Freehand Sketching.ppt

Freehand Sketching Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Fall 2004 Freehand Sketching Ideation – Integral to the design process Generation of design concepts to solve a design problem Usually freehand sketching is used to explore, study and communicate these design concepts Even today, and for the foreseeable future, many great design ideas are communicated via freehand sketching The “BEST” design engineers can immediately communicate an idea via a freehand sketch Freehand Sketching Required Pencil, Paper and Eraser Do not use Straight edges, templates, compasses etc. They slow down the process and defeat the purpose of fast communication of ideas! Freehand Sketching Sketches are planned Visualize the sketch Size of paper scale Orientation of the object Minimum detail to communicate the idea Type of sketch Oblique Isometric Orthographic Types of Sketches Types of Sketches Oblique Advantage: one true face Disadvantage: not “photorealistic” Isometric (a type of axonometric drawing) Perspective Advantage: easy to visualize the object Disadvantage: no true face Multi-View (orthographic) Advantage: true faces Disadvantage: hard to visualize Isometric, oblique, and perspective sketches are methods of showing the object in a single view. Freehand Sketching Freehand sketches are not sloppy! Freehand Sketching When possible use the grid on your engineering paper! Freehand Sketching Outline the sketch Use light lines Show major edges and boundaries and then add small details Freehand Sketching Shape the sketches Add appropriate details Darken object lines Freehand Sketching Fundamental Rule of Sketching Maintain Proportion Hints: use standard techniques to draw lines and arcs Lines Locate a start “dot” Locate an end “dot” Put pencil on start dot, look at the end dot and smoothly move pencil toward the end dot Freehand Sketching Circles (arcs) Draw light horizontal and vertical lines that intersect at the center Lightly mark the radius on the lines Con