# Intro to Datasets and Schematics Course Online (Coming Soon)

Canonical URL: <https://vdci.edu/courses/intro-to-datasets-schematics-course-online>

## Overview

Every manufactured object, from a simple nut to complex machinery, begins as an engineering drawing, and this course teaches you to read and interpret those drawings with confidence. You'll cover the fundamentals: what an engineering drawing is, how it's used, and the ASME standards behind it. From there you'll dissect the drawing itself, including view layouts, angles of projection, isometric and exploded views, and learn to read the tables, balloons, dimensions, callouts, and auxiliary views that carry the real information. You'll also tackle the details that matter on the shop floor: dimensioning holes and threads, surface roughness, and an introduction to tolerancing, including chained versus datum and bilateral versus unilateral, plus a first look at Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

This is a hands-on, project-based course, not a lecture-and-quiz exercise. You'll work through interactive exercises between video lessons and build real skills by annotating actual orthographic drawings, then submitting your work as a JPEG or PDF for instructor review. Complexity builds progressively, starting with a single fastener and advancing to fully annotated sub-assemblies and machinery with legends and schedules.

## What you'll learn

- Interpret engineering drawings using ASME standards, including view layouts, angles of projection, and projection lines.
- Read and extract information from tables, balloons, dimensions, callouts, and auxiliary views.
- Identify and apply the core drawing types, including isometric, axonometric, break, and exploded views.
- Dimension common features accurately, including holes, threads, and surface roughness.
- Apply tolerancing concepts, including chained versus datum and bilateral versus unilateral, with an introduction to GD&T.
- Annotate an orthographic drawing and submit it as a finished JPEG or PDF deliverable.

## Instructors

### William Tenney — Instructor

William Tenney is a career Solidworks designer. He began his career in consumer products then shifted to retail display design, corporate interiors, and finally furniture. His time with Solidworks spans almost two decades where in that time he designed many pieces for mass production, was awarded co-inventor status on five patents, obtained the Professional Certification and Surfacing Certification for Solidworks, and also contributed to many pieces shown in such publications as Architectural Digest, Interior Design Magazine, Fashion Magazine, and 1st Dibs. Outside of his work life, he is a husband to a wonderful spouse and a father to two future creatives.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $579