CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS
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Drawing & Blueprint Reading
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Basic Commercial Blueprint Reading
Type of Class: Short Term
10 Sessions/30 Hours
Pre-requisite- None required
This course is designed for office, in the field personnel and is recommended for professional support staff for specialty and general contractors. Topics include: Evolution of the Construction Project—The Development of the Drawings & Specifications;Background
Principles (Cracking the Code); Drawing Types Used in All Categories Drawings; Reading Drawings for Information; Overview of Architectural
MEP Drawings; and Specifications.
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Commercial Blueprint Reading
Type of Class: Semester
20 Sessions/48 Hours
ONLINE COURSE - HAVE YOU FILLED OUT YOUR DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT APPLICATION?
This course covers Commercial Blueprint Reading and Specifications with emphasis on the interrelationship between the drawings, specifications and the construction project. Topics include: the evolution of a construction project; construction documents; plan views; elevations and related views; sections, details, symbols, and schedules. Emphasis is given to civil architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical drawings and specifications.
Course: Construction Methods & Materials I
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Electrical Blueprint Reading
Type of Class: Semester
31 Sessions/48 Hours
Students will read and understand electrical drawings and specifications; learn to interface with other trade contractors’ drawings to avoid installation conflicts; review architectural drawings, details and drawings and elevation drawings as they apply to installation of electrical items.
This is a Credit Course, therefore all Admissions paperwork must be submitted by student to North Lake no later than January 16, 2019. Please go to www.dcccd.org for Instructions on Admissions paperwork and what is required
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Fundamentals of REVIT MEP
Type of Class: Semester
16 Sessions/48 Hours
Prerequisite: Knowledge of Blueprint Reading and/or AutoCAD
This course will introduce students to Autodesk Revit MEP covering
concepts like navigating the user interface, project setup and basic HVAC,
electrical, and piping/plumbing components that make the software a
powerful and flexible engineering modeling tool. This course will also
familiarize students with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the
tools necessary to create, document, and print the parametric model. The
examples and practices are designed to take the students through the
basics of a MEP project from linking in an architectural model to creating a
set of construction documents.
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Intermediate Building Systems Design Using AutoCAD
Type of Class: Short Term
16 Sessions/40 Hours
This course provides Autocad users a continued understanding of Autocad’s features and limitations. Upon completion of this course
students will be able to create advanced 2D and 3D Autocad drawings using advanced drafting techniques; layers, dimensioning, 3D modeling, rendering and plotting. Students will learn intermediate skills in addition to more advanced techniques for drawing setup and productivity which is crucial for today’s Autocad users in the construction industry.
Course: Introduction to Building Systems Using AutoCAD
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Introduction to Building Systems Using AutoCAD
Type of Class: Short Term
16 Sessions/40 Hours
Prerequisite: Familiar with keyboard and Windows applications
This course is essential for all new AutoCAD users or as an excellent class for end users of other CAD systems who are migrating to AutoCAD. Upon completion of this course students will be able to create basic 2D drawings using the drawing and editing tools; organize drawing objects on layers; add text and basic dimensions; and prepare to plot the drawings. Students will learn essential skills in addition to more sophisticated techniques for drawing setup and productivity which is crucial for today’s Autocad users in the construction industry.
Skill Assessment: Computer Keyboard and Windows
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