 1
Lesson One
TBA LAB WORK
Read lesson-related material in your textbook.
You must have your Autocad Workbook by wk. 3
*Exercise: 1
Class 2
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Two, Three and Four *Exercise: 2a-d, 3a-d, 4a-g
Class 3
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Five and Six *Exercise: 5a-g, 6a-b
Class 4
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Seven and Eight
*Exercise: 7a-e, 8 none
Class 5
TBA LAB WORK
Nine and Ten
*Exercise: 9b (one geo shape only), 10c
Class 6
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Eleven and Twelve
*Exercise: 11b, 12d
Class 7
Midterm Project lecture
TBA LAB WORK
*Exercise: Midterm Project
Class 8
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Thirteen and Fourteen *Exercise: 13 none, 14 none
Midterm Project and Workbook Lessons 2-10 due 4/7
Class 9
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Fifteen and Sixteen *Exercise: 15 d, 16b
Class 10
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Seventeen and Eighteen
*Exercise: 17none, 18 none
Class 11
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Ninteen through Twenty-two
*Exercise: 19b (last yellow book project for semester)
Class 12
TBA LAB WORK
Lesson Twenty-three andTwenty-four *Exercise: plot a project to either of the room 801 printers
(lessons 25-30 are part of Etech 41)
Class 13
Final Project
TBA LAB WORK
*Exercise: Final Project
Class 14
Final Project
TBA LAB WORK
*Exercise: Final Project
Class 15 (last class for the semester)
Final Project
TBA LAB WORK
*Exercise: Lessons 11-19 & Final Project due
by 9:50pm