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| Creative thinking; the ability to look at a given situation or problem in a nontraditional way. Also known as divergent thinking. |
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| A freehand type of drawing; without the use of drawing tools. |
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| Also called high-probablity thinking or convergent thinking. |
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| A graph that uses lines or bars that are horizontal or vertical to represent a quantity. |
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| A diagram that shows the relationship between two or more numerical quantities, such as the age and average height of an individual. |
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| A diagram or a visual representation using a broken line to show the relationship between certain sets of numbers. |
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| A chart or diagram that is useful for representing percentages; a pie represents the entire percentage, so a particular slice can represent a portion of the whole. |
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| A chart or diagram that uses small pictures or symbols to represent a certain quantity following the format of a bar graph. |
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| The ability to change the proportions or size of one part of the image in relationship to the other. |
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| A form of modeling, which uses square dowels connected by gluing reinforcing gussets of index card stock. |
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| A physical model constructed from inexpensive materials intended to represent a design and analyze design concept, commonly called appearance models. This is constructed proportionally correct but not normally to scale. |
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| A full size, functional, working model of a design that is completed before a part is manufactured, which allows the object to be tested and analyzed before production begins. |
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| The detailed examination of something in order to understand it better or draw conclusions from it. |
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| A set of algebraic symbols expressing a mathematical fact, rule, etc. |
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| The space occupied by a three-demensional object measured in cubic units. |
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| A feature that can resize when constrained to other features. A part that is not constrained to a specific size or shape. |
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| Parts created in place and parts placed from parts files. Parts that have underconstrained features that resize according to their placement in an assembly. |
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| A slight surface angle used on the sharp edges of a product. |
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| Rules that govern the position and relationships among sketch geometry or the relationships between parts in an assembly. |
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| Numerical value used on a drawing to describe location, size, shape, or geometric characteristic |
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