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DIGITAL DESIGN GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY
Napa Valley College • Bldg. 3900
Gary Strommen Program Coordinator
(707) 256-7526Contact Gary Strommen Facebook  Instagram
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DIGITAL DESIGN GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY
Napa Valley College • Bldg. 3900
Gary Strommen Program Coordinator
(707) 256-7526Contact Gary Strommen Facebook Instagram
DIGITAL DESIGN GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY
Napa Valley College • Bldg. 3900
Gary Strommen Program Coordinator
(707) 256-7526Contact Gary Strommen Facebook Instagram
DDGT240 - Digital Design Graphics Technology 3 Fall 2019

The third of a four course series in the Digital Design Graphics Technology A.S. Degree program. This course enables the student to learn and apply mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) drafting skills and techniques to working drawings including Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD+T) and weldment symbology. Additional topics include external references and reverse engineering of assemblies. A study of 3D Printing. Students will print to the 3D Printer and retain the printed model. A study of 3ds Max for design visualization including: modeling, materials, lighting, rigging, animation, and rendering. A study of Adobe Premiere as a non-linear video editor. A combined study of 3ds Max and Adobe Premiere to create technically animated presentational videos for their professional portfolios as displayed on the department website.




Documents: Syallabus and Handouts Top of Page

Download TGC Book
DDGT240 Syllabus Fall 2019
DDGT240 Schedule Fall 2019
DDGT240 Assignment List Fall 2019
DDGT240 ASCENT Reading Participation FAll 2019
DDGT240 Reading Participation Fall 2019

3ds Max Inventor Importing Best Practices
TGC CH18 GDT
How to add GDT symbols in AutoCAD
Working Drawing Checklist




Assignments Top of Page

Reading Participation Ch18
Reading Participation Ch18 Handout
Reading Participation Ch22
Reading Participation Ch20+21
Reading Participation Ch25

Handout Architectural Scales
Handout Engineering Scales
Handout Metric Scales
XREF Terminal Board
     XREF Assignment Description
     XREF DEMO
     DDGT DETAIL VIEW DEMO
AutoCAD 16-213 Stand XREF
Inventor 16-217 Stand
Inventor 16-218 Cutoff Stop
Inventor 16-221 Spacer
Inventor 18-43 Slide Bracket
Inventor 18-44 Caster Frame
Reminder: September Meeting
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 1 Practices 1A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 1 Practices 1B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 2 Practices 2A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 2 Practices 2B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 2 Practices 2C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 2 Practices 2D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 3 Practices 3A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 3 Practices 3B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 3 Practices 3C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 3 Practices 3D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 4 Practices 4A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 4 Practices 4B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 4 Practices 4C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 4 Practices 4D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 4 Practices 4E
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 4 Practices 4F
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 5 Practices 5A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 5 Practices 5B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 5 Practices 5C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 5 Practices 5D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 5 Practices 5E
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 5 Practices 5F
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 6 Practices 6A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 6 Practices 6B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 6 Practices 6C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 6 Practices 6D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 6 Practices 6E
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 6 Practices 6F
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 7 Practices 7A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 7 Practices 7B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 7 Practices 7C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 7 Practices 7D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 8 Practices 8A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 8 Practices 8B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 9 Practices 9A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 9 Practices 9B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 9 Practices 9C
Inventor 14-71 Machine Vise
Inventor 14-71 Machine Vise Assignment Descriptions
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 10 Practices 10A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 10 Practices 10B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 10 Practices 10C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 10 Practices 10D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 10 Practices 10E
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 11 Practices 11A
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 11 Practices 11B
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 11 Practices 11C
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 11 Practices 11D
ASCENT 3ds Max Design Chapter 11 Practices 11E
20.69 Engine Model
20.69 Engine Inventor Instructions
Gunsmoke Video Description
Reminder: October Meeting
3ds Max 14-71 Presentational Video Posted on your website
Figure 16-213 XREF Stand AutoCAD WD SCALE 1:2 GD+T Additions
Figure 16-217 Stand Inventor WD GD+T Additions
Figure 16-218 Cutoff Stop Inventor WD GD+T Additions
Figure 16-221 Spacer Inventor WD GD+T Additions
AutoCAD Reverse Engineering: Journal Bearing Assignment Description
20.69 Engine 3D Printer Instructions
     20.69 Engine 3D Printer Video Demonstration
Reminder: November Meeting
Figure 18-43 Slide Bracket Inventor WD Welding Symbols Additions
Figure 18-44 Caster Frame Inventor WD Welding Symbols Additions
241 Final Project Outline
20.69 Engine Presentational Video Posted on your website

Additional Practice Assignments




Lectures Top of Page


Reference Videos:
2015 AutoCAD 3D Toolbars
2015 AutoCAD Create a CTB - Color Table File for Printing
2015 Inventor Application Options
Inventor Cool Orange Thread Modeler Add On


