Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/26/91
DFT200 19916-19985	L+L	3 Credit(s)	6 Period(s)
Environmental Design Drafting III
Focus on conventional board and computerized drafting in the fields of architecture, interior design, and construction. Development of knowledge and skills required to begin drafting a set of assigned commercial working drawings. Prerequisites: DFT151 or department permission.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
DFT200   19916-19985	Environmental Design Drafting III

1.	Compare and contrast commercial and residential working drawings, to include typical considerations, office and City procedures, consultants, and other elements. (I)
2.	Identify and describe the determinates and elements of commercial site, floor, electrical, mechanical, reflected ceiling, and plumbing plans. (II-VII)
3.	Generate a preliminary office floor plan using conventional board drafting, and develop a site plan using computerized drafting. (II)
4.	Generate a preliminary lower level office floor plan using conventional board drafting, and develop both lower and upper level plans using computerized drafting. (III)
5.	Generate a preliminary office electrical plan using conventional board drafting, and develop a finished electrical "layer", key, and fixture schedule using computerized drafting. (IV)
6.	Generate a preliminary office mechanical plan using conventional board drafting, and develop a finished mechanical "layer" using computerizeddrafting. (V)
7.	Generate a preliminary office reflected ceiling plan using conventional board drafting, and develop a finished reflected ceiling plan using computerized drafting. (VI)
8.	Generate a preliminary office plumbing plan and waste and vent riser using conventional board drafting, and develop a finished plumbing "layer", waste and vent riser, using computerized drafting. (VII)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
DFT200   19916-19985	Environmental Design Drafting III

I. Working Drawings: Commercials vs. Residential A. Elements B. Office and City Procedures C. Professionals and Their Roles D. Process from Program to Occupancy II. Office Site Plan A. Determinates and Elements of Site Plans 1. Codes, ordinances, City processes and departments 2. Onsite and offsite design and construction 3. Consultants and their roles 4. Symbols, conventions, and terminology B. Further Development of Board Skills and CAD Commands III. Office Floor Plan A. Determinates and Elements of Floor Plans 1. Programming, codes, and design processes a. Handicap access b. Fire codes 2. Typical materials and wall assemblies 3. Symbols, conventions, and terminology B. Further Development of Board Skills and CAD Commands IV. Office Electrical Plan A. Determinates and Elements of Electical Plans 1. Codes and consultants and their roles 2. Materials and equipment 3. Design considerations 4. Symbols, conventions, and terminology 5. Sepias, pin register, and CAD layering 6. Specifying B. Further Development of Board Skills and CAD Commands V. Office Mechanical Plan A. Determinates and Elements of Mechanical Plans 1. Codes and consultants and their roles 2. Materials and equipment 3. Design considerations 4. Symbols, conventions, and terminology 5. Sepias, pin register, and CAD layering B. Further Development of Board Skills and CAD Commands VI. Office Reflected Ceiling Plan A. Determinates and Elements of Ceiling Plans 1. Symbols, conventions, and terminology 2. Relationship to other working drawings B. Further Development of CAD Commands VII. Office Plumbing Plan A. Determinates and Elements of Plumbing Plans 1. Codes and consultants and their roles 2. Materials and equipment 3. Design considerations 4. Handicap considerations a. Equipment b. Access 5. Symbols, conventions, and terminology 6. Sepias, pin register, and CAD layering B. Further Development of Board Skills and CAD Commands

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