Computer Aided Design & Drafting Technology Associate of Applied Science

Brown Mackie College — Kansas City

The Computer Aided Design & Drafting Technology degree program at Brown Mackie College – Kansas City in Lenexa, Kansas, is an associate’s degree program that prepares you with the necessary technical knowledge and skills to seek entry-level positions in computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) operations. This degree program can provide you with a combination of mechanical and CADD skills, as well as general education, to meet the expanding demand for these applications in a variety of industries.

Drafters prepare the technical drawings and plans that are used to build everything from toys and toasters to spacecraft, houses, and office buildings. They fill in the technical details of products and structures using drawings, rough sketches, specifications, codes and calculations previously made by engineers, surveyors, architects, and scientists. This program is designed to provide you with the know-how to work in entry-level job categories such as drafter, plans checker, planner, detailer, and designer, all of which have varying levels of responsibility and job titles.

This Computer Aided Design & Drafting Technology degree program offers students courses on:
• Computer-aided drafting, with an emphasis on AutoCAD software.
• Multiview and technical drawing using both manual and computer-aided techniques. Projection principles, editing commands, prototype drawings and plotting also are covered.
• 3-D graphics, in which 3-D visualization, extruded and wireframe 3-D shapes, drawings, and surface modeling are discussed.