The course has four semester hours (2 lectures and 2 labs). The purpose of computer-aided drafting is to help the student practice the commercial CAD software, such as SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor and PTC Pro/Engineer etc. Learning is reinforced through laboratory workshop that could be used to measure student understating. This is an introductory course in computer-aided drafting/ design. Students will learn basic CAD software commands, tools, multi-view drawing, and dimensioning techniques. For successful completion of this course, a comprehensive examination over the use and execution of CAD will be required.