[NFB-Science] Drawing Tools for Intro to Engineering Design

[Liam McCoy]

I have used the Blackboard and agree it is a good low cost option and is nice that it works woth regular paper and ink pens. 

The APH InTact I think is very good as far as how easily and well it draws lines, but it more expensive.

-Liam

> On Sep 21, 2020, at 12:29 PM, Gene Kim via NFB-Science <nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey Nick,
> 
> I realize you mentioned you were looking for non-tactile drawing methods,
> but I had someone recommend me the Sensational Blackboard. I'm told it's a
> low-cost rubbery board that you can place ordinary printer paper on and
> draw with an ordinary pen so that both you and sighted peers can feel/see
> what's been drawn. I personally used the Draftsman in high school, which is
> a bit more expensive and uses plastic film rather than paper.
> 
> Best of luck!
> 
> Kindly,
> Gene
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 8:59 AM Lloyd Rasmussen via NFB-Science <
> nfb-science at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> For what it's worth:
>> Studying electrical engineering at Iowa State University from 1965 until
>> graduating in 1969, there was a requirement to take an engineering
>> graphics
>> course, applicable to all engineering students. I did not do close to
>> everything my sighted counterparts did, but I was using a raise-line
>> drawing
>> board, sometimes called the Sewell drawing kit. It used the thin mylar
>> sheets, and was only 8.5 x 11 inches in size. I think this is still
>> available, and realize that the limited dimensions are part of the problem.
>> I have always been totally blind. Some people like Abraham Nemeth were
>> much
>> better at visualizing things than I have ever been. In the graphics course
>> I
>> learned about the various kinds of projections. My "masterpiece" was a
>> perspective projection of a cylinder. I think an instructor helped me to
>> do
>> this, using a compass, protractor and other tactile tools. I have no idea
>> how I would draw such a thing today.
>> You have come to the right place to ask questions. We don't have all the
>> answers, and you will probably come up with some of them yourself if you
>> are
>> persistent. Your instructors should be willing and able to accommodate
>> your
>> disability, and you have to be in the middle of the process. Your
>> education
>> needs to work for you.
>> How are you going to communicate with your sighted coworkers when you
>> enter
>> your first jobs? What kind of information will you need to communicate?
>> How
>> will they communicate with you? I think that 3D printing and other 3D
>> modeling techniques are going to be helpful to you, and reducing them to
>> paper or a flat screen may become a little less important going forward.
>> I know I have raised more questions than I have answered. As blind people
>> we
>> are all pioneers, and one of our strengths for life can be resourcefulness
>> and creativity.
>> 
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
>> Senior Staff Engineer, National Library Service for the Blind and Print
>> Disabled
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nspohn0--- via NFB-Science
>> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:56 AM
>> To: 'NFB Science and Engineering Division List'
>> Cc: nspohn0 at gmail.com
>> Subject: [NFB-Science] Drawing Tools for Intro to Engineering Design
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> What tools do blind people use for drawing? I am taking intro to
>> engineering
>> design and I have to do things such as sketching, multi-view drawings, and
>> isometric drawings. Is there something other than a tactile drawing board
>> or
>> is a tactile drawing board what people use? I am interested in hearing
>> about
>> all tools that are out there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Nic
>> 
>> 
>> 
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