ARC1301 Architecture communications 1

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Demonstrate awareness of the function of computer aided drafting (CAD) as a fundamental tool of two and three-dimensional design;

2. 2

   Understand the transition between two-dimensional and three-dimensional systems of representation and their associated drawing conventions;

3. 3

   Demonstrate that you have developed basic skills in computer aided drawing in two and three dimensions using industry standard hardware / software;

4. 4

   Understand the principles of descriptive geometry, its methods of representation and protocols of orthographic and axonometric projection;

5. 5

   Demonstrate basic knowledge of the theoretical and historical origins of perspective and orthographic projection as an analogue form of practice and representation;

6. 6

   Understand and be able to apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.