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The lecture emphasizes the importance of sketching in engineering, highlighting that graphical communication is often more effective than verbal descriptions. It covers various types of freehand drawing, including single view, pictorial, and multi-view sketches, as well as the significance of proportions and orthographic sketching. Additionally, it introduces different types of lines used in technical drawings, such as visible, hidden, and center lines.

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Sketching

The lecture emphasizes the importance of sketching in engineering, highlighting that graphical communication is often more effective than verbal descriptions. It covers various types of freehand drawing, including single view, pictorial, and multi-view sketches, as well as the significance of proportions and orthographic sketching. Additionally, it introduces different types of lines used in technical drawings, such as visible, hidden, and center lines.

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Lecture 8: Sketching

NGN110: Introduction to Engineering


and Computing

Dr. Fadi Aloul


Why Need Sketching?

 Which of the following two items is more effective in


conveying the message?

No
Smoking
Allowed

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Why Need Sketching?

 Which of the following two items is more effective in


conveying the message?

Consists of a 4-
bedroom villa. It has
a living room, a
dining area and a
kitchen. In addition to
a double garage and
washing room. It also
has a swimming pool.

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Why Need Sketching?

 Which of the following two items is more effective in


conveying the message?

Exit 47 to Route 34
west to Exit 3. Follow
N. Frontage Road
and turn left onto
Park Street. Veer left
onto Howard Avenue.
The main entrance is
to the left.

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Technical Drawing

A picture is worth a
thousand words

Graphical
communication is
an essential part of
an engineer’s job

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Technical Drawing

 Why learn technical drawing?


1. Universal Language; Many people understand graphics more
easily than words
2. Engineers from different fields can communicate more effectively
3. Helps in presenting complicated ideas
4. Visualizes ideas in 3-dimensions
5. Speeds up the communication between people working on a
project in industries between different countries/locations.

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Sketching Courses @ AUS

 DES 111 – Descriptive Drawing I


 DES 112 – Descriptive Drawing II
 DES 141 – Introductory Painting
 DES 142 – The Practice of Color
 DES 200 – Communication Design

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Freehand Drawing

 Often referred to as sketching


 Doesn’t need advance instruments; just a pencil, eraser,
and a paper.
 Designers develop their ideas by making several sketches
before arriving at the final solution.

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Simple Freehand Drawing

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Advanced Freehand Drawing

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Proportions

 Proportion allows the


designer to use
approximate values to
create a balanced
looking object.

 Relative proportion of
an object is more
important than its
actual physical size.

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Comparison of Different Projections

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Types of Freehand Drawing

 Single View
Pictorial View
 Objects with two dimensions

 Pictorial
 Objects with three dimensions
Single View

 Multi-view
 Separated, single orthographic
views oriented in adjacent Single View
related positions to describe
an object completely

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Types of Freehand Drawing

Single
Top
View

Single
Side
View

Pictorial View Multi-View

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View of Objects

 3 principle dimensions: Width + Height + Depth


 Any one view of a three-dimensional object shows only
two dimensions, the third dimension is found in an
adjacent view
 Orthographic sketching shows 2 of the 3-dimensions

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View of Objects

 Any object can be viewed from 6 mutually perpendicular


directions

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View of Objects

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View of Objects

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Orthographic Sketching

 Sometimes different objects may have the same top and


front views. In such cases, the side view is needed to
identify the object completely.

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Orthographic Sketching

 Some objects, such as cylindrical or symmetrical objects,


may require only 2 views

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Types of Lines

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Types of Lines

 Visible Lines
 Solid lines used for visible edges

 Hidden Lines
 Medium dashed lines used for invisible edges

 Center Lines
 Shows the theoretical perfect center of arcs, holes, and cylinders.
They can be used to show symmetry, or used to aid in
dimensioning an object.

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Types of Lines

 When different types of lines coincide, some lines have


priorities (or precedence) over others:
 First priority – visible lines
 Second priority – hidden lines
 Third priority – center lines

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