Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Burke, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

not be visible in anyorthographic view of each design. This restriction was added to each brief to ensure thatstudents explored organic, complex form rather than employing familiar geometric shapes totheir designs. Students were required to submit the relevant CAD file as well as a 2Dphotorealistic rendered image of their solutions in each case. Hand drawn sketches were alsosubmitted if students chose to employ them.The study was conducted over four weeks and consisted of four, four hour computerlaboratory sessions (one session per week). Each task took two laboratory sessions tocomplete. All seventeen students attended the four sessions. The first of the two sessions ineach task consisted of instruction on using the surfacing tools in each