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101920 Technical Illustration 1
No. of hours per week: three hours for one
semester
Prerequisites: nil
This unit covers perspective (one- and two-point). By means
of lectures and demonstrations, the student is expected to
achieve a thorough understanding of perspective work.
Quality of the line (ink) is stressed, as is the importance of
technical details observation. The construction of ellipses and
the use of guides and instruments, such as proportional
divisers, trammels and French curves, are covered and the
student is asked to complete simple projects, such as the
construction of illustrations in one- and two-point
perspective. Exploded assemblies are discussed and material
displayed which will assist the student in rendering an
exploded drawing.
1~2902 Methods of Production (ID) 1
No. of hours per week: three hours for one semester
Prerequisite: Engineering Drawing 1
The unit deals with basic production processes and an
introduction to the variety of plastic materials available to
the designer, and explores the potential and limitations of
these materials. Further instruction is given in aspects of
engineering drawing related to plastic products.
Materials and production methods are studied and are
related to project work in the lndustrial Design sequence.
Topics covered are as follows:
introduction to plastic materials: molecular structure,
thermoplastics and thermosets
plastic materials: commodity thermoplastics, thermosets,
engineering plastics, speciality plastics
processing plastic materials: extrusion, blow moulding,
injection moulding, thermoflowing
designing with plastics: capabilities and limitation,
shrinkage, draft angle
costing plastic components: process and materials
identification of plastics
testing plastics
joining plastics
finishing plastics
mould design.
ID2908 lndustrial Derign 2
NO. of hours per week: twelve hours for one
semester
Prerequisites: Engineering Drawing 1, lndustrial
Design 1, Perceptions, Technical lllustration 1,
Workshop Techniques 1
This unit covers:
lndustrial Design
Production Awareness and Methodology.
Industrial Design
In this component students revise the work produced in
lndustrial Design 1. A series of lectures is given and
discussed, based on the psychological elements of design
such as synaesthetics, order, progression, active and passive
influences. An introduction to ergonomics is given, including
several projects which allow the student to derive figures
and statisticr in areas where none or few exist. The student
completes the semester with a thorough grounding in
manual skills and basic techniques in model+making, woodworking,
rendering and illustration.
ID291 5 Workshop Techniques 2
No. of hours per week: three hours for one
semester
Prerequisite: Workshop Techniques 1
This unit expands the studies of the capabilities of the
various items of wood machining equipment already
presented in Workshop Techniques 1.
Projects will emphasise timber specification and selection,
marking out, timber joining techniques and decorative and
applied wood machining. Mass production where it relates
to the design industry will be undertaken. Students will
produce a series of four models representing typical product
design projects.
ID2921 Technical lllustration 2
No. of hours per week: three hours for one
semester
Prerequisite: Technical lllustration 1
Students will construct several three-point perspective grids
for use through continuing technical illustration projects. The
unit commences with preliminary lectures covering the use
and understanding of reflections, textures and shading, and
time is devoted to achieving finished work. Students are
expected to execute finished drawings of three articles in
different techniques.
ID3903 Engineering Design 1
No. of hours per week: three hours for one
semester. Minimum of three factory visits
Prerequisite: Methods of Production (ID) 1
This unit gives students a practical introduction to workshop
and production machinery. Students learn to use the
department's machine shop equipment, which includes
lathe, milling machine, measuring instruments, etc. Students
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become familiar with the capabilities and lim tations of the
department's lathe and milling machine by designing and
producing a number of simple products.
The unit covers the following:
lathes (including practical exercises)
milling machines (including practical exercises)
shapers
planers
laser cutters
requirements of specification and tolerancing in relation
to machine tools.
Casting processes:
uses of castings
sand casting
green sand
permanent moulds
skin dried moulds
loam moulds
furan moulds
CO, moulds
metal moulds
rubber moulds.
ID3909 lndustrial Design 3
No. of hours per week: twelve hours for one
semester
Prerequisites: Methods of Production (ID) 1,
lndustrial Design 2, Technical lllustration 2,
Workshop Techniques 2
The unit will begin to identify some areas of design
specialisation in industrial design. The study of design