TEACHING GUIDE ENGR-1608

I. Engineering Graphics and Design

II. Prerequisite: Math 1113 (Pre-calculus) with a C or better.

III. Text: Technical Graphics Communication, Bertoline, Wiebe, Miller and Mohler (McGraw-Hill), third edition.

IV. Catalog Description:

This course introduces the principles of computer-assisted graphics and engineering design with emphasis on the fundamentals of the design process. The course integrates basic techniques of creating multi-view drawings and other forms of pictorial representation with freehand rendering and computer graphics using industry-standard software. Orthographic projection, auxiliary and section views, dimensioning and tolerancing practices and industrial manufacturing processes are presented.

V. Course objective:

To enable the student to create, manipulate and communicate design ideas using the techniques of engineering graphics and the principles of the design process.

VI. General notes:

This is not a drafting course. Although students will learn the principles of representation by application, the emphasis of the course is always on the principles of projection. The graphical ability to produce, interpret and communicate ideas is the desired result of this course.
A team engineering design project is required and should begin no later than the midpoint of the course. This allows the instructor an opportunity to evaluate the students and create balanced design teams of at most three students. The teams should be encouraged to design solutions to problems of their own experience. If any team does not formulate their own project, then design problems in the supplement section at the end of Chapter 17 may be used. These problems may also be modified before selection by the team with prior permission of the instructor. Students should be given some class time for completing their project.
The principles of graphical representation should be presented and practiced by freehand sketching. Techniques of using computer-assisted drawing should be included progressively so that the students work primarily with this software.
Students should be required to have few sheets of quadrille ruled paper 5 x 5, and isometric ruled paper, at least two high-density floppy disks, pencils HB or #2 and a good quality eraser.
Advisors are expected to recommend students take the introductory course in AutoCad before they take this course. However, the students should be walked through the essential draw, edit, text, layers and dimensioning commands of AutoCad both by examples and additional notes/handouts.

VII. Course Outline:

Engineering graphics communication: Chapter 1 all sections.

The engineering design process: Chapter 2 all sections.

Design in Industry: Chapter 20 all sections.

Technical drawing tools: Chapter 3 sections 3.3, 3.4-3.6

Sketching techniques: Chapter 4 sections 4.2-4.7

Multi-view drawings: Chapter 8 all sections

Axonometric and oblique drawings: Chapter 9 sections 9.1 and 9.2

Auxiliary views: Chapter 11 sections 11.1 and 2

Section views: Chapter 14 1 - 14.5

Dimensioning and tolerancing practices: Chapter 15 sections 15-15.6

Production and manufacturing processes: Chapter 18 all sections

VIII. Evaluation:

Recommended weights for the four components are as follows:

Labs/Homework: 15%-20%

Tests (three): 30%

Design project: 20-25%

A comprehensive final examination: 25-30%

The project should be evaluated based on the following factors:

Problem statement, preliminary ideas, sketches for the final design, drawings isometric/pictorial for the assembled product and orthographic views with dimensions for each component (fasteners and small parts need not be included) using AutoCad.

Revised date: September, 2002 Adoption date: May, 2001.