Suggested Objective a: Identify drafting and design applications in business and industry

Look at this site from Microsoft. It is entitled Chapter 4: A Technique for Architecture and Design. This article relates steps needed in designing "something" for a career in of our three focus areas. It also provides scenarios and issues faced in designing. Take a look at the information by clicking the link.

Now look at the many different buildings and structures that have been constructed by people in the three career clusters shown on this page.

100 Most Famous Buildings/Structures of All Time

Let's take a moment to look at the history of drafting and design. Some websites are provided below with great information. The last one even has a couple of videos on the page. View the information and take notes as necessary for recall.

CADBuilt Inc

Computer Aided Drafting & Design History

Drafting and Design - this site has a written historical background of drafting and design. It also has videos on the topic.

Suggested Objective b: Identify terms and concepts related to drafting and design

Attributes: A quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something

Axis: An imaginary straight line passing through the center of a symmetrical solid and about which a plane figure can be conceived as rotating to generate the solid

CAD: Computer-aided design

Dimensions: Cut or shape an object to particular measurements

Drafting: To draw the outlines or plan of; sketch

Engineer: A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works

Interact: Act in such a way as to have an effect on another

Isometric View: Isometric projection is a form of graphical projection, more specifically, a form of axonometric projection.

Measurement: The size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring

Monochrome: Consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one color

Orbit: The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution

Orthographic View: A camera view that shows one side of an object or scene (front, side, top, back, and so on) so it appears projected on a plane without the effect of perspective

Perspective View: An approximate representation, on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is seen by the eye

Plans: A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something

Scale: A system of ordered marks at fixed intervals used as a reference standard in measurement

Suggested Objective c: Distinguish between the types of drawing views: Orthographic, Isometric, and Perspective

There are different types of drawings for computer design. We will learn about three specific drawings in this section: orthographic, isometric, and perspective. Click the links below to learn more.

What Is Orthographic Projection? Site has several links for detailed information.

The Designer and Orthographic Drawing

Orthographic Projection Easy

Isometric Drawing and Designers

Isometric Drawing from MIT

AutoCAD Isometric Drawing Tutorial

How to Draw - Basic Linear Perspective - site has the ability to download a pdf of the information

Linear and Aerial Perspective

How to Draw One and Two-Point Perspective, with Karl Gude

Perspective Drawing Tutorials - Finding the Perspective Center of an Object - Drawing Techniques

Suggested Objective d: Identify and design 2-D and 3-D engineering drawings

Bridging the Worlds of 2D and 3D CAD Design provides an overview of 2D and 3D drawings. Click the link to view the pdf from Solidworks. Pay particular notice to the advantages of using CAD software and how to reduce errors.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/docs/2Dand3D_2010_ENG_FINAL.pdf

What Is 2D, Drawing and 3D? from Advanced Art USA provides an explanation of 2 and 3-D drawings. There is a short Vimeo video on the webpage as well. Look at the information provided and take notes as necessary.

Converting 2D Drawings into 3D Models

The Difference Between 2D and 3D Animation (What Does It Mean to Animate in 3D?)