Spatial visualization: Fundamentals and trends in engineering graphics

Journal of Industrial Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Strong, Shawn ^a   Smith, Roger ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; Design; Graphic Communications; Teaching Methods; Visual Communications

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS; GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; TEACHING METHODS; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANIMATION; COLOR; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 2942738716     PISSN: 08826404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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