Computer Aided Civil Drawing

Syllabus

1. Introduction (2 hours)
   1. Computer aided design and drafting
   2. Application of computer aided drawings in civil engineering
   3. Computer aided drawing software
   4. Three-dimensional drawing software
2. Autodesk AutoCAD (8 hours)
   1. Overview of the two-dimensional AutoCAD interface
   2. Coordinate system, units and scales
   3. Drawing and editing (Commands and tools)
   4. Layers and blocks
   5. Annotation and dimensioning
   6. Layouts and printing
   7. Three dimensional drawings
3. Computer Aided Civil Engineering Drawings (16 hours)
   1. Location map
   2. Land measurement and area calculation
   3. Building drawing (Load bearing and reinforced cement concrete)
   4. Underground water tank, septic tank and soak pit
   5. Road, retaining wall and side drain
   6. Irrigation canal and weir/barrage
   7. Slab culvert and T-beam bridge
   8. Title block and legends
   9. Importing, exporting and plotting
4. Building Information Modeling (4 hours)
   1. Concept, processes and utilization
   2. Standards and regulations
   3. Building information modeling versus computer aided design and drawing
   4. Common data environment

Practicals

1. Two-story residential load-bearing building preparation
2. Two-story RCC building preparation
3. RCC slab culvert drawings
4. Contour map from survey data
5. Common data environment