Canton High School – Architectural and Computer Aided Design

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

. Students will study how current building materials and methods are used to produce the post-modern designs using computer-aided design. They will learn how to combine exterior features such as rooflines with doors, windows, and wall coverings. Proper sizes of rooms and location of plumbing fixtures, doors, and appliances will be included. Students will draw a complete set of house plans. These will include a plot, foundation, floor, plumbing, electrical, front and rear elevations and section details. Related study will include community planning and building codes. Students will learn to calculate the amount of building materials needed, structural loads on beams and allowable joist spans. This project, a residential house plan, will incorporate the necessary information that architectural drawings contain. By the end of the school year, the students should have a completed set of prints, and possibly a scale model or architectural rendering of their plan. The software the students will use is Autodesk Architecture 2018 and Autodesk Revit 2018. Qualifies for Applied Art or Applied Mathematics credit.