Graphic Claymation Visualization Through Sight And Touch

“Introduction to Graphics and Solids Modeling” (METBD 110) is a first semester freshmen class for all students enrolled in the Plastics Engineering Technology (PLET) and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) programs in both the associate and bachelors programs offered at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. This class is a three-credit course, which meets five hours per week for 14 weeks in a supervised lab setting. Since it is a first semester course, there are no prerequisites and there are no assumptions that the student has any sort of graphics or CAD background from high school. This course was taught using Pro/ENGINEER (Pro/E), which is the main CAD program used at Penn State Erie. During the fall semesters of both 2001 and 2002, five sections of approximately 20 students each, were taught using the same three instructors in both semesters. All three instructors followed the same syllabus and taught the class in essentially the same manner.