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What does Scale allow the CAD user to do ? | To reduce or enlarge an object or objects |
What does Zoom allow the CAD user to do ? | To move into or out of a drawing to show more detail or to see the bigger picture. |
What does Mirror allow the CAD user to do ? | To reflect an image or drawing about an axis |
What does Pan allow the CAD user to do ? | To shift the location of the view point of the drawing,without zooming in or out |
What does Rotate allow the CAD user to do ? | Turns an image or drawing about a specified point. |
What does a Library allow the CAD user to do ? | To use or store commonly used parts for use in future drawings. |
What does Grid Lock/Snap allow the CAD user to do ? | Attaches the ends of a line to a grid or specific point. |
What does Copy allow the CAD user to do ? | Duplicates an object or drawing. |
What does a Drum Plotter do? (Refer to the movement of the Paper and Pen.) | Paper moves backwards and forwards over the drum in the X axis, the pen moves across the drum in the Y axis. |
What does a Flatbed Plotter do?(Refer to the movement of the Paper and Pen.) | Paper is fixed, pen moves in both X and Y axis. |
What is the Scale of a Floor Plan? Describe what it shows? | 1:50 To show an internal view of the house from above |
What is the Scale of a Site Plan? Describe what it shows? | 1:200 To show the site boundary and the outline of the new building. |
What is the Scale of a Block Plan? Describe what it Shows? | 1:1250 To identify the location of the site within its surroundings. |
Describe Page Orientation? | Landscape is a page format where the horizontal edge is longer than the vertical one. Portrait is a page format where the vertical edge is longer than the horizontal one. |
Describe Rule? | Line below text or between columns. |
Describe Caption? | Text below a graphic usually giving a description |
Describe Gutter? | Gap between columns of text. |
Describe Reverse? | White text on a black background. |
Describe Header? | Text at the top of a page, repeated throughout the document |
Describe Margin? | The area of white space at the outside of a printed page |
State the term used to describe the small annotated sketches used in the initial design stage of a DTP document? | Thumbnails |
State the term used to describe the full size manually produced colour document that would be presented to the client prior to electronic production of a DTP document? | Working Roughs |
State the category that an orthographic drawing, showing dimensions and tolerances would be in? | Production |
What is the purpose of an orthographic drawing? | To provide information (not just sizes, dimensions or tolerances) needed to manufacture an object. |
State a type of promotional graphic commonly used in marketing? | Poster, Flyer, Banner, Business Card etc.. |
State the computer hardware that allows drawings and text to be sent accurately to another computer? | Modem |
Name two drawing that can be drawn in 2 and 1/2 D ? | Isometric and Oblique |
State the computer hardware that allows existing photographs to be captured and inserted into a DTP document? | Scanner |
State the computer hardware that allows production of a hard copy of a word processed document? | Inkjet Printer/Laser Printer |
State five items of information that should be included to confirm British Standards? | Name, Title of drawing, Scale, Date, Tolerances, Title, Drawing number. |
What is it called when a colour gradually blends into another colour? | Colour Gradient |
What is an area of white to show reflected light? | Highlight |
Describe Tonal Scale? | The gradual transition between light and dark |
State two advantages that could be gained by using layering? | Avoids clutter/separate parts of the drawing can be printed individually. |
State the CAD feature which allows the drawing of the microchip to be saved and used in other circuit diagrams/ | Library |
State one advantage other than time of using this CAD feature. | Standardizes parts |
State one advantage other than time of using this CAD feature? | reveal or conceal parts |
State the CAD feature which allows the connections to be revealed or concealed? | Layering |
In order to manufacture the component, accurate functional tolerances will have to be applied. Explain why Parallel Dimensioning would be preferable? | It would avoid the accumulation of tolerances |
There are three stages in planning a DTP document prior to the production of the final electronic version. Research is the first stage. State two further stages in planning a DTP document? | Thumbnails Working roughs |
State the name of one other type of architectural building plan | Floor Plan |
A drawing contains both a centre line and a visible outline located in the same position. State, according to British Standards, which would be given priority and drawn? | The visible outline would take priority |
Dashed thin line? | Hidden Detail |
Chain thin double dashed? | Fold lines |
Continuous thin straight with zigzags? | Limits of a partial or interrupted view. |
Continuous thin? | Dimension lines, hatching, projection, construction lines |
State the purpose of producing a section drawing? | To see more clearly what previously hidden parts would look like. |