Engineering Design Communication Author:Shawna D. Lockhart Engineering Design Communication is a true foundation course in graphic communication. This text takes a modern, real world approach to teaching engineering graphics. From a presentation that closely reflects industry practice, to various features, such as the "Designer's Notebook," that apply key concepts to the workplace, this text is dedica... more »ted to preparing the reader for an engineering environment. Readers first learn to sketch their ideas, to transform 2D sketches into 3D models, to refine the models and use them for analysis, and finally to use the models to document the design--just as they would an actual design project. With step-by-step tutorial guides that follow the organization of the text, Engineering Design Communication shows how knowledge is generated, and how it is used.« less