Year 10 - Design and technology
Basic 3D sketching
Product analysis: encouraging healthy lifestyles
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Unit Summary
Pupils will analyse products to identify features in the products. They will also identify the materials, material properties and manufacturing processes used to create the products. They will conduct functional tests to collect and analyse data to inform design decisions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to draw citrus fruit juicers using the crating technique.
Key Notes
- The crating technique can be used with isometric and perspective sketching.
- When using the crating technique, it is important that the vertical lines are parallel.
- The crating technique can be used to sketch curves and complex shapes.
- We can use the crating technique to help sketch existing products in 3D.
Vocabulary To Learn
- perspective: a drawing technique that creates the illusion of depth and space on a flat surface
- isometric: a 3D representation of an object where sides are drawn at 30 degrees
- crating: a technique used to draw more complex 3D shapes
- construction lines: used to plan out and position elements of a drawing
- proportion: the relationship between different sizes and how they compare to each other
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- 3D sketching is just 2D sketching with an additional dimension.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
The crating technique can be used with isometric and perspective sketching. When using the crating technique, it is important that the vertical lines are parallel.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'perspective'
a drawing technique that creates the illusion of depth and space on a flat surface.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: 3D sketching is just 2D sketching with an additional dimension. Correction: To be able to sketch in 3D, we need to understand depth and perspective.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Advanced 3D sketching Study Guide
- Anthropometrics and ergonomics Study Guide
- Form versus function fruit juicers Study Guide
- Mastering 3D sketching Study Guide
- Metal properties and processes Study Guide
- Polymer properties and processes Study Guide
- Testing citrus fruit juicers Study Guide
- The work of other designers Study Guide
- Timber properties and processes Study Guide
- Why and how designers analyse products Study Guide
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