UNIT 3

The many uses of drawing in Engineering

Drawing plays several roles in the design process. These roles fall into three major categories: exploration, idea development, and documentation. For the purposes of this chapter, drawing includes sketching (rapid, freehand drawings) as well as more exacting depictions such as those required for technical work, possibly using instruments like compasses and straightedges. Sketching is shorthand for artists. It is used to get information down quickly, as in visual brain-storming. Detail drawing, for example, tends to be more careful and time-consuming.

Visible World

Exploration is how we gather and make sense of information. The act of drawing requires us to look very hard at a subject, to really focus our attention on the details. Up to 90 percent of the information humans take in is visual, and yet rarely do we take a hard look at the world. Looking with the intention of drawing requires intense concentration. Drawing is an excellent investigative tool; it can help us understand how things work and how parts relate to one another.

Developing Ideas

We develop solutions to design problems by generating and manipulating ideas. Our first ideas for solving problems are usually rather rough. Sketching allows us to give form to ideas and to think more clearly about how to build on those ideas. Creating successive drawings allows us to capture each improvement. Drawing is one of the handiest tools at our disposal for putting down an idea and then changing it until we have something we like.

Exploration and idea development are the building blocks of creativity. The freehand sketching and drawing explained in this chapter provide a direct bridge from what's in our minds to the world of physical objects and products. It is the immediacy of hand drawing that allows us to capture a creative insight or a moment's vision for future use.

Proficiency scales:

*Professional skills/Employability

Week 8

Monday 10/07

More wow
Cover letter final draft due 10/18
Gait analysis project intro (Part 1): Whole class Gait versus Height relationship, whole, class Gait height model.
- Find the proper tools (accelerometer)
- Adult vs. children (given data) practice on Google Classroom.
Gantt Charts for Capstone teams due Tuesday 10/08
Identify possible mentors due Friday 10/11
Teams Logo Design due Friday 10/11 (Individual brainstorming sketches + final group logo)
Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 1" due Friday 10/11(Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)

Tuesday 10/08, Wednesday 10/09

Work on Gait Part (Part 1): and Children versus Adults
Read the Gait analysis project intro (Part 2) Make a detailed plan before starting data collecting, Find the proper tools (accelerometer)
Continue Brainstorming ideas for the capstone project
Gantt Charts for Capstone teams due Tuesday 10/08
Identify possible mentors due Friday 10/11
Teams Logo Design due Friday 10/11 (Individual brainstorming sketches + final group logo)
Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 1"due Friday 10/11(Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Cover letter final draft due 10/18

Thursday 10/10

Gait Part One and Children versus Adults complete/debrief
Work on Gait analysis project intro (Part 2) Make a detailed plan before starting data collecting
Teams Logo Design due Friday 10/11 (Individual brainstorming sketches + final group logo)
Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 1"due Friday 10/11 Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Identify possible mentors due Friday 10/11
Cover letter final draft due 10/18
Update the Group Gantt chart

Friday 10/11

Work on the Gait analysis project (Part 2) Make a detailed plan before starting data collecting
Teams Logo Design due Today (Individual brainstorming sketches + final group logo)
Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 1" Friday 10/18(Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Identify possible mentors due Today
Cover letter final draft due 10/18
Update the Group Gantt chart

Week 9

Monday 10/14

Start Brainstorming Padlet ( Group ongoing) First take Due Friday 10/18
Work on Gait analysis project and report due Friday 10/25
Gait analysis micro presentations and website update on Google Classroom due 10/25
Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 2" due Friday 10/18 (Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Cover letter final draft due Monday 10/21 (Print For Monday staple the commented Draft on it)

Tuesday 10/15, Wednesday 10/16

(LOGO Q&A)
Work on Gait analysis project and report due Friday 10/25
Work on Gait analysis micro presentations and Website updates on Google Classroom due 10/28
Email & Elevator Pitch first draft due Wednesday 10/23
Mentors Interview questions draft on Google Classroom (due Friday 10/25)
Work on Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 2" due Friday 10/18 (Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Keep working on updating your Brainstorming Padlet ( Group ongoing) First take Due Friday 10/18
Cover letter final draft due Monday 10/21 (Print For Monday staple the commented Draft on it)

Thursday 10/17 (Min Day)

Work on Gait analysis project and report due Friday 10/25
Work on Gait analysis micro presentations on Google Classroom due 10/28
Email & Elevator Pitch first draft due Wednesday 10/23
Mentors Interview questions draft on Google Classroom (due Friday 10/25)
Work on Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 2" due Friday 10/18 (Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Keep working on updating your Brainstorming Padlet ( Group ongoing) First take Due Friday 10/18
Cover letter final draft due Monday 10/21 (Print For Monday staple the commented Draft on it)

Friday 10/18

Work on Drawing tutorials "Technical drawing 2" Due Today
Work on Gait analysis project and report due Friday 10/25
Work on Gait analysis micro presentations and Website update on Google Classroom due Monday 10/28
Email & Elevator Pitch first draft due Wednesday 10/23
Mentors Interview questions draft on Google Classroom (due Friday 10/25)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Keep Brainstorming on the Padlet
Cover letter final draft due Monday (Print For Monday staple the commented Draft on it)

EXTRA

(I describe it you draw it (and improve it...) activity)
(Rapid Viz Exercises/box exercise)

Week 10

Monday 10/21

Work on Gait analysis project and report due Friday 10/25
Gait analysis Report and Micro presentation website update due Monday 10/28
Email & Elevator Pitch first draft due Wednesday 10/23
Mentors Interview questions draft on Google Classroom (due Friday 10/25)
Drawing tutorials "Orthographic Drawing" due Friday 10/25 (Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Keep Brainstorming on the Padlet

Tuesday 10/22, Wednesday 10/23

Work on Gait analysis project and report due Friday 10/25
Work on Gait analysis Report and Micro presentation website update due Monday 10/28
Drawing tutorials "Orthographic Drawing" due Friday 10/25 (Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Email & Elevator Pitch first draft Today
Mentors Interview questions draft on Google Classroom (due Friday 10/25)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Keep Brainstorming on the Padlet

Thursday 10/24

Work on Gait analysis project and report due Friday 10/25
Drawing tutorials "Orthographic Drawing" due Friday 10/25 (Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Work on Gait analysis micro presentations and Website update on Google Classroom due Monday 10/28
Mentors Interview questions draft on Google Classroom (due Friday 10/25)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Keep Brainstorming on the Padlet

Friday 10/25

Cover letter final drafts peer comments
CAPSTONE BRAINSTORMING TIME (Capstone Idea, Possible mentors, on the Padlet, Journals)
Work on Gait analysis project and report due Today
Drawing tutorials "Orthographic Drawing" due Today (Individual on paper and pictures for portfolio updates)
Work on Gait analysis micro presentations and Website update on Google Classroom due Monday 10/28
Mentors Interview questions draft on Google Classroom (due Friday 10/25)
Keep working on updating your Gantt chart
Keep Brainstorming on the Padlet

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