DDGT240 2019.08.15 Inventor Template Updates
DDGT240 2019.08.19 Adobe Password Creation
DDGT240 2019.08.20Content Center Structural Shapes for 18-43 and 18-44
DDGT240 2019.08.27 Networking Basics I
DDGT240 2019.08.28 Networking Basics II
DDGT240 2019.09.03 3ds Max Ch1 Introduction to Autodesk 3ds Max I
DDGT240 2019.09.04 3ds Max Ch1 Introduction to Autodesk 3ds Max II
DDGT240 2019.09.09 3ds Max Ch2 Autodesk 3ds Max Configuration
DDGT240 2019.09.10 3ds Max Ch3 Assembling Project Files
DDGT240 2019.09.11 3ds Max Ch4 Basic Modeling Techniques I
DDGT240 2019.09.17 3ds Max Ch4 Basic Modeling Techniques II
DDGT240 2019.09.17 3ds Max Ch5 Modeling From 2D Objects I
DDGT240 2019.09.18 3ds Max Ch5 Modeling From 2D Objects II
DDGT240 2019.09.23 3ds Max Ch6 Materials I - Orange
DDGT240 2019.09.24 3ds Max Ch6 Materials II
DDGT240 2019.09.25 3ds Max Ch6 Materials III
DDGT240 2019.09.26 3ds Max Ch7 Mapping Coordinates and Scale
DDGT240 2019.09.30 3ds Max Ch8 Introduction to Lighting I
DDGT240 2019.10.01 3ds Max Ch8 Introduction to Lighting II
DDGT240 2019.10.01 3ds Max Ch9 Lighting and Cameras I
DDGT240 2019.10.02 3ds Max Ch9 Lighting and Cameras II
DDGT240 2019.10.02 3ds Max Ch10 Exposure Control, Daylight, and Rendering I
DDGT240 2019.10.03 3ds Max Ch11 Animation I
DDGT240 2019.10.07 3ds Max Ch11 Animation II
DDGT240 2019.10.08 Premiere Theory I
DDGT240 2019.10.14 Premiere Theory II
DDGT240 2019.10.15 Premiere Theory III
DDGT240 2019.10.15 Premiere - Gunsmoke I
DDGT240 2019.10.16 Premiere - Gunsmoke II
DDGT240 2019.10.17 Premiere - Gunsmoke III
DDGT240 2019.10.21 Premiere - Gunsmoke IV
DDGT240 2019.10.23 Engine Assignments Review (20.69)
DDGT240 2019.10.29 3ds Max Review
DDGT240 2019.10.30 Premiere Exam Review
DDGT240 2019.11.04 GDT Lecture I
DDGT240 2019.11.05 GDT Lecture II
DDGT240 2019.11.06 GDT Lecture III
DDGT240 2019.11.07 GDT Lecture IV
DDGT240 2019.11.12 GDT Examples
DDGT240 2019.11.13 Mechanisms: Gears I
DDGT240 2019.11.14 Mechanisms: Gears II
DDGT240 2019.11.18 Mechanisms: Gears Finished, Cams and Linkages III
DDGT240 2019.11.19 Mechanisms: Bearings, Indexing Devices, Ratchets IV
DDGT240 2019.11.20 Belts, Chains, and Couplings
DDGT240 2019.11.21 Couplings, Lubricants, Seals and Gaskets
DDGT240 2019.11.25 Final Project Outline Discussion
DDGT240 2019.12.03 Welding I
DDGT240 2019.12.03 Welding II
DDGT240 2019.12.04 Welding III
DDGT240 2019.12.12 Final Review



Machine Vise Part I - Assembly (8:02:40)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE I - Project Setup and Inventor Setup (51:25)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE II - ACME Thread and Inventor Prep Completed (50:06)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE III - Importing From Inventor (36:15)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE IV - Linking (25:33)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE V - Reaction Manager (28:38)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE VI - Materials Roughed In (1:06:34)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE VII - Scanline Lighting Test (40:43)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE VIII - ART Renderer with Photometric Light Testing (52:28)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE IX - Handle Rod Adjustment (15:55)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE X - Cameras, Animation, and Rendering (1:16:55)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE XI - Premiere Post Production (38:08)

Machine Vise Part II - Exploded Assembly (7:14:53)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY I - Opacity Channels Theory (14:10)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY II - Let's Get Started (17:02)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY III - BASE (53:00)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY IV - SLIDING JAW (1:25:42)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY V - PREMIERE DAILIES (21:56)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY VI - VICE SCREW ANIMATION (59:28)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY VII - VICE SCREW CAMERA ANIMATION AND RENDER SETUP (20:20)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY VIII - TIPS, WARNINGS, AND BEST PRACTICES (7:27)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY IX - HANDLE ROD ANIMATION (1:03:05)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE EXPLODED ASSEMBLY X - HANDLE ROD CAMERA ANIMATION AND RENDER SETUP (17:59)
DDGT240 FALL19 MACHINE VISE XI - PREMIERE POST PRODUCTION (1:14:44)

Engine Rigging:
DDGT240 2016.11.22 Engine Rigging in 3ds Max
DDGT240 2015.12.01 3ds Max Engine Block Rigging



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