IDM

Introduction to Digital Media

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Vector vs. Raster

2D Graphics

Raster

(Pixels)

Best suited for photographs

Lower level

Vector

(Scalable)

Best suited for line-based drawings

Higher level

2D Graphics

RGB

Red, Green, Blue

(Light / DigitalDisplay / Web)

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black)

(Pigment / Print)

2D Graphics

RGB

Red, Green, Blue

(Light / DigitalDisplay / Web)

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black)

(Pigment / Print)

2D Graphics

Raster

(Pixels)

Best suited for photographs

Lower level

Vector

(Scalable)

Best suited for line-based drawings

Higher level

2D Graphics

Raster Techniques

Vector Techniques

More on this later

Vector Techniques

Technical Drawings

 

2D

- Plan

- Section

- Elevation

 

3D

- Axonometric

- Isometric

- Perspective

- Section Perspective

Vector Techniques

Technical Drawings

 

Legibility and clarity in communication is key!

 

Technical drawings carry professional liability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Critical graphic attributes like line weights are not just an aesthetic choice, but primarily a form of communication design.

As architects, we must be passionate and thorough about the details.

 

Otherwise, we end up with..

Line Weights

Line Weights

Think of Technical Drawings as..

Precise instruments for communicating space

Speculative instruments for mentally projecting space

Research Channels

Drawing Conventions.. know them!

Keep looking..

54383/54883 F18 Class 10

By Eddy Man Kim

54383/54883 F18 Class 10

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