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Technical Graphics is a real and complete language used in the design process for:

1. Communicating
2. Solving problems
3. Quickly and accurately visualizing objects
4. Conducting analyses

92% of the design process is graphically based. The other 8% is documenting it. A drawing is a graphical representation of objects and structures and is done using freehand, mechanical, or computer methods. A drawing serves as a graphical model or representation of a real object or idea.

Drawings may be abstract such as multiview drawings or more concrete, such as in a computer model.

Even though drawings may take many forms, the graphics method of communicating is universal and timeless.

It may seem to be a simple task to pick up a pencil and start drawing three-dimensional images on two-dimensional paper. However, it takes special knowledge and skill to be able to represent complex technical ideas with sufficient precision for the product to be mass-produced and the parts to be easily interchanged. This special knowledge is called technical drawing.

Technical drawings are a nonverbal method of communicating information. Descriptions of complex products or structures must be communicated with drawings. A designer uses a visual, nonverbal process. A visual image is formed in the mind, reviewed, modified, and is ultimately communicated to someone else, all using visual and graphics processes.

Technical Illustration

Technical illustrations are developed and used throughout the concurrent engineering and documentation cycle. For example, using CAD software, the 3D model could be viewed from any direction and illustrations could be rendered. Hand or computer-rendered illustrations are used by industrial designers to convey their ideas to others on the team early in the design process.
Technical illustrations are used by engineers to communicate ideas during the design process; by service, to create technical documents such as installation and maintenance manuals; as well as by marketing, to create advertising and sales information.

At NBKJ, LLC., we have developed and take advantage of the latest technology to process volumetric and geometric data accurately and more efficiently.

Key Links: - Current Methods - Concurrent Engineering