CAD Software as a Teaching and Learning Tool

CAD Software as a Teaching and Learning Tool © PDST, 2010 The. PDSTisisfundedby bythe the. Departmentofof. Educationand and. Skills underthe the. National. Development. Plan, 2007 -2013 2

Draft Guidelines for Teachers 2006 Design and Communication Graphics seeks to build on the strengths of its predecessor Technical Drawing, which had a strong reliance on the underlying principles of plane and solid geometry.

Draft Guidelines for Teachers 2006 The advancement of lifelong learning skills The power of parametric modelling for the teaching of plane and descriptive geometry should be fully utilised through the incorporation of a data projector as an essential piece of equipment for the Design and Communication Graphics classroom.

Our Approach HANDS ON THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

Key Geometric Principles

Plan for the Night • • • Transformation Geometry Conic Sections/Ellipse Commands Pictorial Projection/Axonometric Intersection of Surfaces DCG 2012 Intersection of Surfaces

Transformation Geometry

Conic Sections/Ellipse • Create a teaching and learning model for one the following areas of the Ellipse – Major and Minor Axis – Ellipse as a Conic Section – Construction Methods – Introduction to the Ellipse – Tangent and Normal – Other Time 45 minutes Groups of Two People

Commands • Measure • 3 D Sketch • Four View • Insert Image/Sketch • Roll Back • Convert Entities • Edit Sketch • Edit Feature

Pictorial Projection /Axonometric Solid. Works Drawing Sketch & Layers

Intersection of Surfaces

Intersection of Surfaces