This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to produce 2-D drawings using a computer-aided design (CAD) system. Skills include producing linked bills of material, file management and associated customisation of installed software, including the use of macros, menus and default settings. 2-D drawings can be produced from 3-D models created using CAD system.
The unit primarily applies to the fields of mechanical, electrical or electronic, fabrication and fluid power.
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two (2) occasions and include:
• following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
• preparing computer-aided design (CAD) systems to create 2-D drawings by customising system variables, menus and drawing defaults and developing macros to specifications and SOPs
• creating 2-D drawings using CAD with the full capacity of the software system and linking drawing entities
• undertaking numerical operations, geometry and calculations or formulae associated with creating 2-D drawings using CAD system
• linking entities to data attributes including mean properties associated with an entity and creating detailed views using appropriate scales to suit specifications
• producing and saving files in various formats, listing link entities in a bill of materials format and extracting supplementary data from drawing to meet job requirements.
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):