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Class information

CADD115 CAD Mathematics

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  • CRN: 41568
  • Credits: 4
  • Locations, days, times, and instructors:

Class materials

Textbooks

No textbooks required

Open educational resources (OER)

The following free or inexpensive materials are used for this class:

Details about this class

Practical Mathematics for CAD Designers and Drafters is designed to apply math skills in a drafting environment. Emphasis is placed on math problems that relate to detail drawings and CAD models. This course is delivered in hybrid mode, meaning some content is delivered in-person and some is completed asynchronously. Each week, students will have access to a new module containing reading, video lectures, activities, practice problems and a math assignment. Students collaborate during class as well as via online discussions.

The textbook for this course is an open educational resource (OER.) Accessible versions of the text readings are provided with the course shell.

The mid-term and final are completed online via the quiz tab. CADD 115 is a four-credit class, requiring approximately 12 hours each week to complete the coursework.

For more information about this class, see the Course Content and Outcomes Guide for CADD 115 here. See also, link to last year's syllabus.

Technology

This course includes the use of mathematics to solve computer aided design problems, drafting measurement systems and conversions, mechanical tolerance and estimation analysis, GD&T, applied trigonometry, geometry and descriptive geometry topics and computer aided design related technical formulas. 

Required Tools:

  • Scientific calculator
    • A virtual scientific calculator or app, such as the tool available in Windows, is sufficient. I will use the Desmos online calculator for some demonstrations. If you prefer a physical calculator, choose one with trig functions, root functions, and constants pi and e

Recommended Drawing Tools:

  • #2 pencil and sharpener
  • Graph paper
  • Ruler
  • Compass 

No show policy

Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.