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From Drafting to Modern Design Representation: The Evolution of Engineering Design Graphics
Author(s) -
Barr Ronald E.,
Juricic Davor
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1994.tb01114.x
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , computer aided design , graphics , curriculum , engineering drawing , computer graphics , cad , engineering , product design , engineering design process , design education , product (mathematics) , computer science , software engineering , systems engineering , computer graphics (images) , mechanical engineering , sociology , mathematics , art , pedagogy , geometry , politics , political science , law , visual arts
A bstract This paper briefly reviews the evolution of Engineering Design Graphics (EDG) from ancient times to the modern era. It reports on recent research concerning educational aspects of design representation and its transition from the immediate past dominated by engineering drawings to the current state based on solid geometric modeling. This research resulted in a current EDG curriculum model which is presented here in some detail. On‐going trends in design representation are indicated which suggest that in the near future a designer will create a single computer‐based product model to be used for all aspects of design, analysis, production, and maintenance. To keep abreast with these advances in design representation, curricular changes in Engineering Design Graphics are proposed which will foster implementation of Computer‐Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) programs of the near future.