CAD Software
as a
Teaching and Learning Tool
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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
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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
SolidWorks Drawing Sketch & Layers
Intersection of Surfaces
Intersection of Surfaces