Program Exploration

These videos offer a brief explanation of some of the concepts that we will be delving into this year in our Drafting & Design program.

Learn Hand Drawing Techniques

What does an Architect do?

What is Architectural Design?

3D printing explained

Here are some career opportunities are available in a wide variety of fields related to architecture, engineering, design, etc.

Architect

Engineer

Manufacturing

Electrical

Transportation

Fabrication

Construction

Public Utilities

State and Local Government

Armed Services

College and Universities

You can also see more in the textbook - Drafting & Design for Architecture - Pg. 670 - Careers in Architecture & Related Fields

Skim through the Drafting & Design for Architecture textbook to get an idea of what you will be learning about throughout the year.

For your first assignment, I want you to send me an email that answers the questions below. Your response can be within the actual email, attached as a word document, etc.

1. What is drafting?

2. What does CAD stand for?

3. Name (3) careers that use CAD?

4. How much does a CAD designer make per year?

5. What does a CAD designer do?

6. Which of the subjects that you watched a video on is most exciting to you & why?

7. Which of the subjects that you skimmed through in the textbook is most interesting to you and why?

8. How many words per minute can you type? (typingtest.com) (10fastfingers.com)

9. Why did you join this program?

10. Choose one of the careers from page 670 and tell me all about it. Provide pictures and as much info about the career as possible!