Welcome to the Computer Aided Engineering Drafting and Design Program here at Delaware Technical & Community College!

Computer-Aided Engineering Drafting & Design Technology is a program which prepares students for industry by enhancing their computer-aided drafting (CAD) and design skills. People who work in the computer-aided drafting technology use computers to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawings that transform an engineer’s ideas into reality. 

CAD technicians take the sketches of an engineer, architect or designer to create the technical drawings that are used to construct the machine, building or structure.  CAD technicians also perform routine design calculations, organize data for cost estimating functions, and assist in the planning or coordinating of manufacturing activities.

Computer-aided drafting is the use of graphics intensive computer software to help designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements for a wide variety of engineering and design fields.  CAD is most commonly used in engineering fields such as architectural engineering, civil engineering, structural engineering, and building systems engineering, but the use of CAD software has steadily been growing into other non-engineering design fields such as interior design, graphic design and fashion design.  Although the original purpose of CAD systems was to merely automate hand drafting, now most CAD systems are also used to create three-dimensional models and computer-simulated operation of the model.

CAD students possess:

Graduates of our program may work as CAD technicians in offices of mechanical, electrical, architectural, structural consulting engineering offices; industrial piping; chemical/oil refineries; and municipal, state, and federal agencies. Graduates of our program are prepared for immediate productivity in the profession.