Technical Drawing For Product Design

This intensive technical drawing course will take you through everything you need to consider in the product design drawing process. You will learn a range of drawing techniques including orthographic drawing and the principles of dimensioning and elevations.

Technical drawings or orthographic drawings are a globally recognized language and an essential skill for any designer who requires their product to be produced.

This course covers the basics of orthographic technical drawing in 3rd angle projections, and covers drawing templates, general arrangement drawing, parts drawings, and notating and dimensioning based on BS 8888: 201The techniques learnt will help you on your path to becoming a product designer.

You will learn through weekly online group sketching, drawing tutorials, and exercises. You will be encouraged to experiment with different product design tools. In the final week you will apply with you have learnt and present your final drawing including parts detailing, dimensioning and sections.

This course could be a step towards getting a job in product design, developing your portfolio for a degree application or to aid your own professional practice. Through experimenting with different ideas and techniques you might decide on a specialism such as household appliance or furniture design.

Course Outcomes:

By the end of the course you will have;

• Knowledge of what orthographic drawing is and how it can be used
• The skills to produce an orthographic drawing of a selected object
• Learnt how to annotate and dimension a drawing
• Learnt how to produce sections and parts drawings
• Produced a final orthographic drawing