Credit Hours:4 Lecture Hours:3 Lab Hours:3 Contact Hour Total:96 Architectural drafting techniques including orthographic and axonometric studies. Principles of shades and shadows, and perspective drawing. This course extends student application of design principles and elements by covering the development of 3-D graphic communication techniques in creating preliminary and final presentations to convey design concepts and solutions using perspective drawings, axonometric, presentation boards, 3-D models, freehand sketching and rendered drawings using pen and ink and color media. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) course