Subject Code: Length of Course: Full Year Credit Points and TAS Status: 20 Credits Recommend Background: Satisfactory achievement in Stage 1 Design and Technology Computer Aided Design or any STEAM subject
Course Outline Students identify, create, initiate, and develop products, processes, or systems. They learn to use tools, materials, and systems safely and competently to complete a product.
Students explore technologies in both contemporary and historical settings, and analyse the impacts of technology, including social, environmental, and sustainable consequences. In this focus area, students use images, sounds, or other data to design and make products that communicate information.
Sketch - sketches are the base building blocks for design. New sketch, create sketch objects, edit existing sketches, and turn sketches into 3D objects
Import - how to import CAD data and other types of files, including documents, images, and specifications
Model - turn a sketch into a parametric 3D model
Assemble - two approaches to assembly modelling: traditional distributed design and top-down (multi-body). Emphasis is on assembly joints.
Manage - managing and sharing CAD files, version management, and workgroup access
Drawings - 2D drawings, renderings, and animations
Collaborate - product development typically requires multiple people to take a product to market.
Simulate - testing for a product’s performance and strength. Set up a simulation, apply mesh, and analyze the results
CAM – fabrication of designs: set up toolpaths and generate machine code to cut, turn, and mill designs
Sculpt - freeform modelling driven by T-Splines. Use of push pull gestures to form a body to a complex freeform shape.
Patch - use surfaces in the product design process
Assessment
For a 20-credit subject, students should provide evidence of their learning through seven or eight assessments, including the external assessment component. Students undertake:
three or four skills and applications tasks
two products
two assessments for the folio.
School Assessment (70%)
Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks (20%)
Length of Course: Full Year
Credit Points and TAS Status: 20 Credits
Recommend Background: Satisfactory achievement in Stage 1 Design and Technology Computer Aided Design or any STEAM subject
Course Outline
Students identify, create, initiate, and develop products, processes, or systems. They learn to use tools, materials, and systems safely and competently to complete a product.
Students explore technologies in both contemporary and historical settings, and analyse the impacts of technology, including social, environmental, and sustainable consequences. In this focus area, students use images, sounds, or other data to design and make products that communicate information.
Topics Include
Skills learning:
Assessment
For a 20-credit subject, students should provide evidence of their learning through seven or eight assessments, including the external assessment component. Students undertake:
School Assessment (70%)
- Assessment Type 1: Skills and Applications Tasks (20%)
- Assessment Type 2: Product (50%)
External Assessment (30%)Additional Costs:
Further information on post school pathways: