Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) Write: “I, Benedict Raymon Esquivel Paz, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents an estimated 73 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• Professor Au of Citrus College
• Basic Technical Drawing 8th Edition
  (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
• (d) Explain what you completed.
• For my Independent Component 1, I have completed an Introduction to CAD class under Professor Au at Citrus College. Each 3-hour class was spent discussing a concept about drafting followed by an assignment based off that concept. The first assignments were hand drawn to give us a basic understanding of a concept. When the Professor deemed us ready, we would move to the computer lab where we would replicate our work onto the computer. Quizzes and tests are held on a regular basis to test or knowledge. By the end of 24 classes which accounted for an estimated 73 hours, I have a firm understanding of the AutoCAD software.

• INTERPRETIVE 
• Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work. 
• I believe that this component was significant to my portfolio as it showed me a glimpse into the complicated process behind aircraft construction. This glimpse allowed me to appreciate unique aircraft for the design characteristics behind them for its time prior to computer aided software which would overall affect my interaction with guests. I also see my component as helpful to my project as the skills I learned can be used to help my co-workers when they are restoring airplanes at Planes of Fame.

During the early days of airplanes, drafting rooms for airplanes at companies would look like this.

Now a drafting room consists of a couple of computers in an office environment.

The textbook that I used in my Drafting Class

Some of the tools I use for handrawing

Here I am using a Triangle that is perpendicular to a stopper to create a straight line.

Here I am using a brush to sweep away any pencil shavings I have

I am using a circle guide to trace in accurate circles

I am using an Architecture Ruler to make sure that my lines have the correct dimensions

Now this is the same drawing except I am now putting it on the computer with the AutoCAD software. Here I set up construction lines to help guide me as I make my drawing.

Here are the Object (Blue)  Lines that I constructed using the Construction Lines

Now I have taken the Construction Lines out and am now left with my Object Lines

I have now modified the drawing to include dimensions of each line, circle, or angle.

Here is the end result of my work on the computer on paper.

A portfolio I did for the class which was basically a file of all the computer drawings that I did.

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A computer render I did for iPoly Robotics Club

• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this.
• Through my drafting class, it has given a better understanding of how airplanes or similar machinery is built. This insight into the complicated design process behing airplanes helps my topic by giving me a better appreciation of unique aircraft designs which will allow me to speak more informatively with guests. At California Science Center I once had a discussion with some guests as to how and why certain aerospace craft were designed the way they are. In another instance at Plane of Fame, I was discussing with a couple the design differences between a P-51A Mustang and a P-51D Mustang along with talking about the design characteristics of the A6M Zero. Along with this, I believe that my knowledge of basic drafting principals will allow me to relate to people who were designers in the aircraft / aerospace industry on a more personal level.