Andalusia PAU Technical Drawing Applied to Plastic Arts and Design II study materials
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Andalusia PAU Technical Drawing Applied to Plastic Arts and Design II study plan

Andalusia PAU Technical Drawing Applied to Plastic Arts and Design II · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Plane geometry: proportionality, similarity, and geometric transformations

  • Construct the fourth proportional and the third proportional of two given segments using Thales' intercept theorem, with compass-and-straightedge accuracy to ±1 mm.

  • Divide a segment into n equal parts and into parts proportional to given ratios, verifying the construction by measuring each resulting part.

  • Apply the geometric mean (altitude and leg theorems) to build a segment of length √(a·b) and confirm the result numerically.

  • Draw the harmonic conjugate of a point with respect to a segment and state the cross-ratio value that defines it.

Your checkpoint

A one-page construction sheet with five solved proportionality exercises, each annotated with the theorem used and a numerical verification of the result.

Week 2

Plane geometry: proportionality, similarity, and geometric transformations

  • Construct similar figures given a similarity ratio, using homothety from an external centre, and check that all corresponding lengths scale by the stated factor.

  • Solve an inverse similarity (figure similar to a given one with a rotated orientation) by composing a homothety with a rotation about a chosen centre.

  • Produce the equivalent triangle of a given polygon and then the equivalent square, verifying equal areas by computation.

  • Apply a translation, a rotation, and an axial symmetry in sequence to a polygon and describe the resulting isometry as a single transformation where possible.

Your checkpoint

A single A3 sheet showing one polygon transformed by homothety, inverse similarity, and an equivalent-area reduction to a square, with area checks written beside each figure.

Week 3

Tangencies, technical curves, and conic sections

  • Solve tangency problems between circumferences and lines using the dilation (centre-of-similitude) method, including the external and internal tangent cases.

  • Draw the common tangents to two circles of unequal radius and mark the tangent points precisely.

  • Construct the tangent lines to a circle from an external point and prove the right-angle condition at each tangent point.

  • Resolve a mixed tangency (circle tangent to a line and to another circle, passing through a given point) using inversion or auxiliary-circle methods.

Your checkpoint

A portfolio of six tangency constructions, each with construction arcs left visible and a short note naming the method (dilation, inversion, auxiliary circle).

Week 4

Tangencies, technical curves, and conic sections

  • Construct an ellipse from its foci and major axis using the string/pins method and the concentric-circle method, and compare the two results.

  • Draw the tangent and normal to an ellipse at a given point using the focal property (equal angles with the focal radii).

  • Construct a parabola given its focus and directrix, and a hyperbola given its foci and transverse axis, plotting at least ten points on each.

  • Draw the tangent to a parabola and to a hyperbola at a specified point and state the geometric property used in each case.

Your checkpoint

A conics sheet with one ellipse, one parabola, and one hyperbola drawn from their defining data, each with at least one tangent and normal constructed at a labelled point.

Week 5

Dihedral system: point, line, plane, and intersections

  • Represent points in all four dihedral quadrants and determine their symmetric images with respect to the horizontal plane, the vertical plane, and the ground line.

  • Determine the true length and the angles to the reference planes of a given line by the right-triangle (difference-of-coordinates) method.

  • Find the intersection point of a line with a plane given by its traces, and decide visibility of the line on each side of the plane.

  • Construct the intersection line of two planes given by their traces, handling the case where traces meet outside the drawing area.

Your checkpoint

A set of four solved dihedral problems (point symmetries, line true length and angles, line–plane intersection, plane–plane intersection) drawn on a single sheet with all auxiliary lines retained.

Week 6

Dihedral system: parallels, perpendicularity, distances, and true magnitudes

  • Draw a line parallel to a given line through a point, and a plane parallel to a given plane through a point, using the trace method.

  • Construct a perpendicular from a point to a line and from a point to a plane, and verify perpendicularity using the theorem of the right angle.

  • Obtain the true magnitude of a segment by the change-of-plane method and by the rotation method, and confirm both give the same length.

  • Determine the shortest distance from a point to a plane and between two skew lines, expressing each result as a true-magnitude segment.

Your checkpoint

A comparative sheet where one distance problem is solved twice - once by change of plane and once by rotation - with both true magnitudes measured and shown to agree.

Week 7

Surfaces and solids: polyhedra, surfaces of revolution, and their representation & Axonometric and cavalier perspective systems

  • Draw the dihedral representation of a regular tetrahedron, cube, and octahedron resting on a face or an edge, and identify hidden edges correctly.

  • Construct the section of a cylinder and of a cone by an oblique plane, showing the resulting ellipse or parabola in true shape.

  • Build an isometric axonometric projection of a simple polyhedron from its orthographic views, applying the correct axis angles and coefficient of reduction.

  • Produce a cavalier (oblique) perspective of the same solid with a stated reduction factor on the receding axis, and compare it with the isometric result.

Your checkpoint

One sheet containing the isometric and the cavalier perspective of the same solid derived from its three orthographic views, plus a sectioned cone showing the true-shape conic.

Week 8

Standardized drawing: norms, scales, dimensioning, and sketching & Plane geometry: proportionality, similarity, and geometric transformations & Tangencies, technical curves, and conic sections

  • Apply the UNE/ISO conventions for line types (visible, hidden, centre, cutting-plane) to redraw one earlier exercise to standard.

  • Dimension a multi-view drawing completely and without redundancy, choosing a scale from the standard series (1:1, 1:2, 1:5, 2:1) and stating it in the title block.

  • Produce a freehand sketch of a given solid within 10 minutes, keeping proportions within roughly 10% of the original.

  • Complete a timed 60-minute mock paper covering proportionality, tangency, and a conic, and self-mark it against a written checklist.

Your checkpoint

A fully standardized and dimensioned drawing (correct line types, scale, title block) plus a timed mock paper with a written self-assessment listing every lost point and its cause.

Milestones

Week 2: You can build a fourth proportional, a geometric mean, and an equivalent square without notes, and every construction closes within 1 mm of the numerical check.

Week 4: You can draw all three conics from their defining data and construct a tangent at an arbitrary point on each, finishing a full conics sheet in under 45 minutes.

Week 6: You can find the true length of a segment by two independent methods and get the same value, and you can solve a line–plane intersection without hesitating over visibility.

Week 8: On the timed mock paper you score at least 70% overall with no domain below 50%, and your standardized drawing uses correct line types and non-redundant dimensioning throughout.