Size and Proportions: When Designing Holders and Items (to hold)

In this video I chat about practical tips and guides related to sketching ideas with the items to hold or store, or anything. 

A common problem and sight in students’ journal when they sketch or draw, more often than not, they do not get the relative size and proportions right. Lacking of an awareness is one possibility. 

Example of a Paper Clip Holder

Look at the example above, can you find the paper clips? Do you have an idea how BIG this Eiffel Towel will be in real life? For a Paper Clip holder the design is an oversize. An overkill. But I can almost guarantee that the student who sketched this would not have any idea that it is so.

Sketches usually show UNUSUALLY OVERSIZED HOLDERS with extremely tiny items, whatever they may be, that the holders are supposed to hold.

Watch the “Design & Coursework Chat” video to learn about what’s going on. How to identify out of proportion sketches when the size of the holder does not match the items to be held. How to overcome this? What are some general tips and guides to overcome this common problem.

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Working Drawing: How to Draw Dimension Lines for Orthographic Projection in PowerPoint 2013

You asked for it. So here it is.

This video tutorial shows steps to draw dimension lines and arrows in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. It assumes you already have a First Angle Orthographic Projection (either hand drawn or via Google SketchUp) image ready for import into the Powerpoint slide.




Create Presentation Board using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2013. (Click here).
(DIGITAL) How to draw Phone Holder in Google SketchUp 8 (Click here).
(ANALOG) How to draw Isometric / Orthographic view for Phone Holder (Click here).

Presentation Board | Presentation Drawing | Working Drawing Overall (Planning) Starter Kit (2011)

(Almost) Everything required within your Presentation Boards.

Note the different types of drawing techniques employed to communicate your ideas when you present them in your presentation boards. Note also the timing shown in the image above is for illustration purposes only.

Presentation Board Layout Planning (I) - Drafting

Presentation Board Layout Planning (II) - more details shown

Tips:
It is always good to list out what you wish to include in your

1) Presentation Drawing
2) Working Drawing

The expectation for Presentation Drawing is
a) Competent graphic presentation,
b) with all detail showing contextual use of design solution

The expectation for Working Drawing is
a) Detailed working drawing
b) with material list.
c) Drawing standards must be adhered.

Working Drawing Starter Kit

Sample (Draft) Working Drawing Layout.

Plan before hand where you want to place your information on your A2 Presentation Board. You may use an A4 or A3 paper to draft out where you want the necessary drawings to be. Use that draft to create your actual Working Drawing.

Sample - Orthographic Projection and dimensioning

An orthographic projection is drawn to scale. Remember to adhere to standard rules for type of line works, placement of arrows, leader lines, dimensioning circles and radius and inputting numbers, etc.