Technical Graphics and DCG at CBS Kilkenny
At Junior Certificate level the students
study Technical Graphics, while at senior cycle the students study Design &
Communication Graphics. The students draw shapes found in their surrounding
environments which helps them gain a better understanding of the topics
covered.
Technical Graphics
At Junior Certificate the students sit a practical drawing exam at the end of third year which accounts for the total assessment. The topics covered include:
Design & Communication Graphics
At Leaving Certificate the students sit a practical drawing exam at the end of sixth year which accounts for 60% of the marks and a drawing assignment worth 40% is completed in class in sixth year between September and January. The portfolio based assignment (maximum of fourteen pages) will focus on the investigation of a prescribed artefact, research into a particular design and the representation of the design as both a rendered freehand drawing and a representation of the artefact on Solidworks. The second element of the assignment is to make some improvements to the existing design or create a concept design for the object.
The topics covered include:
Technical Graphics
At Junior Certificate the students sit a practical drawing exam at the end of third year which accounts for the total assessment. The topics covered include:
- Orthographic Projection
- Rotations
- Solids in contact
- Developments
- Axonometric Projection
- Translations
- Conic Sections
Design & Communication Graphics
At Leaving Certificate the students sit a practical drawing exam at the end of sixth year which accounts for 60% of the marks and a drawing assignment worth 40% is completed in class in sixth year between September and January. The portfolio based assignment (maximum of fourteen pages) will focus on the investigation of a prescribed artefact, research into a particular design and the representation of the design as both a rendered freehand drawing and a representation of the artefact on Solidworks. The second element of the assignment is to make some improvements to the existing design or create a concept design for the object.
The topics covered include:
- Projection Systems
- Interpenetration of Solids
- Conic Sections
- Plane Geometry
- Structural Forms
- Geologic Geometry
- Assemblies.
