D Drawings
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I am teaching AutoCAD to high school students and am in need of more
3-D drawing assignments. Would anyone know where I could find some that would
be useful assignments on AutoCAD for high school students?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Merle, Could you narrow down to a discipline that your interested in such as
Architecture or mechanical or just mutilated blocks or science related?
What text are you using and what have you done so far?
Have you been to an Autodesk teacher training session in your state?
Is this a Technology Ed class or a Voc-tech class? Sorry for the questions but
this will help myself and others here to better serve you. Nice to have you
aboard, where are you located?
Are you using 3DStudio or any of the multimedia products?
Stay tuned for some major help and major news here.
PAT
I have a 2 year program where I spent 1 semester learning
commands, 1 semester on arch., 1 on eng. mechanics, 9 weeks on Lisp,
and 9 weeks on individual projects. I am interested in projects that
would be useful in understanding the 3-D capabilities available on
AutoCAD.
Thanks Merle, Do you use any 3rd party packages like AutoArchitect or others?
PAT
I don't at this time. I have 12 stations and we don't have any extra
stuff. There is to much expense involved as we are a small school of 400 in
the high school.
It was suggested to me on another forum to simply take different shaped
objects and have students measure and draw them. I think I could do that
easily by contacting some of the local industries for samples. If I ddon't
find anything else, I will do that.
Thank you for your concern.
Merle
Hi Merle, just a few moments to drop in here, but wanted to add a bit to your
comments re appropriate problems for students.
1. Not sure what you were referring to as ".. have different shaped objects
and have the students measure and draw them." but Pullllllllease don't revert
back to what I call "mutilated blocks" that we all cut our teeth on! What the
#%$ were those things anyways??!!
2. You ARE right on target though about ".. contacting some local
industries for samples." ABSOLUTELY!! Nothing beats reality (well OK, virtual
reality is cool but, ……) And you are right it is NOT difficult to do once
you try it. You will also likely be amazed at the "spin off" effects and
benefits you will reap from this liaison with your business and industry
community.
I can tell you for instance that in assisting with technical direction for the
US national and the World CAD competitions, I insist that the "University of
the Real World" be the ONLY place we turn to for both the problems and the
judges. This has never failed to be anything less than a VERY powerful win-win
situation for all involved. So, go for it! You will be glad you did.
wayne