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Technical Drawing Course Outline
The Technical Drawing Examination for the Leaving Certificate is composed of two papers:
Paper 1 -Plane and Solid Geometry
Paper 2(b) -Building Applications
At both levels students are required to answer four questions on each paper with 3 hours for a paper.
Paper 1 -Plane and Solid Geometry
|
Question |
Ordinary Level |
Higher Level |
|
1 |
Auxiliary Views |
Intersection of planes |
|
2 |
Area and Geometry |
Area and Geometry |
|
3 |
Solids in Contact |
Solids in Contact |
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4 |
Loci |
Interpenetration of Solids |
|
5 |
Oblique Planes |
Ellipse |
|
6 |
Ellipse |
Loci |
|
7 |
Intersection of Solids |
Oblique Planes |
Paper 2(b) -Building Applications
|
Question |
Ordinary Level |
Higher Level |
|
1 |
Perspective |
Perspective |
|
2 |
Roof Geometry |
Roof Geometry |
|
3 |
Shadow Projection |
Shadow Projection |
|
4 |
Hyperbolic Parabolas |
Parabola |
|
5 |
Isometric Projection |
Skew Lines |
|
6 |
Parabola |
Hyperbolic Parabolas |
|
7 |
Mining |
Roads Geometry |