This area of study focuses on the acquisition and application of presentation drawing skills that incorporate the use of technical drawing conventions. These drawings present information and ideas associated with a specific design field selected for detailed study:
environmental design or
industrial design.
Distinguishing characteristics of these fields are provided on page 12 of this study design. In the selected design field students investigate ways in which information and ideas can be communicated to a client and draw on these understandings when creating presentation drawings. They develop an understanding of the context of presentation drawings in a selected design field. In this area of study students focus on the design process stages of development and refinement of concepts. They acquire knowledge and skills related to technical drawing conventions and apply these when representing forms using two- and three-dimensional presentation drawings appropriate to the selected field. Students use manual and digital methods to create the drawings.
On completion of this unit the student should be able to create presentation drawings that incorporate relevant technical drawing conventions and effectively communicate information and ideas for a selected design field.
To achieve this outcome the student will draw on key knowledge and key skills outlined in Area of Study 1.
understand target audiences, purposes and contexts of presentation drawings associated with a selected field
two-dimensional drawing methods such as plans and elevations (environmental) and third-angle orthogonal projections (industrial)
three-dimensional drawing methods such as perspective, isometric and planometric and three-dimensional process (environmental and industrial)
rendering techniques for depicting the direction of light, shade and shadow and for representing surfaces, materials, texture and form
methods used to refine drawings using manual and digital methods
measures for evaluating effective drawings such as readability, clarity, accuracy, communication of message, usability and relevance
technical drawing conventions used with presentation drawings such as those related to layout, dimensions, labels, symbols and lines
role of the Australian Standards in providing nationally accepted conventions for technical drawing
methods of drawing to scale using conventional ratios such as:
1:50, 1:100 or 1:25 (environmental)
1:1, 2:1, 1:5 or 1:10 (industrial).
apply drawing methods that are suitable for presentation drawings and the selected field
use manual and digital methods to create presentation drawings
select and apply technical drawing conventions used with presentation drawings appropriate to the selected field
select and apply two- and three-dimensional methods to represent form, proportions and scale.