Graphical communication

• Employing visual tools and methods to effectively present engineering data

• the skill to rapidly express design ideas using CAD

• Essential in the design process

• Why Graphical communication

  • It sernes as a universal language for design

  • As an engineer, you must share ideas (needs to be understandable for others)

  • All engineers, architects, drafters, designers, manufacturers, and technicians need to know about the technical drawings

• Example of technical drawings

  • concept or idea sketches
  • computation sketches
  • design sketeches
  • layout drawings
  • part drawings
  • assembly drawings
  • and more