The document discusses a computer aided machine drawing course, including its objectives to teach thread forms, fasteners, keys, joints, and couplings. It provides examples of two types of joints: a cotter joint used to fasten circular rods by inserting a cotter through slots, and a knuckle joint used to fasten rods by inserting a pin through aligned eye and fork ends. Students are instructed to draw the front views of both joints given diameters without part drawings.