2P4/2B1 Computer Graphics Project
2B1 finished the DTP section of their S2 Computer Graphics Project. The task was to produce 2D and 3D computer drawings of a toiletries product. The students produced detailed production drawings that could be used to manufacture the product. A 3D model was created and rendered with materials such as coloured glass and metal. This was converted to a JPEG and used to produce an presentation poster that could be used in a magazine advert.
EVALUATION
Post answers to the following questions:
1 Explain why you chose the colour scheme used in your poster.
2 What effect were you trying to achieve with your choice of font?
3 What materials did you use on your 3D model and why?
4 Were you satisfied with the overall impact of your poster?
5 What improvements or changes would you make if you were doing the poster again?
Rendered CAD Animation – Servo
S4 GC: Prelim Revision!
Over the past 3 weeks Mr. Kerr and Mr. Todd's Graphic Communication classes have been revising theory and technical drawing abilities for their prelim. Week one looked at pictorial views, week two concentrated on geometry and this third and final week classes have been revising engineering drawing. Take a look at the photos below to see some Int1/2 revision work being completed. Mr. Todd was also kind enough to give his class a NAB before their last lesson ended!
Good luck in the prelims all our S4 pupils! If you need any revision help leave a comment below and we'll see if we can make some resources available for you on the site or arrange a time to come in for some help.
e-Team Visualiser Trial
With the move to the new school rapidly approaching and the new facilities no longer enabling us to produce technical drawings on the whiteboards we realised that we needed a new approach to delivering Graphic Communication from the introductory S1/2 courses right through to Higher.
Initially Mr. Kerr had a Sony Handycam strapped to an old test tube holder which was all balanced precariously over his work with a live video feed of his drawing projected onto the whiteboard. While this worked it was only going to be a matter of time before he was a) concussed from a low flying Handycam or b) concussed with a pile of paperwork from a Health & Safety advisor!
Fortunately the eTeam were kind enough to offer us a trial with the SMART branded visualiser. This simple piece of kit incorporates a camera and light which positions itself over your drawing board and is then projected onto the whiteboard. This visualiser also contains a zoom feature and a built in light.
We have found the visualiser to be a wonderful piece of kit which not only gets the pupils enthused and motivated but also improves the clarity of the drawing process by allowing the pupils to see exactly what your tools are doing and how they are doing it. The images below demonstrate the use of a compass (always difficult to demonstrate with a PowerPoint and not always much clearer with oversized whiteboard equipment) to transfer a height from an elevation onto an isometric view.