Facilitator’s Guide G07 ~ Technology
TERM 1
Unit
2
UNIT 2: Communication skills
Learning objectives After learners have completed this unit, they must be able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of: Graphical communication • Drawing instruments • Types of lines in drawings • Sketching • Working drawings Graphic techniques • 3-D oblique drawings • One-point perspective (single vanishing point) • 3-D artistic drawings • Isometric drawings
Introduction
Drawings are visual representations that can be made on surfaces such as paper, walls, canvas and stone. Different types of drawings include (but are not limited to) sketches, architectural drawings, diagrams and graphs; among many others. In technology, drawings are used to: • develop ideas in the form of an initial drawing that later leads to the final design • communicate thoughts, ideas and designs in the form of a universal and accepted language Graphical communication is an effective way of communicating designs and ideas. Working documents include different views of an object and its dimensions. The dimensions or measurements are important in the manufacturing of an object in accordance with the given distances or measurements.
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