An analysis of sketching skill and its role in early stage engineering design

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 476-482

  Yang, Maria C ^a   Cham, Jorge G ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Design process; Design teams; Engineering design; Sketching

Indexed keywords

DRAWING (GRAPHICS); IMAGE RECOGNITION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; VISUALIZATION;

DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN TEAMS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; SKETCHING;

DESIGN AIDS;

EID: 34249950270     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2712214     Document Type: Article

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