We have designed Modern Graphics Communication to present succinctly the practices and techniques of sketching, visualization, design and CAD that are important to today's graphics curriculum. Based on the long standing authoritative text on the subject, Giesecke's Technical Drawing, this text preserves many of the time tested graphics techniques that remain fundamental to the class, and were so clearly explained in Giesecke's original volume. However, we have rewritten this book to provide a shorter, more lively presentation that covers current course trends, and includes pedagogy appropriate for the modern student. The topics of sketching and visualization skills are this book's primary focus, and provide a solid conceptual basis for the CAD instruction most graphics students receive. We have employed a new format that utilizes integrated on-the-page activities to help students visualize and retain key concepts, unifying art and text into powerful instructional tools easily digested by today's hurried students. Students who complete Modern Graphics Communication will leave with a full reportoire of graphical skills they will find invaluable both in education and industry.
Chapter 1 Design and Graphic Communication
Chapter 2 Introduction to CAD
Chapter 3 Freehand Sketching and Lettering Techniques
Chapter 4 Geometric Constructions and Modeling Basics
Chapter 5 Multiview Sketching and Projection
Chapter 6 Pictorial Sketching
Chapter 7 Sectional Views
Chapter 8 Auxiliary Views, Developments, and Intersections
Chapter 9 Dimensioning and Manufacturing Operations
Chapter 10 Telerancing
Chapter 11 Threads, Fasteners, and Springs
Chapter 12 Working Drawings