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Design & Technology students must be familiar with a range of temporary and permanent joining methods for timber or manufactured boards. This article helps students revise this information and concludes with sample examination questions from the Cambridge AS/A Level syllabus. Advantages of joining timber using temporary joining methods Clearance: the intentional space or gap between … Read more
Design and Technology students sometimes have to enlarge an existing shape using a graphic method (this means you must enlarge a shape without using a calculator to work out the new dimensions). The method below uses one point perspective to graphically enlargement a shape. Existing parts of the drawing are first used to identify the … Read more
Why are some products, such as a point-of-sale display, designed to be folded or dismantled? Why are some products designed to be adjustable?
‘Flat packed’ refers to a product that is sold unassembled, with all major components lying in flat sheet form in a box. Customer has to do simple assembly.
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High school Design and Technology students are often asked to construct a regular octagon. This article illustrates two methods: using a compass and straight edge when given a circle; drawing an octagon from a square; and how to construct an octagon with set squares when given one side. How to draw a regular octagon inside … Read more
Design and Technology students are often required to construct geometric shapes. While hexagons and octagons are relatively straightforward to draw, other regular geometric shapes are more complicated. This article contains as single method that can be used to construct any regular polygon, such as pentagons, heptagon, and nonagons. How to draw a regular n-sided polygon … Read more
This article provides illustrations and instructions to help students construct a hexagon using a compass and straight edge using a range of methods. How to draw a hexagon when given a circle (compass method) You can also use this method when you know the distance “across the corners,” (AC) as this distance will tell you … Read more
High school Design and Technology students are often required to have the technical drawing skill to construct basic geometric shapes. This article explains how to construct triangles using only a compass and straightedge (such as set square or ruler). How to construct a triangle when given three sides How to draw an equilateral triangle when … Read more