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A Design-Based Engineering Graphics Course for First-Year Students.

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Smith, Shana Shiang-Fong – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2003

Describes the first-year Introduction to Design course at Iowa State University which incorporates design for manufacturing and concurrent engineering principles into the curriculum. Autodesk Inventor was used as the primary CAD tool for parametric solid modeling. Test results show that student spatial visualization skills were dramatically…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Engineering Education

A Dual Approach to Engineering Design Visualization.

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Rodriguez, Walter E. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 1990

Described is a course that offers students the opportunity to learn the graphics language of computers in conjunction with the traditional engineering design graphics concepts. The course objectives, course description, course administration, and advantages to using the dual approach are included. (KR)

Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics