Some aspects of developing a modern engineering graphics course

Author

Agathoklis, Panajotis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada

Volume

32

Issue

4

fYear

1989

fDate

11/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

439

Lastpage

442

Abstract

Some aspects of the development of a modern engineering graphics course for first-year engineering students are described. The objective of the course is to teach students the graphic presentation of 2-D and 3-D data, to give an understanding of the graphic-user/computer communication, and to apply these concepts efficiently to engineering problems. The course covers the mathematical principles of 2-D and 3-D data representation and the hardware and software components of a graphic system, and it includes a wide range of laboratory exercises to illustrate the concepts covered in the lecture. Some examples of student work are given

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; engineering graphics; 2D data; 3-D data; data representation; engineering graphics course; first-year engineering students; hardware; mathematical principles; software; Computational geometry; Computer graphics; Design automation; Design engineering; Hardware; Matrices; Power engineering and energy; Space technology; Technical drawing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.42143

Filename

42143