Engineering Graphic (PRT 137/3)

How do designers get ideas? Many spend their time searching for clever combinations of forms, fonts, and colors inside thedesign annuals and monographs of other designers' work. For those looking to challenge the cut-and-paste mentality thereare few resources that are both informative and inspirational. In Graphic Design: The New Basics , Ellen Lupton, best-selling author of such books as Thinking with Type and Design It Yourself , and design educator Jennifer Cole Phillips refocus design instruction on the study of the fundamentals of form in a critical, rigorous way informed by contemporary media, theory, and software systems.Through visual demonstrations and concise commentary, The New Basics shows students and professionals how to build interest and complexity around simple relationships between formal elements of two-dimensional design such as point, line, plane, scale, hierarchy, layers, and transparency. The New Basics explains the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of designfrom a logo or letterhead to a complex web site. It takes a fresh approach to design instruction by emphasizing visually intensive, form-based thinking in a manner that is in tune with the latest developments in contemporary media, theory, art, and technology. Colorful, compact, and clearly written, The New Basics is the new indispensable resource for anyone seeking a smart, inspiring introduction to graphic design and destined to become the standard reference work in design education.

This proven and internationally recognized text teaches the methods of engineering design as a condition of successful product development. It breaks down the design process into phases and then into distinct steps, each with its own working methods. Engineering Design (3rd edition) provides more examples of product development; it also tightens the scientific bases of its design ideas with new solution fields in composite components, building methods, mechatronics and adaptronics. The economics of design and development are covered and electronic design process technology integrated into its methods. The third edition is translated from the sixth German edition and edited by Ken Wallace, of the University of Cambridge and Luciënne Blessing, of the Technical University of Berlin. Written to provide students and tutors of engineering design with all the fundamental information they require in a crucial subject, this book will also be of value as a reference to anyone working in the area.

Control System Design Guide, 3E will help engineers to apply control theory to practical systems using their PC. This book provides an intuitive approach to controls, avoiding unnecessary mathematics and emphasizing key concepts with more than a dozen control system models. Whether readers are just starting to use controllers or have years of experience, this book will help them improve their machines and processes. * Teaches controls with an intuitive approach, avoiding unnecessary mathematics. * Key topics are demonstrated with realistic models of control systems. * All models written in Visual ModelQ, a full graphical simulation environment available freely via the internet. * New material on OBSERVERS explained using practical applications. * Explains how to model machines and processes, including how to measure working equipment; describes many nonlinear behaviours seen in industrial control systems. * Electronic motion control, including details of how motors and motor feedback devices work, causes and cures of mechanical resonance, and how position loops work.