DRAFTING CONCEPTS

Before taking this course it is good to have a basic understanding of drafting concepts, such as plan projection, elevation, section and perspective views. Be able to Distinguish the difference between scale vs. actual size, and drawing units such as Metric and imperial units. You will also want to identify the difference between Cartesian Coordinates X and Y, Z values vs a Polar coordinate system using length and angle. It is also useful to have a good grasp on basic Geometric terminology such as angle, circle, perpendicular, parallel, area, cube, cone and sphere. Although understanding these concepts to their fullest extents is not necessary for this course these are general concepts that will be used as you work with Vectorworks.