Education
Engineering Technicians in design should Sources of the necessary information to
Suggested Teaching Routes
understand: expand their expertise as needed. With the virtual demise of the drawing
TThe engineering drahe engineering drawwing language asing language as board and the rise of solid modelling
iit at appplies in their industrplies in their industry, including the including the Engineering Technicians in manufacture software, new approaches to teaching
ddetailed use of oretailed use of ortthograhographhic pric proojection,jection, should understand: TPR must be developed. The following
aand be prnd be proofifi cient in its use to commcient in its use to communicateunicate The interpretation of the engineering are some possible approaches which have
aan unambiguous detailed engineeringn unambiguous detailed engineering drawing language as it applies in their been suggested. They are by no means an
sspecifipecifi ccation of a pration of a prooduct.duct. industry, to communicate an unambiguous exhaustive list and are given here purely
detailed engineering specifi cation of a as a way of provoking new thinking in this
Engineering Technicians in design should have product. area.
knowledge of: Encourage students to sketch their
A signifi cant range of tolerance symbols Engineering Technicians in manufacture design ideas by hand before producing a
in use in their industrial fi eld, although, at should have knowledge of: solid model. Basic instruction in sketching
graduation, they may not appreciate the A signifi cant range of tolerance symbols will make their solid modelling work more
detailed use of some. in use in their industrial fi eld, although, at effi cient.
graduation, they may not appreciate the Give students an orthographic drawing
Engineering Technicians in design should have detailed use of some. of a simple component and ask them to
the skill to: produce an accurate solid model of the
Read a set of engineering drawings and Engineering Technicians in manufacture object, perhaps fi nding its weight, centre of
correctly interpret their meaning as to the should have the skill to: mass, or other property as a check on their
geometry of the artefact they represent, Read a set of engineering drawings accuracy.
appreciating the meaning of the tolerance and correctly interpret their meaning as For DMT projects early in the course,
requirements as necessary. to the manufacturing processes they imply, the design group could pass their design
appreciating the meaning of the tolerance drawings to another group for manufacture.
Engineering Technicians in design should have requirements as necessary. The manufacturing group would be marked
the know-how to: on how well they match the drawing, and
Appreciate the manufacturing Engineering Technicians in manufacture perhaps on how many genuine errors they
implications of the tolerance methods in use should have the know-how to: spot. The originating group gets the part
in their industry. Query the tolerance specifi cations in the back for testing, so have to live with the
Advise the design team on ways to documentation if they seem to unnecessarily results of any drawing errors.
improve the effi ciency of manufacture constrain the mode of manufacture. Have a range of real engineering
by using more appropriate tolerance drawings of recognisable parts available for
specifi cations in their documentation. Engineering Technicians in manufacture students to gain familiarity, perhaps on the
should be aware of: walls of the department. If possible, the real
Engineering Technicians in design should be The limitations of the range of application product could also be on display.
aware of: of their expertise, and the need to defer For major project work later in the
The limitations of the range of application to practitioners in other fi elds when the course, engineering drawings should be
of their expertise, and the need to defer situation requires it. required and marked. For projects where
to practitioners in other fi elds when the Sources of the necessary information to this is not appropriate, reasonable quality
situation requires it. expand their expertise as needed. sketches should be required.
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