A SEMI DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ICT IV

I.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of a 60-minute lesson, with 80% proficiency level,
students should be able to:
understand the correlation between AutoCAD and Drafting
know the different uses of the AutoCAD in different industries
apply their knowledge in AutoCAD in creating both 2 dimensional
and 3 dimensional drawings

II.

SUBJECT MATTER
a. Topic: Introduction to AutoCAD 2007
b. Reference: AutoCAD Essentials, compilation by Norman Estan
D. Balino
c. Materials: Computer with AutoCAD 2007, hand outs

III.

PROCEDURE
A. Drill
1. Checking of attendance
2. Collecting of projects in PowerPoint.
B. Lesson Proper
a. Motivation
i.
ii.

Ask students about their drafting subjects in the past

Have a student draw a 4 cube on the board this
activity should show the difference of a cube drawn
using AutoCAD vs. freehand drafting.

b. Unlocking difficulties
i. Define AutoCAD is a commercial software application for
2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting.
C. Presentation and Discussion
i.
Introduction of the topic(AutoCAD 2007)
ii.
Determine the industries that uses AutoCAD
(mechanical engineering, Architectural design, Project
planning, Mapping, technical illustrating and many
more)
iii.
Define the reasons why these industries use AutoCAD
- Offers great accuracy compared to traditional
manual methods of drafting and design.
- Very productive and efficient in handling large and
complex drawings
iv.
Launching AutoCAD
1. Choose
All Programs
Autodesk
AutoCAD 2007
1

You can also click the

icon on your
desktop.
2. A splash screen appears and it would tell you
which version of AutoCAD you are using.
3. After the splash screen closes, you see a startup
window that lets you choose the type of
measurement that you want to use in your
drawing. You can choose either the metric system
of the English System. Look at the figure below.

v.

Parts of the AutoCAD Screen

Standar
d tool

Crosshair
s

bar

Pickbo
Menu

Lay out

Draw Tool

Command

Drawing
Area

Status
Bar

vi.
Discuss the Status Bar
SNAP - If you turn on Snap mode, AutoCAD constrains the
crosshairs to an imaginary rectangular grid of points at the
spacing that youve specified when AutoCAD prompts you to
specify a point.
2

Modify
Toolbar

 GRID - The GRID is a rectangular pattern of lines or dots that

covers the entire XY plane. The grid helps you align objects
and visualize the distances between them.
ORTHO - Orthogonal drawing or rectangular drawing, it means
that when you turn this feature lines that you drag the mouse
will be angled in relation to the UCS and you can draw only
the angle that is set and it is 90 degrees.
POLAR - Everything that applies to orthographic drawing
applies to the polar with the difference that I do not have to
follow the direction of the rectangular plot, but we can choose
arbitrarily the direction of the withdrawal line and the
additional settings for the POLAR TRACKING we can set the
angle and direction of the line.
OSNAP - With running object snap settings, also called Osnap,
you can specify a snap point at an exact location on an object.
When more than one option is selected, the selected snap
modes are applied to return a point closest to the center of
the aperture box.
OTRACK - Object Snap Tracking (OTRACK) works with OSNAP
and POLAR to help align new points with existing locations in
your drawing. For instance, OTRACK makes it easy to draw a
new rectangle in line with an existing one or draw a circle to
align vertically with the midpoint of a line and horizontally
with an intersection.
DUCS Useful for 3D mode. It is a mode like OSNAP. When it is
on, the UCS is temporarily moved and rotated so the drawing
plane coincides with any surface you hover over.
DYN - Turning Dynamic Input for information when drawing
LWT - Turning Line weight, viewed thick lines. When this
button is included then we have shown with their line
thicknesses, if you turn off all the lines the same thickness.
D. Summary and Generalization
Summarize the discussion. Discuss what the students have
learned regarding the importance of having some knowledge
in AutoCAD
E. Application
Hands on activity - Scavenger Hunt.
Have the students familiarize themselves with the AutoCAD
screen. Find the following tools and functions.
1. Pan Realtime
2. Hatch
3. Revision Cloud
4. Chamfer
5. Center, Start, Length
6. Tan, Tan, Radius
7. Axis, End
8. Clear Screen
IV.

ASSIGNMENT
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1. Read about XY coordinates and Angular Measurements.