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Drafters, Designers To Exhibit Their Work

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By JESSICA BAIR, The Suncoast News

Published: January 2, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - From conception to construction, students in the drafting and design technology program at Pasco-Hernando Community College have been creating building models.

Their assignments and class projects will be showcased at the PHCC art gallery from Thursday until Jan. 28. The gallery is in the Alric C.T. Pottberg Library on the college's West Campus, 10230 Ridge Road.

The Student Drafting and Design Exhibition will include manual drawings, three-dimensional computer-assisted design solid models, 3-D CAD architectural models and physical scale models.

Submissions from students with varying levels of expertise and experience, ranging from a 14-year-old dual-enrollment student to 36-year-old returning student, will be in the exhibition.

"After they learn how to draw the concept, then they move to computer design," drafting and design instructor Jack Plant said of how the design process begins.

All students learn how to create 2-D and 3-D models using "demanding software," Plant said.

AutoCAD from Autodesk, was one of the first CAD programs developed for the personal computer, while Chief Architect is a professional home-design software package.

The next step is to print the design on heavy paper, which is then cut and glued or assembled with other items, such as foam core, modeling wood and tool parts.

"They got real ambition and do most of the work themselves," Plant said of the students, who typically go on to work as engineers, entry-level drafters or architects.

Models of houses, boats and other buildings, such as a recreation facility built by student Zachary Justice, will be on display.

In conjunction with this exhibit, a Sustainable Green Design Fair and gallery reception will be Jan. 10 at PHCC West Campus. Local businesses will display sustainable, or green, products and services outside the library art gallery from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The fair will focus on better ways to build and how to be energy efficient, Plant said. It also will explore new architectural technology and strategies for creating buildings to last a lifetime.

In addition, Developing Drafters & Designers 3-D Club at PHCC will hold an opening reception in the art gallery from 6 to 8 p.m.

These events are free and open to the public.

Regular hours at the gallery are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For information about private viewings or to schedule a group event, call (727) 816-3229.

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