COMMUNICATING
ENGINEERING
SOLUTIONS
Mr. Kerins
IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION
Identifying
Expectations
Identifying Problem
Identifying roles
Guidelines
ENGINEERING DRAWINGS
Used to
communicate
products that will
be manufactured
Presentations
Different disciplines
use different
Drawings
ENGINEERING – WORKING DRAWINGS
Most complete Set
of Drawings
 Most detailed
drawings
 Set to strict standards
 ANSI (American National Standards
Institute)
 Ensures understood by
all
ENGINEERING – DETAIL DRAWINGS
Used to show the
exact shape and size
of an object.
 Uses multiple views
 Overall image of
object
 Ability to select view
that gives most detail
ENGINEERING – ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS
Shows how different
parts fit together to
create an object
 Used to simply design
 Allow others to
visualize parts
together
ENGINEERING – SCHEMATIC DRAWING
Used to show how
different parts fit
together to form a
system
 Electrical engineering
 Does not show size or
shape but how
systems work together
PTC / CREO SOFTWARE
PTC / CREO SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION
PROJECTS
Sketching, texturing,
Shadowing
 Sketch 3 diff items
 Sketch
 Shadow
 Texture
ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION PROJECT
Puzzle Directions
 Solve puzzle
 Communicate
solutions via directions
 Switch puzzles
 critique