Friday, September 11, 2009

Drawing vs. Drafting

This week we have started learning how to do sketches. Sketches are important to engineers so that they can give people an image to go with what they are talking about. In addition to the image they can add measurements next to the image to identify the size. Sketches move through a natural progression when we are talking about engineering.
First, you have the thumbnail sketch. This is where you draw out the image you are thinking of keeping the proportions equal. The proportions are the length, width, and height of the object. If you don't keep them equal the sketch will not look right.
Second, you can add the perspective drawing. This drawing is like what you learn in Art. Where the lines that make the edges all point to a vanishing point. In other words, if you kept the line going they would cross at the same place. These pictures look like a photograph.
Third, you make the ISO drawing or isometric drawing. In an ISO drawing you see the front, side, and top of an object. Normally, each face would be at a 30 degree angle. In a cube the opposite edges, like the top and bottom of one face, would be parallel to each other. So in an ISO drawing you are combining Math and Art together.
Fourth, you make the orthographic drawing. This drawing is where you draw what the object looks like from the front, then the side, then the top. Each of these drawing's edges are lined up with each other. The top line on the front drawing is exactly even with the top line of the side drawing (as if it was just one line that had been erased in the middle.) The right side edge of the front drawing lines up with right side edge of the top drawing. This drawing also has strict guidelines for adding measurements and other things.
ISO's and ortho's are examples of drafting. When you think of blueprints and architectural elevations you are thinking of drafting drawings. Now that we have computers there is actually a fifth type of drawing. The CAD or Computer Assisted Drawing is where you draw the object in 3D or three dimensions. This makes it look like it would in real life.

How are you doing on your thumbnail and perspective sketches?

28 comments:

bn said...

i think that im doing a good job. i think it might be fun. it also could be hard. so thats what i think about the thumbnail and perspective sketches!

ac said...

we seketch geometric parerns. And we draw a numver line. And i like this week because we yast draw

kjm said...

we scetch the geometric plat form that we hade to make like the squares but they see like iso

klh said...

i am not doing so good on the thumbnail.because i have not even done it let.But im done with the perspective drawing.And i hope we can do more projects.

dlh said...

im bad at drawing the thumb nail sketches but im good anf the perspective sketches.

vtp said...

i am doing real good on my thumbnail skech the only hard part is the 3D PART

L.L. said...

IM KINDA GOOD AT IT IM BETTER THAN I WAS.L.L.

kas said...

I think I did good on my perspective sketches. We did are skectches with gemeteric paterns.
The patern we used are cirler ,cube.

ym said...

I think I did good on perspective sketches.

rjm said...

im not the best drawer but my sketches have been pretty good so far.

cm said...

i'm doing good on it. they are coming out good.

ag said...

well in our class we did our thumbnail sketchs yesterday.we had to draw a cube,half cylinder,a roof-type thing triangle,and a cylinder.

ksr said...

im doing very well so far.im surprised i actually have an a in ur class lolz but ne wayz my thumbnail sketches are cumin out very gud i only have 2 more to do then im done with the pape sorri i broke ur triangle thing yesterday i didnt mean to
XD

ap said...

my thumbnail sketches are really turning out really good.they are really easy.

tc said...

i am doing good with thwe project . and thanks you for asking .and i an doing good in the class.and i am sorri because katrina broke your tringle

sm said...

this project looks kinda hard
maybe it might be hard but it might be fun

gm021496 said...

During the time that we have happened learning since to make a prism we are sharing mathematics, art and technology doing the drawing… also you need the exact measures to make a prism that you want that it is seen in three dimensions. It has to do much the angle that you use, the measures, if it beams with exactitude and you have idea than you want to do, you know the measures, your you can have a prism exactly as you wish your it and what these looking for. That serious one to do something that your you imagine in scale to which you want to do later. With this we learned much about measures and art.

VG said...

I CNT DRAW DAT GOOD AS MI PARTNER SHES GOOD BUT I CNT EVEN DRAW A CYLINDER ITS TOOO HARD BUT I CNT DO GOOD WIT MACHINES MI UNCLE CAN DO BETTER DEN I CAN BUT I FINISHED IN TIME N I GOT IT DONE BUT IT WAS SOME UHHH LETS JUST SAY I NEED PRATICE ON MI DRAWIN/WORKIN ^o^

rb said...

en el prollecto acomodamos las cosas de madera para dibujarlas en la oja. ami se me iso mui dibertido por que solo teniamos que dibujar cuatro cosas y ai las teniamos de muestra. mister guislan nos dejo cambiarnos de lugar.tambien no isimos mucho por que no ubo clases lunes y martes. y seme ase un poco difisil por que no se ablar ingles.

ee said...

como esta mr.GEASLAND como no mas queria decirle que esta media semana me agrado mucho por las pocas cosas que alcansamos aser bueno para mi gusto me gustaria que nos pusiera mas como decirle experimentos pues para que me entienda como lo del avion que isimos ese tipo de trabajos me gustaria aser

cesar said...

esta semana aprendi a teclar mejor no aprendimos mucho porque fueron muy pocos dias ok grasias por todo adios

sr said...

esta semana aprendi a tleqliar aun mejor que la antepasada y a dibujar 1 pokito

erika said...

Esta semana aprendi a escribir mas
cosas muy interesantes como a dibujar a usar el teclado a tener
errores y a usar la computadora y
hacer una regla y lo de typing master ecetera

mayra said...

esta semana aprendi cosas interesantes como a mover un poco mas el teclado y a hacer una regla con una hojas y lo de typing master




M a Y r A g O n Z a L e Z

nf said...

I did notlearn much because it was just 3 day, Im learning the scientific methon Im going to have a test on it. I learn how to do the adding properti and the multipling properti.

VG said...

DOIN ALRIGHT☻

mh said...

im did good i didnt think i would be able to do it but it turned out im did pretty good,,.

cs said...

A mi me encanta dibujar y por eso me a encantado este parte.