{"id":14018,"date":"2021-08-31T07:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hml.iticollege.edu\/?p=14018"},"modified":"2021-08-31T07:34:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:34:05","slug":"drafting-and-design-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impactwindowswholesaler.com\/iticollege\/blog\/drafting-and-design-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Drafting and Design Technology Jobs Start New Product Development Rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any product you see in a store or online starts life with an idea and a simple drawing. Drafting and design professionals<\/a> transform this simple sketch or drawing into a temporary model for inspection by their supervisors. From there, it goes through several processes to end up as the product you purchase for home, personal, or business use.<\/p>\n

We tend to take product development for granted because we are concerned with a product\u2019s functionality, appearance, and price. Little thought is given to all the work behind the scenes to provide us with what we need and want. By understanding this process better, you may be prompted to look into drafting and design as a career.<\/p>\n

Product Design and Development Begins with an Idea and a Drawing<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>Product development<\/a> consists of all the steps needed to take a product from its concept to its creation to its market appearance. The old-school approach was to create a product and then look for a market. Today\u2019s approach is to identify a market need and create a product or products to meet it. This second approach is decidedly more efficient and effective in sustaining the product\u2019s acceptance and future success.<\/p>\n

After someone generates a product idea, it must be visualized on paper and a computer screen<\/em><\/strong>. The concept may come from an employee in which case the idea becomes the company\u2019s intellectual property. If the product concept is generated by someone off the job, the person may seek to develop it or hire a company to develop it. In either scenario, the process begins with an idea and a drawing.<\/p>\n

How Drafting and Design Technicians Create Professional Prototype Models<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Drafting and design professionals do much more than just create a simple sketch or drawing of a product concept. It must be developed further to include some essential elements:<\/p>\n