Major areas in eng graphics ✔️✔️-visualization
-graphics theory
-standrads and conventions(ANSI,ISO,AIA,etc)
-tools
-applications
visualization ✔️✔️ability to mentally control visual info
graphics theory ✔️✔️geometry and projection techniques
standard ✔️✔️-formal document that institutes a uniform method to perform an action. defined by
ANSI(American National Standards Institute)
Convention ✔️✔️-methods and criteria used so extensively that they become generally accepted by
the public
-industry standards
tools ✔️✔️devices used to create drawings
applications ✔️✔️various uses for technical graphs in eng design
taxonomy of projections ✔️✔️-orthographic
-axonometric
-oblique
-perspective
orthographic projection ✔️✔️system of drawing views of objects by projecting them perpendicularly
onto projection with parallel projectors
, pictorials ✔️✔️3D
-pictorials show all 3 directions of space in one picture
perspective projection ✔️✔️-most realistic
-objects are represented in the way eyes perceive the world
-contain most visual errors
Civil 3D ✔️✔️-is a building information software (BIM)
-parametric modeler used to design, analyze and visualize land development projects
Loading a Template ✔️✔️Click New to access(.dwt)
-CANNOT OPEN A TEMPLATE
Templates ✔️✔️-electronic files used as a jumping off point
-always set up your styles and settings before you begin your project
Options on drawing are ✔️✔️customize your interface
Status Bar ✔️✔️allows you to access various drawing tools and settings
-GRID, ORTHO, and OSNAP
UNITS ✔️✔️-autocad uses diff formats
MTEXT ✔️✔️full multiline text editor
-support word wrap, font sizes, etc
DDEDIT ✔️✔️can be used to edit any text