Educational software to learn the essentials of engineering graphics

• Published in: Computer applications in engineering education Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18
• Main Authors: Hernández Abad, Francisco, Rojas Sola, José Ignacio, Hernández Abad, Vicente, Ochoa Vives, Manuel, Font Andreu, Jorge, Hernández Díaz, David, Villar Ribera, Ricardo Alberto
• Format: Journal Article Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2012; John Wiley & Sons
• Subjects: Computer programs; computer supported instruction(CSI); Educational software; Engineering Graphics; Ensenyament assistit per ordinador; Ensenyament i aprenentatge; Ensenyament universitari; Innovació i Investigació educativa; Interactive Didactic Application(IDA); Material didàctic; Programes d'aprenentatge; Programes d'ordinador; technical drawing; Àrees temàtiques de la UPC
• ISSN: 1061-3773; 1099-0542
• DOI: 10.1002/cae.20344

This article presents a novel educational software package which develops an Interactive Didactic Application(IDA) generated in the Polytechnic University of Catalonia(UPC), and which contains the essentials of Engineering Graphics according to ISO norms. It is an interactive multimedia application which adapts easily to all engineering studies, according to the needs of each course, and which is the nucleus of Computer Assisted Teaching(CAT). © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 20: 1–18, 2012