Engineering Computer Graphics

Lecture 1. Introduction
PRELIMINARIES
 Course Structure

• Lecture: Drafting (Every Mondays, 2 hours)

– Sketching
– Rules
– Standards
• Lab: CATIA (Computer Aided Three dimensional
Interactive Application) (Lab Session assigned,
2 hours)
– Computer works
 Textbooks

• CATIA V5 Workbook, Release 19, by Richard

Cozzens; SDC Publications [Earlier version as
Release 16 is also working]

• Technical Graphics Communication, 4th

Edition, by Gary R. Bertoline and Eric N. Wiebe;
McGraw Hill Publications
 Website

• Official website on Canvas

– https://umdearborn.instructure.com/courses/

• Syllabus, solutions, handouts, grade records,

and messages are available on the website.
– Frequent check is required.
 Student Responsibilities

• Responsible for the lecture homeworks and lab

assignments whether you attend or not.
– No late homeworks and lab assignments are
allowed.
– No make up exam or quiz.
• You are expected to be in the Classes and Lab
sessions.
• Bring drawing tools and calculator for all lecture
classes.
 Office Hours and Lab Instructors

• Office Hours
– Mondays after the class (2 Hours) 5:45pm ~ 7:45pm
– Office: 2221 EC
– Email: jaehwanc@umich.edu
• Lab Instructors
– All CATIA related works and grading.
– Suhas Gupta Thunuguntla (sthunugu@umich.edu)
– Madhusudana Darinayakanapalya Sudheendra
(mdsu@umich.edu)
 Grading
• Grading Percentage
– Quiz (during Lecture) 5%
– Lecture Homework 15%
– Lab Assignments 20%
– Midterm Exams
• Lecture 15%
• Lab 15%
– Final Exams
• Lecture 15% Quiz
• Lab 15% 15 5
15 Homework
• Grades 15
– A+ 96 ~ Lab Assignment
– A 93 ~ 95.99 20
Lecture Midterm
– A- 90 ~ 92.99 15
15 Lab Midterm
– B+ 86 ~ 89.99
– B 83 ~ 85.99 Lecture Final
– B- 80 ~ 82.99 Lab Final
– C+ 75 ~ 79.99
– C 65 ~ 74.99
– D+ 60 ~ 64.99
– D 50 ~ 59.99
 Objectives (Must, not May Be)

• Lecture (Mondays)
– Understanding 3D Geometries
– Drawing and Sketching Skills and Concepts
– Technical Drawing Standards and Skills
• Lab (Assigned Lab Session)
– Run CATIA (Computer Aided Three Dimensional
Interactive Application)
– Master Basic CATIA Functions and Modules
GRAPHICS IN ENGINEERING
 Engineering

• Engineering (from Latin ingenium, meaning

"cleverness" and ingeniare, meaning "to contrive,
devise") is the application of scientific, economic,
social, and practical knowledge in order to design,
build, maintain, and improve structures, machines,
devices, systems, materials and processes. The
discipline of engineering is extremely broad, and
encompasses a range of more specialized fields of
engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on
particular areas of technology and types of
application.
Engineering
 Graphics

• Graphics (from Greek γραφικός graphikos,

'something written' e.g. autograph)
are visual images or designs on some surface,
such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone to
inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary
usage it includes: pictorial representation of data,
as in computer-aided design and manufacture, in
typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational
and recreational software. Images that are
generated by a computer are called computer
graphics.
 Graphics

Photograph
Drawing

Drawing
Illustration
 Graphics in Engineering

Traditional
Design
Process

Concurrent Design Process

Graphics in Engineering

CAE

CAM

CAD
Past
Present
Future
TOOLS/SKILLS FOR DRAFTING
Drafting Tools
Pencils
Line Drawing Techniques
Alphabet of Lines
 Summary

• Bring Drafting Tools EVERY Mondays.

– 2 Pencils (HB, 2H)
– Ruler (with inch and/or mm)
– 2 Triangles (30/60 and 45/45)
– Compass (Try to find sturdy and precise one)
• Get Account at 1180 EC and be familiar with the computers in
the lab.
• Get CATIA workbook, and try to run CATIA by yourself and
familiar with the user interface.
• Must follow the instruction for submitting ‘Lecture Homework’
and ‘Lab Assignment.’
– Will be posted on Canvas by the end of the first week.