PAU Technical Drawing II (Andalusia) study guide
PAU Technical Drawing II (Andalusia) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Dibujo Técnico II is the second-year technical drawing subject of the Spanish Bachillerato, and it is one of the subjects that can be examined in the PAU (Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad) in Andalusia for students seeking university admission. It is aimed at candidates from the science and technology track who intend to enter engineering, architecture, industrial design or related degrees, and it rewards precise graphic reasoning rather than memorised text. The PAU Technical Drawing II (Andalusia) study guide has 8 sections and about 4,116 words.
01Plane geometry: triangles, quadrilaterals and regular polygons
Plane geometry opens the Andalusian Technical Drawing II paper and feeds every later block, because solids are only drawn once their faces are built in true size. What is marked is the construction - compass and straightedge, auxiliary arcs left visible - not a measured result.
502 words, about 3 min02Geometric loci and conic sections: definitions, elements and constructions
This block tests whether you can work from a definition instead of a formula. The exam gives data - foci, axis, directrix, a point - and expects the curve to be generated by the locus property, with the elements named correctly.
503 words, about 3 min03Tangent constructions and links between curves and lines
Tangency is a precision topic: the examiner checks that the tangent point is genuinely located, not approximated. It covers tangents to circles and conics and the smooth joins (enlaces) that round a corner or blend two curves.
594 words, about 3 min04Metric geometry: proportionality, similarity and scales
This block supplies the numerical backbone of the paper: it converts real dimensions into drawing dimensions and solves proportional problems by construction rather than by arithmetic. Expect a construction of a proportional segment or a graphic scale, sometimes applied to a plan or a map.
514 words, about 3 min05Dihedral projection: points, lines, planes, intersections and perpendicularity
The dihedral block carries heavy weight in the Andalusian paper; here the spatial reasoning is assessed through conventions. Every answer must state the two projections and respect the naming of traces and endpoints.
541 words, about 3 min06Solids in dihedral projection: polyhedra, surfaces of revolution, sections and developments
Here the exam gives a solid by position and size - an edge on a plane, an axis, a face in a projecting plane - and asks for its projections, a section, or its development. The mark depends on hidden edges and on true sizes obtained before developing.
529 words, about 3 min07Axonometric and cavalier perspectives
The isometric block asks you to read a dihedral drawing and rebuild it in three dimensions, or the reverse. Marks go to correct axis angles, consistent coefficients and properly oriented ellipses for circles.
478 words, about 2 min08Standardized drawing: dimensioning, normalization, sketching and CAD
This block is scored on rules, not on drawing skill: a correctly executed figure with wrong dimensioning loses the marks. Expect questions on line types, dimensioning criteria, formats and basic CAD concepts.
455 words, about 2 min