Introduction to Technical Drawings

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Steve Milanoski:

One of the challenges we face in manufacturing, is just aligning everyone to the singular vision. The real key to that is just a common communication, so it's imperative that we have a unifying language and that unifying language is technical drawings.

So this micro credential will introduce all of the students to the fundamentals of what a technical drawing is -- how to look at everything from the notes, the the form factor that you're looking at, if it's electronics, if it's a mechanical component, if it's a single part, if it's a rubber moulding -- it doesn't matter what it is, there's always going to be some form of geometry, there's going to be some form of material, there's going to be some form of dimensioning and this is for everyone and that's everyone that's involved in manufacturing.

Malcolm Heath:

Well technical drawings put everybody on the same page -- from the person who designs it to the person who makes it, and to the end-customer, they can see what they're going to get. This micro-credential is very important for all tradespeople. It's a way to relay that information to the person who's actually going to make it, so that they've got a full understanding of what the part, or the piece of the machinery, or equipment's going to look like, and how to actually put it together.

Steve Milanoski:

So one of the challenges with drawings in general, is just the fact that people are different, we come from different industries whether it's electronics background, machining background, welding background even for a procurement or Supply Chain management. Drawings are really that unifying language that is the glue that kind of keeps us all together and keeps us all communicating towards the singular mission, so that's really what this micro-credential aims to to solve -- and that is why an introduction to technical drawings is imperative for anyone working in Advanced Manufacturing.

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