Modeling and Prototyping. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Restrictions: Sophomore level or higher, for industrial design majors and minors only. Introduction to the drafting skills, techniques and methods needed to communicate a design for fabrication as well as the materials, tools and techniques to make full size working prototypes. The drafting component of the course will cover orthographic, isometric, line weight, dimensioning and specifications. Building from the drafting component of the course, the prototypes component will - through work in the model shop - introduce the student to the most common fabrication techniques, tools and methods used to build appearance and working prototypes in various materials.