Technical Drawing and Engineering Graphics

Flashcards about the role of graphics in the design process, stages in the design process, and creativity techniques.

What are the three purposes of technical drawings?

Visualization, Communication, Documentation

List five professions that use technical drawings.

Civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, architecture, bio-resource engineering

What are the stages of the design process?

Problem identification, Ideation, Refinement/analysis, Implementation/documentation

What is concurrent engineering?

A systematic approach that integrates the design and manufacture of products with the goal of optimizing all elements involved in the life cycle of the product.

What does life cycle design mean?

All aspects of a product (such as design, development, production, distribution, use, and its ultimate disposal and recycling) are considered simultaneously.

What is the function of Computer-Aided Design (CAD)?

CAD allows for a range of activities, from modeling 2D and 3D geometry to creating drawings that document the design for manufacturing and legal considerations.

What is the function of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)?

CAE allows users to simulate and analyze structures that will be subject to various temperatures, static loads, or fluctuating loads.

What is the function of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)?

CAM provides computerized control for manufacturing processes.

What is Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)?

An approach that uses engineering and statistical tools to design products in a way that predicts and minimizes customer and manufacturing problems.

What does DMAIC stand for?

Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control

What is Quality Function Deployment (QFD)?

A tool for decision making that helps companies focus on a customer-driven approach and set of product characteristics.

What happens at the problem identification stage of the design phase?

The team worked to enlarge the criteria for judging the solution and identified primary goals for the redesign.

What is significant about the ideation stage?

Being able to draw a readable freehand sketch is vital to “selling” your idea to your design team colleagues during this phase.

List five creativity techniques for developing new ideas.

Examine Manufactured Products, Study the Natural World, Watch the Web, Research Patent Drawings, Design Groups

What is product definition?

The collection of digital or hard copy documents that specify the physical and functional requirements for a product.

What is a portfolio?

A representative sample of work that helps communicate your skills and talents, usually to a prospective employer or client.