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CIVIL and Construction ENGINEERING 201

Engineering Graphics and Design


Syllabus
Fall 2009
Credit Hours: 3

BlackBoard: http://my.oregonstate.edu/
TEACH: https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu:8000/
Computing Questions: http://engr.oregonstate.edu/computing/

Instructor: Tracy Arras Office Owen 238


Email arrast@engr.orst.edu
Niki Schulz Office Owen 244
Email niki.schulz@oregonstate.edu

Peer Mentors: David Hatcher (10 am) Email hatcherd@onid.orst.edu


* Mike Carrigg (12 pm) Email carriggm@engr.orst.edu
Kevin Commins (2 pm) Email comminsk@onid.orst.edu
Paul Strauser (4 pm) Email paulstrousers@gmail.com

Class Times: TTH 10:00 – 11:20 am Owen 241


TTH 12:00 - 1:20 pm Owen 241
TTH 2:00 – 3:20 pm Owen 241
TTH 4:00 – 5:20 pm Owen 241

Office Hours: Niki Schulz to be announced


Tracy Arras MW 11- 12 and by appointment

Prerequisite: MTH 112

Email:
Every student must have ENGR and ONID accounts. Read email daily. We send frequent emails to
class from Blackboard. You can “forward” ENGR or ONID to your home account. See CCEE
webpage http://engr.oregonstate.edu/computing/

Course Description:
The course presents engineering graphics and design and the fundamental concepts of AutoCAD as it
relates to civil and construction engineering. The course will introduce the reading of
civil/construction plans, comprehending scale, engineering graphic standards and operation of
software. Students participate in a team design project that focuses on the applied development
process of a subdivision. By end of the term, students will have a portfolio set of drawings for a
proposed subdivision development. Detail drawings assigned to augment subdivision project ranging
from terrain modeling, transportation, and structural.

Course Learning Outcomes/Objectives:


By the end of the course, you should be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to
a. Read civil/construction drawings (civil plans, profiles, street sections, etc.).
b. Determine drawing scale factor in drawings and final scale of drawings.
c. Use AutoCAD standards and commands for creating engineering civil/construction drawings.

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2. Work in teams to accomplish a variety of tasks. Includes ability to communicate, manage time, meet
deadlines, resolve conflicts, etc.

3. Apply selected engineering design processes for creating a subdivision development: import survey
points, create surfaces (TIN/contours), design lots, design a street alignment, and prepare a street
profile. Create a site plan for a lot in the subdivision.

Textbook:
Leach. AutoCAD 2008 Companion: Essentials of AutoCAD Plus Solid Modeling.
(McGraw Hill, 2008). ISBN 978-0-07-340246-8
Required-- Engineering scale –small pocket scale approx. 4-6 inches in length.

Not required but good textbook sources:


 Harnessing Autodesk Civil 3D 2007 by Phillip Zimmerman. Thomson Delmar
Learning.
Recommended reading will be posted on BB, other useful documents include
(http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=8777904)
 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 User’s Guide by Autodesk
 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Getting Started Guide by Autodesk
 AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 Tutorials by Autodesk

You should download Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Civil 3D software (free for 1 year) for your laptop:
1. Sign up at the Student Engineering and Design Community:
http://students6.autodesk.com/
2. When you enter your email account it will only take Yourname@oregonstate.edu or
Yourname@onid.orst.edu as a recognized email address
3. Write down the registration code, registration ID, your user name and password.
4. Download the software program AutoCAD and Civil 3D.Unzip/install. Recommend
downloading on OSU computers and burning to CD for your laptop.
5. Email Autodesk for activation (authorization code).
6. Enter the activation code and your software is ready to operate for one year

Course Outline (tentative):

Wk Date Topic Reading Assignment


1 Sept. 30- Oct. 2 Intro to Class, Syllabus, Hand Sketching, Scales
Intro to subdivisions,
Intro to Teams and Design
2 Oct. 7-9 Fundamentals of Drawing and AutoCAD
(10/10 last day to Printing in ACAD
add)
3 Oct. 14-16 Basic Drawing Setup AutoCAD
Layers and Properties
Team Assignments
4 Oct. 21-23 Scaling AutoCAD
Viewports
Dimensioning
Blocks and Xrefs
5 Oct. 28-30 Subdivision Project AutoCAD
Detail Drawing
6 Nov. 4-6 Subdivision Project AutoCAD
Parcel labels and tables
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Detail Drawing

