Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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EG 1260 - Engineering Graphics-Visualization

0 lecture hours 2 lab hours 1 credits
Course Description
The visualization course investigates both theory and application of visual images for analysis and communication of physical and conceptual ideas, concepts and products. Topics to be covered include sketching, spatial relationships, seeing, and communicating with imagery. Orthographic projection, layout, section and dimensioning standards will also be discussed. (prereq: none) 
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Develop a process of logical visual thinking
  • Develop an awareness of how they see the world around them and how it may differ from what others see
  • Develop an awareness of visual stereotypes that can block their seeing
  • Develop an awareness of details
  • Develop an ability to utilize a variety of drawing and sketching techniques
  • Develop an ability to utilize standard drawing conventions and techniques in the communication of technical data
  • Develop the ability to create and utilize symbols for diagrammatic representation of information
  • Develop an acknowledgment of standards
  • Develop an ability to understand technical drawings and their standard representation

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None 

Course Topics
  • Materials and environment
  • Seeing shapes, forms, structure, proportions, tone, texture, and detail
  • Basic sketch techniques
  • Isometrics and oblique pictorials
  • Transformations of 3-D objects
  • Axis system
  • Orthographic views
  • Sections

Coordinator
Marvin Bollman



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