一、Curricular Character:
   Engineering drawing is a required technical course to students whose specialty is not machinery, it is basic exercises to train their synthesize diathesis that includes visualizing in three dimensions and thinking, the formative design along with body expressive theory and methods. Furthermore it also refers to the fundamentals、the national standards and brushworks of machinery drawing. It pays an important act on building innovative thought.
二、Curricular Goal and Assignment:
   The curricular goal is to cultivate the abilities of visualizing in three dimensions and expression, elementary reading and drawing simple engineering drawings, knowing one kind of CAD software to make simple 2D drawings.
三The curricular assignment are as follows：
   1．Familiarizing the fundamentals of orthographic projection and knowing about the ranges and foregrounds of its application;
   2．Cultivating the abilities of space thinking and solid expression;
   3．Training the elementary abilities of drawing and reading machinery draft;
   4．Training the ability of using CAD software to make simple drawings.
3 、The Requests and Contents of the Course:
   This course is composed of three parts that include the theory of projection, basic Design of Cartography and engineering drawing.    Computer drawing is introduced at a right time.
   The contents and Requests are as follows:
   In exordium, the request is knowing about the history ,status, characteristics、assignment、the late development and learning methods.
（一）The theory and application of orthographic projection:
   1. Fundamental knowledge of orthographic projection.
   Knowing about the basic method and theory on expressing space geometric solid by means of projection.
   Knowing about the fundamental concepts and sorts of projection (parallel projection and center projection )
   2. the projections of point, line, plan and solid
   Mastering the projection characteristics and drawing methods of points, lines and planes located at different positions in first corner.
   3.the special cases of relative position between line to line 、plane to plane and line to plane;
   Grasping the projection characteristics and drawing methods of points at line or points and lines on plane.
   4．Solid Projection
   Grasping the projection characteristics and drawing method of solid.
   Analyzing the characteristics and drawing method of the intersectant line of simple geometric solids.
   Mastering using CAD software (such as AutoCAD) to make 3D drawings of basic solid and the intersection of more than two basic solids.
   5．Axonometric drawing
   Setting up the conception of the axonometric projection and knowing about geometric meaning of axial coefficient of foreshortening and angle between the axonometric axes;
   Grasping the basic method of making isometric drawings.
Introducing the means of making 3D drawings by computer.
（二）Fundamentals of Drawing:
   Cultivating elementary ability of drawing by instruments, by freehand or by computer, that includes:
   1．How to right use drawing instruments and how to make geometric figures by instruments or by freehand and connect arcs exactly;
   2．How to make and dimension plane figures by CAD software;
   3．How to follow the national standard of <mechanical drawing>;
   4．How to make and read and dimension drawings of simple solids of geometric combination by means of body analyzing and line-plane analyzing.
   5．How to grasp the principle expressions of works and how to select and read views by national standard.
（三）Mechanical drawings or other engineering drawings:
   Cultivating the elementary ability of reading mechanical drawings and other engineering drawings.
   1．Knowing about contents of detail drawings of parts, right reading and making simple detail drawings (more than 2 views), and identifying technical requirements such as the dimension tolerance and the surface roughness and so on.
   2．Standard accessory and common accessory
   Knowing about the conventional representations of screw thread、common screw fastenings and connecting accessories, and the conventional representations of spur gear and mating gears .
   3． Other engineering drawing :
   Knowing about basic knowledge of electronic drawing, electric drawing, architectural drawing, outspreaded drawing, jointing drawing, pipeline drawing etc. Understanding drawing symbols and the correlative representations.
   Being able to read correlative and simple technical drawing.
   Being able to make simple engineering drawing by computer.

四 、Notice
   It is advised to take 40-60 periods to lesson-teach (including 6-10 periods of computer drawing),10 periods to operate computer (including 4 of arc connecting and dimension ,2 of solid and solid intersection,4 of three dimension sculpting, 10 of detail drawing and assembly drawing)，20 periods to draw by freehand or by instrument(including instrument drawing ,freehand drawing ,solid combination design and accessory mapping)
   Written examination is for the course theory ，checking and grading is for drawing.