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LJMU Partner Taught

This unit provides learners with the skills needed to produce 2D and 3D drawings using industry-standard computer-aided design (CAD) software. Learners will also gain skills to model and analyse civil engineering schedule problems

Outline Syllabus:2D drawings: setting up, data input, drawing, modifying, text, dimension, insert, file formats, views Setting up: open software application, use of templates, entities, aids, snap, polar, User Coordinate System (UCS), layers, line types, units, model space, paper space, viewports, scale, drawing page, title block Data input: dynamic input, menu and icon input Drawing: line, multiline, polyline, spline, circles, arcs, rectangles, polygons, ellipse, hatching, boundaries, triangulation Modifying: erase, copy, trim, extend, scale, stretch, mirror, move, rotate, chamfer, array, fillet, break, join, lengthen Text: multiline, single line, text style Dimension: aligned, linear, ordinate, angular, diameter, arc length, baseline, continuation, dimension style Insert: blocks, attributed blocks, dynamic blocks, raster image, text, spreadsheets, images, copy/paste, explode, purge File formats: DWG, DXF, OLE, 3ds, Xrefs Views: zoom, pan, aerial, named, viewports 3D drawings: setting up, data input, 3D surface models, 3D solids, solid modelling, modify, rendering, shade, views Setting up: open software application, use of templates, entities, aids, snap, Osnap, polar, UCS, layers, line types, units, model space, paper space, viewports, scale, drawing page, title block Data input: dynamic input, menu and icon input 3D surface models: edge, mesh, revolved, tabulated, ruled, edge, loft, sweep, 3D polyline 3D solids: box, sphere, cylinder, cone, wedge, torus Modify: 3D array, 3D mirror, 3D rotate Rendering: scene, materials, background, lighting Shade: wireframe, hidden, flat, edges Views: viewpoint, isometric, plan view, 3D orbit, viewports, UCS Software related to construction: e.g. Primavera, MS Project Resources: human (direct and sub-contract labour, management and supervision), plant and machinery, materials, sub-contractors, production of long- and short- term programmes, scheduling of material requirements Use of MS Project for construction planning: defining the project data (adding a new project, defining activity codes, defining work breakdown structure, defining calendars), working with activities and relationships (adding activities, assigning activity IDs, activity types, assigning activity codes to activities), project organising (organising the activities, view layouts, copy, backup and restore data), defining logic and scheduling (assigning predecessors and successors, imposing constraints to activities, calculating the schedule, adjusting the schedule), tabular and graphical reports.