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General D&T Knowledge

PRODUCT DESIGN / RESISTANT MATERIALS / ENGINEERING / CONSTRUCTION

Quick links to topics

WJEC Design and Technology Resources

Introduction

It is hoped that these links will provide you will most of the underpinning knowledge needed to succeed in design and technology and avoid you simply 'googling' a topic without evaluating 'how reliable is the information I am using'?

Each page is packed full of essential 'nuggets' of information as well as interesting additional things like YouTube videos, animations, plug-ins and other interactive elements intended to help you learn more about the subject and hopefully develop an interest in a STEM career.

More and more content is being added all the time. If you think of something which has not been added yet, let your teacher know and we can add it in our next update.

Graphic Design

Colour Theory

Typography

Sketching Skills

Product Design

The Design Cycle

Famous Designers

Product Design Inspiration

Sustainability and Sustainable Design

Anthropometrics

Ergonomics

Consumer Protection

Scales of Production

Google Arts and Culture

Useful for art movements

Intellectual Property and Patents

Design Movements

Through the Ages

User Centered Design

Keeping the user at the centre of design decision making

Materials

Woods

(and woodworking)

Metals

(and metalworking)

Plastics

(and thermoforming)

Composites

(e.g. carbon fibre, kevlar, etc)

Ceramics

Smart, Modern and 'Meta' Materials

'Design inSite'

A website which briefly explains how many items are made

Tools and Equipment

Hand Tools

Machine tools

Measuring and Marking Out Tools

Pre-Manufacture

Engineering Drawing

Measuring and Marking Out

CAD-CAM

Useful formulae for quick engineering calculations

Fabrication Methods

Cutting Methods

Wasting Processes

Bending, Shaping and Forming

Heat Treatments

Jointing Methods

Additive Manufacture and Rapid Prototyping

Adhesives

The following document is a really nice visual guide to the most common manufacturing processes. It was sourced online and credited to the original author, J Radcliffe. It is very useful as a pocket guide for revision.