All technical illustrators deal with projections to represent 3D objects on a plane. They apply standardized projections such as isometry and dimetry, or work in free projections and vanishing point perspectives. All techniques to compensate or at least minimize the drawbacks of representation on the plane and to convey 3D with only one representation.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) is known for many things; painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanic, engineer and natural philosopher. What our branch loves him for is his technical illustrations.
In addition to the subjective and collective perception of colors, the objective ability of each individual observer to process colors plays a role.
When using colors in technical communication, we must keep in mind the interpretation of colors in different cultures.
Sometimes it pays to think outside the box, in this case, outside the rice bowl. What we see there is a style guide for technical documents in Chinese and for Chinese.
Around my favorite tools CorelDRAW, Corel DESIGNER and bloXedia by pgx I publish irregularly professional articles and books.
The use of signal words has often been discussed at conferences, consultations or simply between colleagues.
Technical illustrations are becoming more and more efficient. Views are quickly generated with the 3D CAD model. But what to do when human-machine interactions make it necessary to represent that person? Don’t take a step back with photos or videos. Take a step forward with me to a vector-based digital mock-up also for humans in your illustrations.
The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control’s (BAFA) ” Support for business know-how” funding program promotes consulting services for small and medium-sized enterprises. Companies can obtain advice from qualified consultants on all economic, financial, personnel and organizational issues relating to company management.
Technical illustrations are supposed to convey content (messages). Graffiti should also convey messages (content). In a good technical illustration, the content can be understood by the addressee depending from the context. In graffiti it is rather difficult to get at the explicit or implicit message of the writer.
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