The modeling of design ideas : graphics and visualization techniques for engineers / Walter Rodriguez.

CONTENTS

Design and visualization
design as process: the realization of ideas
design principles
importance of visualization
e.tc

2-D design annotation
projection of visual images
parallel projection
engineering sketching
computer aided sketching
e.tc

3-D design annotation
Pictorials: 3-D visualization
Oblique pictorial: the simplest to sketch
e.tc

Design feasibility
design feasibility study
presentation of the feasibility design study
e.tc

Design shape-analysis
Geometric description: 2-D to 3-D visualization
Analytical visualization: definitions, conditions and Axioms
Auxiliary projections
missing views and lines
e.tc

The design workstation
Design workstation basics
workstation hardware
judging the power of a workstation
e.tc

Geometric entities in 3-D space
Graphic-user-interfaces in CAD
Coordinate formats
coordinate systems
e.tc

3-D Geometric modelling
using models in engineering and design
types of 3-D models
techniques for constructing solid models: CSG and B-Rep
e.tc

Design documentation
cross section: internal representation
dimensioning specifying the size
e.tc

Design presentation
presenting design data
methods for rendering
methods for rendering 3-D models
Animation
Design prototypes
e.tc

Includes index.