Peter,
Have you ever tried to build what they create?
Our small team here does not make accurate enough stuff for most engineers
or CADCAM. I am the first one to admit it.
There is a major discrepancy between the fuzziness of our subjective 'arty'
world and that of the quantitive one of engineering.
You are right in that sculptors in particular shine at CAD, and those that
can pre-visualise seem to create the most compelling visuals. (another
subject)
An earlier post looked forward to the forthcoming demise of the design
distinctions.
Do not agree at all - we are becoming more and more specialized and
distinct with each passing day. Degrees of seperation are increasing - at
what rate I fail to imagine.
Some design fields are becoming so distinct as a process - that humans and
human knowledge have become seperated from the created artefact:
http://evonet.lri.fr/evoweb/resources/books_journals/record.php?id=149
Glenn Johnson
Industrial Design Manager
B/E Aerospace Inc.
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Most (Arty ?) design students I've come across don't have a problem picking
up
CAD They are not put off by Cartesian co-ordinates and they can even handle
NURBS !?!.
What really helps when learning CAD is thinking 3-dimensionally. Because
they're used to working in 3D in the workshops, this helps bridge the gap
between physical and virtual design worlds.
Peter
Peter Walters
PhD Student
Sheffield Hallam University
http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cs/cri/adrc/research2/peterwalters
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