Class information
CADD160 Drafting Fundamentals
- CRN: 41527
- Credits: 4
- Locations, days, times, and instructors:
- Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
From September 22 through December 13, 2025, Wendie L Siverts
- Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
Details about this class
Drafting Fundamentals is designed to acquaint the student with a fundamental understanding of drawing techniques. Emphasis will be placed on the sketching techniques, lettering, orthographic projection, auxiliaries, sections, and pictorials. This course is delivered in distance learning mode, asynchronously. Each week, students will have access to a new module containing reading, video lectures, video demonstrations, online discussions, a quiz, a practice (ungraded) worksheet and a lab assignment.
Students collaborate via online discussions. The instructor is available for 1:1 Zoom meetings or in-person meetings, scheduled via Google calendar.
The mid-term and final are completed online via the quiz tab. CADD 160 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 160 here. See also link to 2024 syllabus.
Technology
This course introduces skills needed to produce 2-D mechanical drawings using hand sketching techniques on grid paper. A document scanner is helpful to submit your work. Alternatively, this can be accomplished with a phone or tablet camera. Several free apps are available to optimize this process:
Free (Basic)
Free (Basic)
Free (Mobile app)
Alternatively, watch my how-to video on creating a photo box for your phone.
Required Drawing Tools:
- HB or #2 pencil and sharpener
- Graph paper
- 12" ruler
Recommended Drawing Tools:
- 45 triangle and/or 30/60 triangle
- Large eraser
Find links to PCC bookstore and additional recommendations in this document.
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. It is important to log in as soon as the class starts to see what the participation requirements are.
Online technical requirements
Please be sure to read the quick guide to Online Learning technical requirements.
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.
Prerequisite for online classes
Before you take your first online class at PCC, you must complete the start guide. The start guide will help you decide if these classes are right for you. Once you complete the start guide, you will be able to register for these classes.