JonJon13926

ME major.

From what I can tell, the university requires a 1 credit hour class called Introduction to CAD. That's for the civil major. The school's (Marshall University) engineering programs are ABET accredited, but they're working on upsizing the engineering complex and don't have the course requirements for ME or any of the other upcoming programs up just yet. Hopefully I'm not wrong in my assumption that the Intro To CAD applies to ME as well.

With that being said, I'm taking a 3 credit class on CAD at the community college. The CC class is on 2d CAD. They have a separate class for 3d that I won't have time to take before transferring. I guess my questions are about a typical uni CAD class and about what kind of CAD is used most often in the field. Will a 2d class at the CC be helpful when I go to the uni or is 3d the more dominant type of CAD?

Chucktown

We only use 3d at my uni, Solidworks, it's pretty easy though.

boneh3ad

3D. The 2D stuff like AutoCAD still gets used, but it is rapidly giving way to 3D modeling software like SolidWorks and ProE so that is what almost every university I know of teaches (at least for ME). That said, there seem to be a fair number that teach AutoCAD in addition to the 3D stuff.

JonJon13926

Does being proficient in 2d help when practicing 3d? Or is 3d different in a way where you could do just as well with or without 2d.

Chucktown

A friend of mine had a 2D drafting class before we had Solidworks together. I had never had either before. We both got A+'s... It is not a hard class, I wouldn't even worry about it. At all.

JonJon13926

Thanks. I'm not that worried about it. When it comes right down to it, I was more curious than anything. I have to take the 2d class regardless because I need to remain full time for financial benefits and there's literally nothing else at the CC that I can take that will be of any help.