Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
File Management
1. Create and
maintain folders
and subfolders
2. Manipulate files in
folders
View Orientation in 3D
Space
1. Basic Orientation
to 3D space:
a. Front
b. Top
c. Right Side
2. 3D Coordinate
System
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Demonstrate an
understanding of file
management and be
able to Move, Copy and
Delete files and be able
to explain the folder and
file structure.
Demonstrate the ability
to create file folders
within Explorer
(CAD 111)
Describe the basics of
the Solidworks user
interface.
Start Solidworks and
conduct a design
session.
(CAD 153)
File Organization:
 Student Server
 Create new class
folder
 Create new project
folders within class
folder
Discuss the right hand
rule, viewpoint,
standard views, plan
view, and isometric
views.
Explain view orientation
in relationship to 3D
coordinate systems.
Define and use drawing
planes.
(CAD 255)
Demonstration (1st Day)
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Creating a New Part File
1. Design Intent
2. Modeling
Techniques
3. Sketching
4. Extrusion
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Begin a new part, setup
datum planes, choose a
first solid feature, and
build simple,
intermediate, and
advanced parts in
SolidWorks.
Demonstrate an
understanding of the
SolidWorks sketching
methodology and
commands for creating
geometry, modifying
geometry, and
constraining geometry.
(CAD 153 and CAD 256)
Use sketch planes to
develop a model profile.
Discuss proper profile
creation and limitations.
Create extrusions of
profiles to 3D
parametric models.
(CAD 255)
Discuss the 3D modeling
process for parametric
models and nonparametric models.
Examine the steps to
three dimensional
parametric model
creation using design
tables and equations.
(CAD 257)
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Anchor Bracket
Control Bracket
Guide Bracket
Idler Arm
Offset Bearing
Cam Bracket
Roller Lever
Tool Holder
Tool Post
Heat Shield
Tire Iron
Vacuum Nozzle
Upper Housing
Funnel
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Part Modification
1. Relation between
parts
2. Chamfer and fillets
3. Cuts
4. Sweep and Loft
5. Revolve a 2D
profile to create a
3D solid
6. Loft 2D objects
along a path
7. Sweep a 2D object
along a 3D path
(including Sweep
Cut)
8. Solid model
analysis
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
The student will be able
to create layers, add
bosses, add ribs, and
round edges using
SolidWorks.
(ENT 133)
Create sweeps using
linear and circular
operations.
Use standard
parametric construction
techniques to create
boxes, cylinders, and
spheres.
Discuss the theory of
adding holes, fillets and
chamfers to parametric
models.
(CAD 256)
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Anchor Bracket
Control Bracket
Guide Bracket
Idler Arm
Offset Bearing
Cam Bracket
Roller Lever
Tool Holder
Tool Post
Heat Shield
Tire Iron
Vacuum Nozzle
Upper Housing
Funnel
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Changing/Repairing a
Part
1. Deleting features
2. Suppressing
features
3. Reordering
features
4. Modifying sketches
and dimensions
5. Rebuilding &
repairing features
6. Re-orienting the
standard views
View Manipulation
1. Hidden line
removal
2. Tangent edge
removal
3. Shaded views
4. Rendered views
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
The student will
demonstrate the ability
to delete, suppress,
resume, reorder,
change, modify,
redefine, reroute, and
regenerate features in
SolidWorks.
The student will be able
to identify regeneration
failures and correct
them.
(ENT 133)
Demonstrate the ability
to delete, suppress,
resume, reorder,
change, modify,
redefine, reroute, and
regenerate features in
SolidWorks.
(CAD 153 - 256)
The student will be able
to create engineering
drawings of parts and
assemblies using
SolidWorks drawing
formats.
The student will
demonstrate the ability
to plot wireframe and
hidden line parts.
(ENT 133)
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Demonstration
All parts and assemblies
created
Demonstration
All printed drawings
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Adding Materials
1. Attach materials to
a solid model
2. Edit existing new
materials
3. Adding new
materials to the
material library
Creating Assemblies
1. Choosing the first
component
2. Assembly
constraints
3. Adding additional
parts
4. Aligning parts
5. Deleting parts
6. Adding relations
7. Modifying
assemblies
8. Adding
Configurations
9. Creating an
exploded assembly
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
All individual parts and
assemblies
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 8
Students will develop an
understanding of the
attributes of design.
Standard 9
Students will develop an
understanding of
engineering design.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
The student will be able
to construct an
assembly using Pro/E,
handle assembly
failures, and create an
exploded assembly.
(ENT 133)
Construct an assembly
using Solidworks,
handle assembly
failures, and create an
exploded assembly.
(CAD 153 - 257)
Machinist Vise
Radial Engine
Ball Valve
Bridge Project
Gear Car Project
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Creating Lighting and
Scenes
1. Compare and
contrast ambient,
distant, point and
spotlights.
2. Place a light in a
scene
3. Change the
properties of lights
4. Create a drawing
scene
5. Place an image as a
background
Animation
1. Create a camera
2. Record an
animation of a 3D
model to a movie
file
3. Record a flyby of a
3D model to a
movie file
Drawing Setup and
Drawing Aids
1. Drawing Units
2. Setup Templates
3. Function of
template files.
4. Model space scale
in a template file
paper space.
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Solidworks Photoworks
tutorial
Radial Engine Final
Assembly
Solidworks Animation
Tutorial
Machinist Vise
Introduction and
Demonstration of
Templates in templates
folder
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Creating Drawings
1. Opening a drawing
template
2. Placing the first
view
3. Placing additional
projected views
4. Creating specials
views:
a. Section
b. Detail
c. Auxiliary
d. Cropped
5. Changing the
scale and position
of a view
6. Changing the
display properties
of a view
7. Placing
dimensions on a
drawing
8. Updating the
drawing after
modifying a part
9. Adding a BOM to
an assembly
drawing
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Demonstrate a working
knowledge of the
Solidworks Drawing
mode to create full,
half, offset, revolved,
removed, and brokenout section views.
Student will create
production drawings
(CAD 257)
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Introduction and
Demonstration of Drawing
Templates in templates
folder
All printed drawings
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
Dimensioning a drawing
1. Creating
dimensions
2. Creating notes
3. Adding tolerances
Text on Drawings
1. Importance &
purpose of text.
2. Text Styles
3. Text Editing
Printing Drawings
1. Printer Plotter
Setup
2. Page Setup
3. Plot styles
Simulation Studies
1. Motion Study
2. Stress and
Displacement
Analysis
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Standard 17
Students will develop an
understanding of and be
able to select and use
information and
communication
technologies.
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Student will create
production drawings
(CAD 257)
All printed drawings
Student will create
production drawings
(CAD 257)
All printed drawings
Student will create
production drawings
(CAD 257)
All printed drawings
Use Dynamic Simulation
to analyze parts and
assemblies.
Create and view
simulation study results.
(CAD 259)
SolidWorks Tutorials
Gear Car Project
Bridge Design Project
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
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Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
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Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment
Course Unit
Lesson/Topic
CTE Curriculum Mapping - Course:
Standards/
Technical
Essential Outcomes
Competencies
Engineering Design
ACT Readiness
Assignment
Standards/Score Range Assessment