Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Burke, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

packages and the rapid creation of organic shapes. The latter suggests that thissoftware is ideal for this task. It is worth noting that there is a freeform tool in SolidWorksand theoretically a freeform approach can be taken but Inventor Fusion was deemed moresuitable for the task due to its more organic approach.MethodologyThe study was conducted using a group of Product Design students during their third year ofa four year undergraduate degree programme. Participation in the study was voluntary andanonymous. Ethics approval was acquired. Seventeen students completed all parts of thestudy. Students were randomly assigned participant numbers (using a shuffled deck ofnumbered playing cards). A questionnaire was given to each student at the