CVEN 250 Exam 1 Verified A+
Standard ️️formal document that institutes a uniform method to perform an action or defines a
criterion for a product. Standards are defined by organizations such as ANSI (American National
Standards Institute) responsible for regulating many engineering standa...
CVEN 250 Exam 1 Verified A+
Standard ✔️✔️formal document that institutes a uniform method to perform an action or defines a
criterion for a product. Standards are defined by organizations such as ANSI (American National
Standards Institute) responsible for regulating many engineering standards used in the US
Convention ✔️✔️methods and criteria used so extensively that they become dominant and generally
accepted and adopted by the public. They are also known as "industry standards" or "de facto
standards". There are no organizations or formal documents that define conventions. These conventions
can differ between industries or even firms within the same industry
What standards regulate engineering drawings in the US? ✔️✔️In the United States, the Y series of
the ANSI standards regulate engineering drawings.
Lettering ✔️✔️- Lettering is a part of sketching and drawing
- The style of engineering lettering we will use in this course is Single Stroke Gothic Lettering.
- Each letter should be 1/8" in height.
Numerals ✔️✔️Numerals should also be 1/8" in height. • Fractions should be twice normal letter
height, but each numeral (numerator and denominator) should be shorter than 1/8" to allow space for
the vinculum (horizontal line which separates the numerals).
Sketches ✔️✔️Engineering sketches are black and white line drawings with notations expressing
design intent.
• They should always be signed and dated to verify ownership.
• First and foremost, sketching is a form of COMMUNICATION.
Artistic Drawings ✔️✔️Concerned with colors, forms, compositions, and other elements that affect
the sense of beauty
Technical Drawings ✔️✔️COMMUNICATE technical information, capturing details necessary for
production or modification.
, Civil 3D ✔️✔️Civil 3D is building information software (BIM) for the civil engineering profession.
• It is a parametric modeler used to design, analyze, and visualize land development projects.
• It allows the user to examine various different scenarios to optimize design.
• It allows for surveying, grading and earthwork, parcel layout, corridor modeling, piping, and road
design.
BIM ✔️✔️Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional
characteristics of a facility.
A BIM is a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for
decisions during its life-cycle; defined as existing from earliest conception to demolition.
- Current BIM software is used by individuals, businesses and government agencies who plan, design,
construct, operate and maintain diverse physical infrastructures, such as water, wastewater, electricity,
gas, refuse and communication utilities, roads, bridges, ports, tunnels, etc
Ribbon ✔️✔️Provides central location for commonly used commands.
Tools organized into panels, from left to right, allowing for efficient workflow.
Eliminates the need for multiple toolbars, thus maximizing drawing real estate.
Toolspace ✔️✔️Allows the user to manage objects, settings and styles
ZOOM and PAN ✔️✔️Zoom is zoom
Pan is move around
Workflow ✔️✔️Workflow travels left to right across the top
status bar ✔️✔️Bar at the bottom right that has different tools like ortho snap
OSNAP ✔️✔️OSNAP is a tool in AutoCAD that assists you in finding various points on a drawn object.
Snaps lines together.
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