Advances in Engineering Graphics: Improvements and New Proposals

Abstract

The study of graphic communication techniques that engineers, architects, and designers use to express ideas and concepts, or the graphic expression applied to the design process, is becoming increasingly important. The correct interpretation of graphic language allows the development of skills in the training of an engineer or architect. For this reason, research on this topic is especially valuable in finding improvements or new proposals that help toward a better understanding of those techniques. This Special Issue shows the reader some examples of different disciplines available, such as engineering graphics, industrial design, geometric modeling, computer-aided design, descriptive geometry, architectural graphics and computer animation.

1. Introduction

The study of engineering graphics, defined as the set of graphic communication techniques that engineers, architects, and designers use to express ideas and concepts, or the graphic expression applied to the design process, is becoming increasingly important.

Not surprisingly, engineering and architecture studies have one of their main functions in the teaching of graphic communication, since it is the universal language of the engineer, architect, or designer in engineering and/or architecture fields.

The correct interpretation of graphic language allows the development of skills in the training of an engineer or architect. For this reason, research on this topic is especially valuable in finding improvements or new proposals that help toward a better understanding of those techniques.

The scope for case studies is very broad and can cover different disciplines of engineering, such as mechanical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, automation and robotic engineering or telecommunications engineering, among others, as well as architecture. In particular, research on educational aspects of the teaching of graphic communication techniques, which improve the development of skills related to the fields of engineering and architecture, is especially welcome.

This Special Issue invites researchers to submit original research papers and review articles related to any discipline in which theoretical or practical issues of engineering graphics are considered. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Engineering graphics
• Computer-aided design
• Industrial design
• Industrial drawing
• Geometric modeling
• Virtual reality
• Augmented reality
• Technical drawing
• Descriptive geometry
• Architectural graphics
• Computer animation
• Multimedia

2. Statistics of the Special Issue

The statistics of the call for papers for this Special Issue, related to published or rejected items, are as follows: total submissions, 17; published, 11 (65%); rejected, 6 (35%).

The authors’ geographical distribution by country for published papers is shown in

Table 1. Geographic distribution by the country of author.

Country	Number of Authors
Spain	23
Korea	5
Taiwan	2
Total	30

, where it is possible to observe 30 authors from three different countries. Note that it is usual for an article to be signed by more than one author and for authors to collaborate with others at different affiliations.

3. Authors of this Special Issue

The authors of this Special Issue and their main affiliations are summarized in

Table 2. Affiliations and bibliometric indicators for the authors.

Author	Main Affiliation	Reference
Manuel Prado-Velasco	University of Seville	[1]
Rafael Ortíz-Marín	University of Seville	[1]
Dolores Parras-Burgos	Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena	[2]
Daniel G. Fernández-Pacheco	Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena	[2]
Francisco J.F. Cañavate	Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena	[2]
Jaime Nebot	University of Zaragoza	[3]
Juan A. Peña	University of Zaragoza	[3]
Carmelo López Gómez	University of Zaragoza	[3]
Daniel Antón	Universidad de Sevilla	[4]
José Lázaro Amaro-Mellado	Universidad de Sevilla	[4]
Rafael Ortíz-Marín	University of Seville	[5]
José Ignacio Rojas-Sola	University of Jaén	[5]
Gloria Del Río-Cidoncha	University of Seville	[5]
José María López-Pedregal	University of Seville	[5]
Hung-Hsiang Wang	National Taipei University of Technology	[6]
Chih-Ping Chen	National Taipei University of Technology	[6]
Vicente López-Chao	Universidade da Coruña	[7]
Antonio Amado Lorenzo	Universidade da Coruña	[7]
Mankyu Sung	Keimyung University	[8]
SeongKi Kim	Sangmyung University	[8]
Jong-Hyun Kim	Kangnam University	[9]
Jung Lee	Hallym University	[9]
Sun-Jeong Kim	Hallym University	[9]
María Alonso-García	University of Cádiz	[10]
Miguel Ángel Pardo-Vicente	University of Cádiz	[10]
Lucía Rodríguez-Parada	University of Cádiz	[10]
Daniel Moreno Nieto	University of Cádiz	[10]
José Ignacio Rojas-Sola	University of Jaén	[11]
David Hernández-Díaz	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	[11]
Ricardo Villar-Ribera	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	[11]
Vicente Hernández-Abad	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	[11]
Francisco Hernández-Abad	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	[11]

, where there are three authors on average per manuscript.

4. Brief Overview of the Contributions to This Special Issue

The analysis of the topics (

Table 3. Topic analysis.

Topic	Number of Manuscripts
Industrial Design	3
Geometric Modeling	2
Computer Animation	2
Engineering Graphics	1
Computer-Aided Design	1
Descriptive Geometry	1
Architectural Graphics	1
Total	11

) identifies or summarizes the research undertaken. This section classifies the manuscripts according to the topics proposed in the Special Issue. It was observed that seven topics include all submissions: engineering graphics, computer-aided design, industrial design, geometric modeling, descriptive geometry, architectural graphics and computer animation.