Course Description
Introductory course in engineering graphics and visualization as applied to processes, devices and systems appropriate to students' individual engineering disciplines. Class will be comprised of common lectures for all engineering students accompanied by relevant laboratory measurements and data collection to be incorporated into a graphics format appropriate to the students' respective engineering focuses.
Athena Title
ENGR GRAPH VISUAL
Prerequisite
Permission of major
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to: 1) Utilize engineering graphics to communicate technical information 2) Visualize and construct basic 2-D and 3-D drawings 3) Make measurements, collect data and integrate those data into an engineering graphics database and format for subsequent analysis and presentation
Topical Outline
1) Visualization 2) 2-D drawing principles 3) 3-D drawing principles 4) Projections 5) Schematics 6) Basic civil and environmental engineering graphics communications (for environmental engineering students) a) Field measurements and data collection b) Integration of spatial data into graphics format c) Plan views d) Engineering scales e) Profiles f) Contours g) Terrain analysis 7) Working drawings