How to Build an Isometric, 2-Point, or 3-Point Perspective in Technical Illustrations
David Herrick TCC Guest Writer & Sr. Illustrator Here are some of the most commonly used perspective types in illustrations in general: Isometric View All parallel lines remain parallel. 2 point perspective All horizontal parallel Lines recede to Vanishing Points. Vertical parallel lines remain vertical and parallel to each other. 2 point perspective In this…
Read MoreTechnical Illustration: How to Draw Crisscrossing Circuit Wires with Adobe Illustrator
David Herrick TCC Guest Writer & Sr. Illustrator The simplest way to indicate a criss-cross in a wiring diagram (or anything, really) using Adobe Illustrator. If you have a sketch or diagram already, scan it and save the scan as a JPEG or PNG, then open a new document in Adobe Illustrator. Choose “place” from…
Read More10 Great Features that FrameMaker has but Word Doesn’t
I love and use FrameMaker and Word both in my daily work. But here are ten good reasons why I choose FrameMaker (FM) over Word when it comes to long complicated technical documents: 1) Page templates. If I wish to, I can make every page of a FM document use a different page template without…
Read MoreTechnical Book Review: “Writing Plain Instructions” by Marc Achtelig
“Writing Plain Instructions,” with the subtitle “How to write user manuals, online help, and other forms of user assistance that every user understands” by Marc Achtelig is a great addition to the existing literature on technical writing. Marc, a veteran technical communicator from Germany with two engineering degrees, is a detail-oriented author who covers his topic at…
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