Quick Tip for VCD

[DNZS]

To anyone reading this, I just wanted to put out there a few tips that may help in the exam:
- When answering questions, don't make the examiners search for the answer in your long as paragraphs. Structure your sentences such that the answer to the question is given followed by a relevant example or evidence. My No. 1 tip would be reading up on past examiner reports. They are good references.
- Keep your rendering clean. It doesn't look good when you just have a whole lot of smudge on one page. We have erasers for a reason. Use them wisely.
- Know your terms. It is absolutely vital for you to know what your going on about in your answers and what the question is actually asking from you (closely links to my first point)
- MANAGE YOUR TIME. Please for the love of god don't spend 20 minutes on a drawing because you want it to look perfect. Remember that you are being assessed on other things too. I'm not saying rush through the drawing sections without giving it any detail. No. What I'm saying is be aware of how much time you are putting into each section of the exam. Be smart.
- Lastly, be creative. Examiners love seeing something that hasn't been done before. It gets you on their good side. It gives them something fun to look at and assess.  I know having a time restriction may also restrict some of you from your creative side, but just be relaxed. Go into the exam with confidence. You have a 15 minute reading time. Use that time to get your creative side thinking so when you eventually get to that question, you know what you are going to do. Confidence is Key

Overall, be clean and precise with your answering and drawing. Don't deviate from the question. And for most questions you usually answer according to marks. So if it is a 3 mark question you would have 3 key pints in your answer (does not necessarily apply to every question). And know how much time you have left for the end of the exam.

Have fun you guys. And relax and let your creative side out.

[FallingStar]

To anyone reading this, I just wanted to put out there a few tips that may help in the exam:
- When answering questions, don't make the examiners search for the answer in your long as paragraphs. Structure your sentences such that the answer to the question is given followed by a relevant example or evidence. My No. 1 tip would be reading up on past examiner reports. They are good references.
- Keep your rendering clean. It doesn't look good when you just have a whole lot of smudge on one page. We have erasers for a reason. Use them wisely.
- Know your terms. It is absolutely vital for you to know what your going on about in your answers and what the question is actually asking from you (closely links to my first point)
- MANAGE YOUR TIME. Please for the love of god don't spend 20 minutes on a drawing because you want it to look perfect. Remember that you are being assessed on other things too. I'm not saying rush through the drawing sections without giving it any detail. No. What I'm saying is be aware of how much time you are putting into each section of the exam. Be smart.
- Lastly, be creative. Examiners love seeing something that hasn't been done before. It gets you on their good side. It gives them something fun to look at and assess.  I know having a time restriction may also restrict some of you from your creative side, but just be relaxed. Go into the exam with confidence. You have a 15 minute reading time. Use that time to get your creative side thinking so when you eventually get to that question, you know what you are going to do. Confidence is Key

Overall, be clean and precise with your answering and drawing. Don't deviate from the question. And for most questions you usually answer according to marks. So if it is a 3 mark question you would have 3 key pints in your answer (does not necessarily apply to every question). And know how much time you have left for the end of the exam.

Have fun you guys. And relax and let your creative side out.

Just to add:
 -  If you are given grids, be it iso, plano or actual square grids, Use them. It would save you lots of time compared to ruling these lines out.
 -  Know the difference between "to scale" and "correct to proportion." If the question says "to scale" get out your rulers. If the question asks for correct to proportion, they will be more lenient on that. 
 -  For worded questions, write down the most obvious answer to the particular question. Examiners don't care for symbolism or what not. This is not  English, and you will not get extra marks for more subtle or symbolic answers.
 -  In summery, examiners are not quite looking for the most beautiful drawing in the world, so don't try to make your drawings look perfect. However, you do need to keep you rendering and drawings neat and tidy though. (the examiners will be expecting your drawings to a little rushed so  but would want drawings to be showing off your skills too!)
 -  With the last question where you need to design something, make sure you show some design process. Eg. Make it bluntly obvious that you are using SCAMPER of SWOT or other techniques. That is likely to be one of the marks of that particular question, or could even be 3 or 4 marks depending on what question.

[Joseph41]

Great tips, DNZS and FallingStar!

Excellent contributions.

[zxcvbnm18]

hey anyone got any idea as to what type of drawing we will have to do for the technical drawing part?

[FallingStar]

hey anyone got any idea as to what type of drawing we will have to do for the technical drawing part?

Technical drawings you will have to know:
 - Isometric (30-120-30)
 - Planometric (45-90-45)
 - 3rd Angle orthogonal (know the symbol)
 - 1 point perspective
 - 2 point perspective

You could technically get dimensioning in the exam, but VCAA is probably unlikely to do that.

Bring your set squares (you iso and plano triangles) as well as isometric circle templates. They really do help when you need to be precise (the "to scale" questions).

[zxcvbnm18]

Technical drawings you will have to know:
 - Isometric (30-120-30)
 - Planometric (45-90-45)
 - 3rd Angle orthogonal (know the symbol)
 - 1 point perspective
 - 2 point perspective

You could technically get dimensioning in the exam, but VCAA is probably unlikely to do that.

Bring your set squares (you iso and plano triangles) as well as isometric circle templates. They really do help when you need to be precise (the "to scale" questions).

Thnx! What is likely to be on this year's exam??

[bravado]

Thnx! What is likely to be on this year's exam??

Probably an isometric

[bravado]

Probably an isometric

lol called it.

SIDE NOTE, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT BULLSHIT

[zxcvbnm18]

how did you guys go on the exam???

and which sides did you draw for the isometric lol

[bravado]

how did you guys go on the exam???

and which sides did you draw for the isometric lol

Umm the front of the car, the left side (if you're looking at the car from the front and left corner) and the top? Isn't that what we were supposed to do? The car extended out towards the top left corner, if that makes sense. Did you guys pick up that the side had a rectangle cut out from it? The line was a dark, bold line, so I figured it was like an open window of some sort. I'm guessing it's meant to be a window so you can see what toy is inside the vehicle.

[zxcvbnm18]

what carrrrr

[FallingStar]

Umm the front of the car, the left side (if you're looking at the car from the front and left corner) and the top? Isn't that what we were supposed to do? The car extended out towards the top left corner, if that makes sense. Did you guys pick up that the side had a rectangle cut out from it? The line was a dark, bold line, so I figured it was like an open window of some sort. I'm guessing it's meant to be a window so you can see what toy is inside the vehicle.

what carrrrr

The car that the person above you was referring to the packaging net in the exam which you needed to convert to an isometric drawing. To be more precise, it was a box with circles cut out of it, which could be interpreted as a car (apologies, I don't have the exam with me). The paper clearly said that the thick black line is the fold lines of the object, and that it must be drawn to a scale of 1:1, which I already emphasised that you have to use your rulers in this case. You should have measured them, and drawn them to the same length as you would have measured them. They were fairly okay kind of values as most of them were in 0.5 centimetre increments.

However: good point, I haven't picked it up. Fortunately, the rest of the state probably won't and some of them even won't finish the exam as they are probably too busy doing intricate details in question 6, or spend too much time in the last section without doing anything else. That being said, you just need to beat most of the state in the questions, even if you don't get them 100% right.