MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

CAD174  2000 Fall – 2012 Fall

Site Development I: COGO / Topographic Mapping

1.

Understand civil engineering/surveying application software. (I)

2.

Understand topographic mapping convention. (II)

3.

Understand coordinate geometry and basic survey techniques. (III)

4.

Manipulate ASCII files downloaded from survey data collector. (IV)

5.

Import files and use coordinate geometry to create topographic maps. (V)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

CAD174  2000 Fall – 2012 Fall

Site Development I: COGO / Topographic Mapping

I. Application civil engineering/surveying software

1. Default file management

2. Basic settings and menus

3. Basic commands and options

4. Printing techniques

II. Topographic mapping convention

1. Data points

2. Boundaries and labeling

3. Contours and labeling

4. Hand drafting techniques

# Outl .Basic survey techniques

1. Topographic data collection techniques and equipment

2. Mathematics for coordinate geometry

IV. ASCII file manipulation

1. Downloading from survey data collector and creating ASCII file

2. Data collection manipulation and editing of ASCII file.

V. Creation of topographic maps

1. Importing ASCII files into drawing file

2. Drawing boundaries and connecting data points

3. Creating surfaces and contours

4. Labeling boundaries and contours

5. Plotting completed topographic map