January 25 - April 11
Isometric Drawing 4, 5, 6, and 8
Isometric drawings 4, 5, 6, and 8 introduced a number of new ideas, not so much new commands. In isometric drawing 4, the idea of an overlapping part is introduced, where it is crucial that the hidden lines stay separated between the upper and lower parts. Isometric drawings 5,6, and 8 didn't really introduce anything new, but just developed our understanding of isometrics.
Mid-Year Assessment (Isometric Drawing 7)
Isometric drawing 7 served as our mid-year exam. This test presented to us as a combination of all the isometric ideas we had learned thus far. The ideas include overlapping parts, isometric circles, and a bottom view of the drawing. I finished the drawing first and I found the drawing as a whole rather easy.
Isometric Drawing 9 and 10
Isometric drawings 9 and 10 introduced a number of new ideas. Isometric drawing 9 introduced the idea of angled lines on an isometric part. In order to draw these, it is necessary to use two definite points for a base angled line, and then copy this line over to the other locations that it is needed. Isometric drawing 10 doubled down on the angled lines by having 2 angled lines meet together at a point. The difficulty with angled lines are in the bottom view. It is necessary to reevaluate the angled line as the isometric nature of the drawing changes the angles.
Isometric Drawing 11, 12, 13, and 14
Isometric drawings 13, 14, 15, and 16 introduced some new ideas to isometric drawings. All of these drawings introduced the idea of overlapped angles lines. These present a challenge by making it crucial that you keep track of which lines are which, especially once being split for hidden versus visible lines.
Isometric Drawing 15, 16, 17, 18
Drawings 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 22 introduced some new ideas to isometric drawings. These drawing introduced the need to include hidden lines, therefore it is necessary to decide where the hidden lines are yourself. These drawings required a deep understanding of how the part would exist in 3 dimensions.
Isometric Test - Drawing 29,30
Isometric drawings 29 and 30 served as our term 3 test. As such, the drawings included all necessary ideas in isometrics, such as isometric circles, overlapping parts, and needing to draw in hidden lines. This test kind of pushed me for time, but I still ended up being the first person that actually finished the drawings fully.