Los ingenieros son pensadores visuales, hecho corroborado en diferentes encuestas y estudios que hemos realizado (). Los ingenieros tienden a comunicar información e ideas de forma visual. Esta información en ideas se comunica mediante esquemas, gráficos, planos y bocetos. Con objeto de hacer esta comunicación más efectiva, los ingenieros han desarrollado un lenguaje grafico, con su propio vocabulario, sintaxis y gramática. Como parte de su educación formal, los ingenieros deben aprender la estructura de ese lenguaje grafico, asi como su uso apropiado y sus limitaciones (Un. De Tennesee)
"Engineers tend to be very visually oriented and thus they like to communicate information and ideas in a visual manner. Just as equations and data are easier to communicate using graphs and charts, engineering designs are more easily communicated through sketches, drawing and pictures. In order to be effective in their communications, engineers have developed a "language" of graphics. As with any language, graphics has its own vocabulary, syntax, and grammar. As part of their formal education, engineers must learn the structure of the graphics language as well as its appropriate use and limitations. (from University of Tennesee) "(http://ef.engr.utk.edu/ef101-2002/as/lab/as1-2.pdf)”