Design & Drawing for Production

This is an introductory course designed to develop student problem solving skills, with emphasis placed upon the concept of developing a 3-D model or solid rendering of an object. Students focus on the application of visualization processes and tools provided by modern, state of the art computer hardware and software. The course will emphasize the design development process of a product and how a model of that product is produced, analyzed and evaluated, using the most current version of Inventor software, made available through the Technology Department's affiliation with Project Lead the Way and R.I.T.  This course is an Art Education and Technology Education course and can be used as a substitute for the Art/Music graduation requirement. DDP is the first course in the Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering foundation course sequence.

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Unit 1:  Intro. to Design
bullet Engineering Notebook Guidelines
bullet Design Process
bullet Design Brief Template
bullet History of Measurement & Metrics
bullet Measurement & Statistics
bullet The Ruler Game
bullet Sketching
bullet Dimensioning

Unit 2:  Design Solutions

bullet Geometric Shapes & Solids
bullet Functional Analysis
bullet Structural Analysis
bullet Advanced Modeling
bullet How Stuff Works

Unit 3:  Reverse Engineering

bullet Art, Design, & Visual Thinking
bullet How Stuff Works
bullet Simple Machines

Unit 4:  Design Problems

bullet Human Impacts on the Environment
bullet Environmental Protection Agency
bullet Engineering Ethics
bullet OSHA - Department of Labor

 

Design Elements:
Line

Lines

Color (Hue)

Color

Space

Space

Form/Shape

Form & Shape

Texture

Smooth TextureRough Texture

Value

Value

Design Principles:
Balance

Symmetrical BalanceAsymmetrical Balance

Emphasis

Emphasis

Rhythm

Rhythm

Proportion & Scale

Proportion & Scale

Unity

Unity