MANUAL DRAFTING PROVIDES THE UPPER HAND IN ACQUIRING A DESIGNER’S SKILL WITH CADD.
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MANUAL DRAFTING PROVIDES THE UPPER
HAND IN ACQUIRING A DESIGNER’S SKILL WITH
CADD
IDEAS GET HATCHED, IMPROMPTU SKETCH MADE CAN ANYONE GUESS WHAT AND WHERE THIS IS LOCATED? THIS SIMPLE SKETCH GOT THE WHOLE DESIGN STARTED
• HATCHED IDEAS ARE IMPROMPTU• QUICK SKETCHES REINFORCE THE IDEA• IDEAS GET DEVELOPED THROUGH DESIGN• THIS LEADS TOWARDS THE FINAL RESULT
MANUAL HAND DRAFTING CAN MAKE INDIVIDUALS
MORE EFFICIENT AT USING CADD
OPERATOR: ONE SKILLED IN OPERATING A MACHINE OR APPARATUS TO PERFORM SOME
PROCESSES OF WORK OR TREATMENT.
DESIGNER: ONE WHO CONCIEVES OR PLACE IN THE MIND WITH THE INTENT OF THE WORK
TO BE EXECUTED OR BUILT.
PLACE MANUAL DRAFTING WITHIN YOUR COMFORT ZONE
• DRAFTING TOOLS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN HARDWARE TOOLS
• DRAFTING TOOLS HAVE DISTINCT FUNCTIONS
• ONE NEEDS TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH DRAFTING TOOLS
ACQUIRING THE DESIGNER’S SKILL USING CADD AND MANUAL
DRAFTING IS ONE’S MEANS OF GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION.
• THOUGHT TO HAND/WRIST ACTION GIVES LINEWORK A DEFINITION
• EVERY LINE HAS A GRAHIC DEFINITION• GOOD GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION IS
CONVEYED THROUGH LINE DEFINITION
HOW LINES ARE DRAWN DEFINES MATERIALS AND
OBJECTS
MANUAL DRAFTING TAKES TIME TO ACCLIMATE
MUSCLE COORDINATION. USING THE TOOLS AS IF
PARTICIPATING IN A SPORT.
GOOD GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION IS CONVEYED
THROUGH LINE DEFINITION AS TO HOW THEY ARE DRAWN.
NOTE THESE TWO SAMPLES PROVIDED.
A SEED IS PLANTED: ANY PRIOR EXPERIENCE DRAFTING, DRAWING OR AS AN INTEREST WITH NO DRAWING BACKGROUND.
GERMINATION: TAKES A BEGINNING STUDENT TO THEIR NEXT LEVEL BY THOUGHT AND ACTION THROUGH DRAWING.
PERSERVERENCE: ONE NEVER LOSES OUT BY TRYING.
OBTAINING THE DESIGNERS SKILL
CAN ONE GUESS AS TO WHAT FAMOUS US LANDMARK THESE
BRACKETS ARE A PART OF?
MANUAL DRAFTING IS LIKE A BRIDGE TAKING ONE
FROM RUDIMENTARY TO MORE ADVANCED
WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH USING CADD?
• SPEED• EFFICIENCY• CLEAR, CRISP DRAWINGS• ACCURACY
CADD OPERATORS
• CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THE PROGRAM, USE AND EXECUTE TOOLS TO CREATE A DRAWING.
• LINES ARE DRAWN AND PLACED WITH NO MEANING OR DEFINITION .
CADD DESIGNERS
• CAN CONCIEVE WHAT IS PRESENTED AND WILL FULLY DEFINE A LINE BY ASSIGNING IT A STYLE/TYPE AND THICKNESS.
• DRAWINGS READ WELL.
COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY WITH TECHNICAL DRAWING IN
THE CADD ENVIRONMENT.
• TO CONCIEVE OF AN IDEA• KNOWING EXACTLY HOW TO PLACE THE
IDEA INTO THE DRAWING.• THIS IS THE DESIGNER’S SKILL AT WORK.
A CADD DRAWING THAT IS COMPLETE AND THOROUGH
WHERE ALL OBJECTS STAND OUT AND READS WHICH IS OBTAINED BY A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF LINE
DEFINITION.
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AS A REMINDER TO CHANGE THE LAYER FOR THE WALLS DRAWN
AND THAT THIS IS TEXT AT A SCALE FACTOR OF 12" FOR 18" = 1`-0"
OBTAINING A DESIGNER’S SKILL
• DEDICATION TOWARDS YOUR WORK• THIS WILL TAKE TIME TO ACQUIRE, NOT “OVERNIGHT”• EXPECT MISTAKES AND TO LEARN FROM THEM• KEEP DOING THE WORK, EITHER MANUAL OR CADD, ONE
IMPROVES BY CONSTANTLY WORKING.• LET PERSERVERENCE LEAD THE WAY, NEVER GIVE UP• YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SATISFIED WITH YOUR WORK, AT
ANY LEVEL.
WHERE THIS CAN TAKE YOU
• TO SUCESSFULLY COMPLETE A CADD ORIENTATED COURSE• NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE TO EXPAND THEIR EXPERIENCE THROUGH MORE CHALLENGING TASKS LATER.• PUTTING YOUR IDEA IN MOTION FROM CONCEPT TO DESIGN TO REALITY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
THANK YOU