7 Nov. 11-13 Horizontal Alignments AutoCAD/Civil3D


(11/11 last to drop)
8 Nov. 18-20 Points/Topography/ Contours Civil3D

9 Nov. 25-27 Work on Projects AutoCAD/Civil3D


(holiday 11/27,
11/28)
10 Dec. 2-4 Due: Team Projects
11 Dec. 8-12 10 am, sect. 001 – M 1800
(Final Exams) 12 pm, sect. 002 – F 0930
2 pm sect. 003 – T 1800
4 pm sect. 004 – W 1400

Course Grades:
Course grades will be based upon examination of course work. A final exam is only required if your
total course grade prior to the final exam is 89.99% or less. To determine your grade at any time
prior to the final, use the following percentages and formula:

Bi-Weekly Quizzes 40%


HW, Labs 45%
Team Project 15%
Final Exam only required if course grade is 89.99% or less

Your course percentage = [(Sum your percent score on quizzes)*.40 + (SUM your percent scores on
HW+Labs) * 0.45 + (Team project percent score) * .15] * 100%

If you are required to take the final exam, the following percentages and formula will be used to
determine your final course grade:

Bi-Weekly Quizzes 25%


HW, Labs 37.5%
Team Project 12.5%
Final Exam 25% (only req’d if course grade is 89.99% or less)

Your course percentage = [(Sum your percent score on quizzes)*.25 + (SUM your percent scores on
HW+Labs+Projects) * 0.375 + (Team project percent score) * .125 + (Final exam percent score) * .
25] * 100%

Grading Scheme (based on your course percentage, from above formula):


92.0 – 100.0% A 78.0 – 79.9% C+
90.0 – 91.9% A- 72.0 – 77.9% C
88.0 – 89.9% B+ 70.0 – 71.9% C-
82.0 – 87.9% B 60.0 – 69.9% D
80.0 – 81.9% B- 59.9% or lower F

Exams & Quizzes:


Final Exam:
The final exam must be taken at the day and time assigned by the university. Failure to show up for
the final exam for any reason will result in failure of the exam.
Quizzes:
There will be bi-weekly quizzes (0-20 points. Approx. 10 questions): format of questions will be
Blackboard, essay, AutoCAD, Scantron, etc. If you miss a quiz, no make-up! But, your lowest quiz
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score will be dropped.

Homework/Lab:
Homework is instrumental in helping you grasp fundamental concepts and in exposing you to
knowledge, techniques and skills for applying these principles to real-life situations. Homework
should be done in several sittings; you cannot expect to be successful doing homework quickly the
night before it is due. You may discuss homework problems with your classmates but please try them
on your own first and DO NOT COPY someone else’s SOLUTIONS. Additionally, solutions
must be written up independently. You can not work together and then both turn in the same
work. If this occurs you will both get zeros. Last, DO NOT EMAIL your solutions to anyone.

Late work policy: Late work is accepted up to one week after the date/time due for 50% credit. No
work is accepted after 1 week. This policy is applied to all late work, regardless of reason. This
policy does not apply to the term project.

Use the following guidelines for hand written homework preparation:

Use engineering calculation paper (green with grid). Neatness is required.


 Work shall be handwritten in block letters. Print only on one side of the paper.
 Write the following in the boxes at the top of the paper of each page:
CE 201, Section #
Your Name
Due date
Page number/Total pages
 Every problem shall have a problem description.
 Show all of your work. Draw a block (box) around your final answer(s), if appropriate.
 For graphical solutions, use computer-generated drawings. Title drawing, label axes of
your graph and include units.
 Securely staple all pages in the upper left corner. Do not fold or paper clip together
papers.
 No work will be accepted for evaluation and will be returned if these directions
(instructions) are not followed.

ACAD drawing(s) size (8.5”x11”, 11”x17”, or 24”x36”) and media type will be assigned in class.

Connecting to your Engineering Account from wireless laptop or home PC


You will need to download VPN and install
(http://engr.oregonstate.edu/computing/services/145 ). Then from your computer –START—
RUN--\\elvis.ce.oregonstate.edu –OK—then in the next dialog box –USERNAME—
engineering\yourusername and your engineering password—OK. This will allow the
transfer of files from school to home or vice versa. You can also open files up, work on them
and save.

Team Project:
Students will be assigned to teams by instructor to work through the engineering design process of
designing a subdivision and to create a set of proposal plans. This will include: designing lots, street
alignment, street profile/sections and details. At the end of the course student teams will submit a
project portfolio (set of drawing plans) and one 18”x24” drawing to act as a poster for display.
Student projects are due Thursday of dead week (last week of school before final exam). Students
may submit a portfolio check-set earlier for feedback. Teams will receive a team grade for the group
project. Team members will be expected to provide feedback to the instructor on both their own and

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their teammate’s participation in the team project. Individual grades may be adjusted based on this
feedback.

Class Attendance:
You should attend every class and participate in discussion. If you do miss class, it is your
responsibility to find out the material covered by contacting a classmate in the class and/or by
checking Blackboard. Do not assume blackboard lists comprehensive content covered in the day’s
class, check with a classmate.

Disruptive Behavior:
While the University is a place where the free exchange of ideas and concepts allows for debate and
disagreement, all classroom behavior and discourse should reflect the values of respect and civility.
Behaviors which are disruptive to the learning environment will not be tolerated. As your instructors,
we are dedicated to establishing a learning environment that promotes diversity of race, culture,
gender, sexual orientation, and physical disability. Anyone noticing discriminatory behavior in this
class, or feeling discriminated against should bring it to the attention of the instructors or other
University personnel as appropriate.

The following specific behaviors are not allowed:


 No cell phones and/or pagers which are powered on in class.
 Use of Laptops or other electronic devices for inappropriate activity.
 Only appropriate computer desktop screen background (wallpaper) or screen savers.
 No eating during class and only closed, non-spill containers.

Cheating and Student Conduct:


The instructors of this class take the issue of academic honesty very seriously. You are to be honest
and ethical in your academic work. There is a “zero tolerance” policy in effect for cheating in this
class. Any instance in which a student is caught cheating will be handled in strict accordance with
the policies outlined at http://www.orst.edu/admin/stucon/achon.htm. In order to provide students
with a positive learning environment, OSU has adopted a pledge of civility, which can be found at
http://osu.orst.edu/admin/stucon/index.htm.

Academic dishonesty is defined as an intentional act of deception in one of the following areas:
 Cheating- use or attempted use of unauthorized materials, information or study aids
 Fabrication- falsification or invention of any information
 Assisting- helping another commit an act of academic dishonesty. Helping another commit an act
of academic dishonesty, such as emailing your solution to a friend (even to just look at) or
bribing someone to acquire a test or assignment, changing someone's grades or academic
records, or taking a test/doing an assignment for someone else (or allowing someone to do these
things for you). It is a violation of Oregon state law to create and offer to sell part or all of an
education assignment to another person (ORS 165.114).
 Tampering- altering or interfering with evaluation instruments and documents
 Plagiarism- representing the words or ideas of another person as one's own

When evidence of academic dishonesty comes to the instructor's attention, the instructor will
document the incident, permit the accused student to provide an explanation, advise the student of
possible penalties, and take action. The instructor may impose any academic penalty up to and
including an "F" grade in the course after consulting with his or her department chair and informing
the student of the action taken.
Disability:
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Accommodations are collaborative efforts between students, faculty and Disability Access
Services (DAS). Students with accommodations approved through DAS are responsible for
contacting the faculty member in charge of the course prior to or during the first week of the
term to discuss accommodations. Students who believe they are eligible for
accommodations but who have not yet obtained approval through DAS should contact DAS
immediately at 737-4098.

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