2. The PDST is funded by the Department of Education and Skills under the National Development Plan, 2007-2013 CAD Software as a Teaching and Learning Tool © PDST, 2010 2 The PDST is funded by the Department of Education and Skills under the National Development Plan, 2007-2013

3. 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.

4. 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. Draft Guidelines for Teachers 2006

5. HANDS ON THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX Our Approach

6. Key Geometric Principles

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

8. Transformation Geometry

9. 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

10. 3 D Sketch Insert Image/Sketch Convert Entities Edit Feature Commands Measure Four View Roll Back Edit Sketch

11. Pictorial Projection /Axonometric SolidWorks Drawing Sketch & Layers

12. Intersection of Surfaces