Drafting/CAD-Model Building & Process Piping Drawing
Printer-friendly versionProcess piping is a specialized area of drafting which uses a language of its own to transmit necessary information for the construction of a project. To achieve this, each student gains the necessary understanding of piping processes for industries such as petroleum distillation, air separation, paper pulping, and chemical processes.
A laptop computer is required for students entering the drafting/CAD-model building & process piping drawing program. See laptop specifications.
Recommended: Algebra (Math A)
Technical Standards:
Applicants in any of the drafting/CAD programs must meet the following physical requirements:
- Must be able to visually read computer monitor or laptop.
- Must be capable of using digitizing equipment.
- Must have good hand/eye coordination to operate the above.
All drafting/CAD programs are certified by the ADDA (American Design and Drafting Association). Independently from Alfred State College, all students will have several opportunities to obtain national certification as qualified entry-level drafters by successful completion of the ADDA Exam.
Teaches specialized methods and skills needed to construct a piping system.
- Detail and assembly drawings
- Use of pneumatic and hydraulic control systems
- Piping process layout
- Piping and instrumentation diagrams
- Unigraphics Nx4
A student must successfully complete all courses in the prescribed four-semester program and earn a minimum cumulative index of 2.0, which is equivalent to a "C" average. Students are also required to have earned grades of "C" or better in technical calculations I & II. (Articulation is available in this area.)
A "C" or better for DCAD 4003 senior project is required.
- Pressure Vessel Designer
- Sales Representative
- Checker
- Field or Service Engineer
- Structural Detailer
- Process Technician
- Drafting Manager
- Process Piping Drafter
- Designer
- CAD Drafter
- Piping Designer
- Controls Drafter
- Parts Analysts
Upon successful completion of this program, students may continue in Alfred State's BBA program in technology management.
All students on the School of Applied Technology Campus at Wellsville spend a total of six hours in class each day. In the Computerized Design and Manufacturing Department, approximately one-to-two hours each day are spent in a classroom lecture-type setting and the remaining four-to-five hours of the day are used to complete many exciting, industrial-type assignments in laptop drafting labs.Students attend class from approximately 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., five days a week. As a result of this full schedule, the student will experience a total of 450 drafting hours in each semester.
| First Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DCAD | 1205 | Intro to Ind Dftg | 5 |
| DCAD | 1305 | Industrial Drafting I | 5 |
| DCAD | 1405 | Industrial Drafting II | 5 |
| DCAD | 1053 | Technical Calculations I | 3 |
| 18 | |||
| Second Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DCAD | 2205 | Industrial Drafting III | 5 |
| DCAD | 2305 | Welding Drawing | 5 |
| DCAD | xxx5 | Technical Elective | 5 |
| DCAD | 2063 | Technical Calculations II | 3 |
| 18 | |||
| Third Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DCAD | 3024 | Layout & Detail | 4 |
| DCAD | 3044 | Fluid Power | 4 |
| DCAD | 3104 | Advanced Mech Layout | 4 |
| DCAD | 3023 | GD&T | 3 |
| DCAD | 2053 | Intro to Unigraphics | 3 |
| 18 | |||
| Fourth Semester | credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DCAD | 4125 | Process Piping I | 5 |
| DCAD | xxx5 | Technical Illustration | 5 |
| DCAD | 4335 | CNC Machine Program’g | 5 |
| DCAD | 4003 | Senior Project | 3 |
18 |
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| Second Semester Electives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DCAD | 2805 | Drafting for Res Construction | 5 |
| DCAD | 4155 | Technical Illustration I | 5 |
| Fourth Semester Electives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DCAD | 4225 | Process Piping II* | 5 |
| DCAD | 4155 | Technical Illustration I | 5 |
| DCAD | 2805 | Drafting for Res Contruction | 5 |
| DCAD | 4900 | Industrial Application | 5 |
| *Prerequisite:DCAD 4125 process piping I | |||
