Engineering Design Graphics: Sketching, Modeling, and Visualization - Softcover

Leake, James M.; Borgerson, Jacob L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118078888 ISBN 13: 9781118078884

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

Providing a clear, concise treatment of the essential topics addressed in a modern engineering design graphics course, this text concentrates on teaching hand-drawing as a skill and a vital component of the design process. Unlike texts that reduce drawing to a computer-based task, Leake and Borgerson's book emphasizes the role of sketching in conceptualizing a design solution. This reflects the growing trend in engineering graphics courses, in which hand-drawing is used for developing a design and computer tools are used for the final iterations. By providing a brief, skills-based approach, this reasonably priced volume - which includes several hundred sketching problems - is well positioned to offer a compelling alternative to the large volumes by Giesecke and Bertoline. Alongside its coverage of hand-drawing skills, this text also provides a chapter on computer-aided design software, with an emphasis on parametric solid modeling.

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About the Author

Professor James M. Leake teaches in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois.? Professor Leake served as a naval architect in the Pacific Northwest for 10 years and is a registered engineer in naval architecture in Washington. His current research interests include engineering education, integration of CAD/CAE software in the engineering curriculum, spatial visualization, and reverse engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118078888
• ISBN 13: 9781118078884
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400