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Showing 1 to 20 of 265 for “"drafting"”.
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Computer Aided Drafting: perceived needs of Virginia's community college drafting instructors
Rapid changes in the drafting profession have left gaps in skills and resources which hinder the ability of community college drafting instructors to provide students with the advanced skills needed for employment. To minimize these problems and to facilitate the integration of CAD into drafting …
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Drifting absence :: drafting memory
The emotive power of a memorial derives from its ability to engage the viewer in active remembrance. The project considers the limitations of a monumentality which embraces a distinct division between viewer and memorial. Collapsing the traditionally bifurcated relationship between the viewer and …
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Computer Aided Drafting Virtual Reality Interface
<p>Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) is pervasive in engineering fields today. It has become indispensable for planning, creating, visualizing, troubleshooting, collaborating, and communicating designs before they exist in physical form. From the beginning, CAD was created to be used by means of a …
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Orbital debris : drafting, negotiating, implementing a convention
It is time to recognize that while space may be infinite, Earth orbital space is a finite natural resource that must be managed properly. The problem we face with space pollution is complex and serious. The space treaties and conventions are not sufficient. They were drafted at the time of space …
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CRT LIGHT-HEAD FOR AN AUTOMATIC DRAFTING SYSTEM
… for use with a high quality precision automatic drafting system intended for the preparation of maps on a flatbed drafting table. A CRT light-head, mounted in place of the normal optical-mechanical light-head on a drafting table, enables the production of a wide range of symbolized line features …
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Building an electronic drafting table for sketch recognition
… need for complicated CAD programs. An electronic drafting table is required to capture large designs. The design of the electronic drafting table in this thesis uses linear image sensors located in the corners and triangulation to locate the exact position of the pen. The design of the sensors in …
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Drafting errors and decision making theory in the NBA draft
Even with the recent influx of available data with regards to draft-eligible players and NBA teams investing more resources into scouting than ever before, NBA decision makers still struggle to consistently evaluate talent and select productive players (Berri et al., 2010) in the draft. In this …
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Drafting Errors and Decision Making Theory in the NBA Draft
Even with the recent influx of available data with regards to draft-eligible players and NBA teams investing more resources into scouting than ever before, NBA decision makers still struggle to consistently evaluate talent and select productive players (Berri et al., 2010) in the draft. In this …
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Towards a design process for micro-based computer-aided drafting systems
Few things will change the architectural profession in the coming years more than the wholesale introduction of computers into the design process that has been made possible by the development of affordable micro-based CAD. This thesis is a case study into how the current state of the art will …
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The Literacy Sponsors Gallery Wall: Rethinking Literacy Sponsorship Through Multimodal Drafting
… explores the benefits of multimodality in the drafting process and advocates for more disciplinary support of multimodality across first-year writing curriculums in the field of Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. I explore my primary research question, how might multimodal drafting …
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A General Drafting Course for the Seguin High School: A Content Study
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Development and analysis of computer aided design and drafting software for storm sewers
… that aids engineers in storm sewer design and drafting. The most unique feature of this software package is its extensive use of the AutoCAD graphics system. The software package uses AutoCAD to enter storm sewer data. Drainage areas, sewer line locations, type of structures, and all other …
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Perceived importance of identified duties and tasks in the area of design/drafting management
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The role of computer-aided drafting, analysis, and design software in structural engineering practice
… aspect of their daily business. Computer-aided drafting, analysis, and design software are invaluable tools for any structural engineering firm. Given the growth, extensive competition, and demands of the industry, a firm cannot survive if it does not take advantage of the powers and …
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Drafting sex workers' human rights: using decriminalisation to combat gender-based violence faced by sex workers
Rates of gender-based violence (“GBV”) are rapidly growing in South Africa, which has come to be known as the “rape capital” of the world. 1 This violence is indiscriminately perpetrated against women across the country, including sex workers who are often victim of heinous acts of GBV due to their …
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Plain language and multilingualism in South Africa: a focus on literacy and understanding in law drafting
… within the prescripts of South African law drafting in assembling plausible resolutions for legal illiteracy among ordinary consumers. Previous studies looked at multilingualism and plain language as a lacking factor in the judiciary and recommended that rigorous indigenous language …
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Public participation in the drafting of the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution: The role and significance of the populace
… and significance of the rural populace in the drafting of the 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution. The study traces the history of constitutional reform efforts in Zimbabwe, beginning with the colonial Lancaster House Constitution of 1979, to the protracted exercise of 2009 to 2013 which gave birth to …
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