Teaching and learning computer-aided engineering drawing

During 1994, Cranfield University at the Royal Military College of Science decided to start teaching all engineering drawing on computers using Computer Aided Drawing programs. This involved substantial expense and much hard work but has been successfully implemented. A new course of instruction in 2-D engineering drawing was designed after consideration of 3-D as an introduction to engineering drawing. The course is now delivered using an in-house developed selflearning text (by the author) supported by teachers in contact hours. The students express their enjoyment of this mode of learning and are achieving good standards of work. The software used is MicroStation 95 from Bentley Systems.