COM 201 Computer Aided Design and Drafting (AutoCAD)

HND1 levelComputing & ICT24 topics

COM 201 covers 24 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

CAD in design and drafting
CAD and CAM linkage
AutoCAD principles and system requirements
AutoCAD interface and screen parts
Input methods in CAD
Coordinate systems
Drawing setup and file saving
Simple geometric construction
Hatching and hatch editing
Edit boxes and object selection
Offset and array commands
Edit commands for move, copy and erase
History of computer development
Uses and impact of computers
Hardware and software
Input-process-output concept
Computer memory and storage
Operating systems concepts
Windows operating system
Program manager and windows bars
File and folder management
File manipulation
Print manager
Application software packages

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

CAD in design and drafting

CAD in design and drafting is the application of computer‑aided tools to create, modify, analyse and optimise technical drawings and models. Mastering CAD concepts such as layers, blocks, dimensioning, and 3‑D modelling is essential for the NUC CCMAS / NBTE / NCCE exams because they test students’ ability to translate design intent into accurate, standards‑compliant drawings.

What you get for COM 201

Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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