La Rioja PAU Technical Drawing Applied to Plastic Arts and Design II

You solve graphical exercises by hand with drawing instruments: geometric constructions, proportionality and scales, metric geometry, multiview representation with dimensioning, axonometric or perspective views, and analysis of form, colour or composition. Expect to show construction lines and reasoning, not only a finished drawing.

The regional university district sets the current structure, number of exercises and duration each year. Those figures are published officially, so check the official PAU documentation for La Rioja before planning your timing. Do not rely on numbers quoted informally by other candidates.

It is different rather than simply easier. There is less emphasis on pure engineering geometry and more on design-related representation, composition and visual analysis. Candidates who neglect the descriptive and axonometric side often find it harder than expected, because those exercises reward spatial reasoning more than memorised procedures.

The paper commonly offers a choice among alternative exercises, but the exact arrangement is set by the official body and can change. Read the instructions at the start and decide quickly which options play to your strengths, then commit. Losing ten minutes to indecision is a common and avoidable mistake.

Start with plane geometry constructions, since everything else depends on them. Then move to proportionality and scales, then metric and descriptive geometry, then multiview and dimensioning, and finally axonometric and perspective. Leave the graphic analysis of form and colour for last, but do not skip it; it carries real weight.

Dirty or missing construction lines, imprecise tangency and perpendicularity, wrong scale factors, inconsistent dimensioning, and axonometric axes drawn without checking the reduction. Examiners reward visible method. A correct result with no construction shown often loses marks, and a nearly correct result with clear method often gains them.

Yes. Bring a sharp pencil, a good compass, set squares, a ruler and an eraser, and know how to use them quickly. Practise with the instruments you will actually take to the exam, so your speed and line quality are trained under real conditions rather than on a computer.

Retake rules and sitting opportunities are governed by the official regulations for the regional university district. Check the official site for the current policy on repeat sittings and how marks are carried or improved. This page cannot confirm the applicable rules for your year.

Compare your construction against the geometric definition rather than against the finished look: verify tangency points, perpendicularity, scale ratios and projection correspondence. Redraw the same exercise a week later without looking at the solution. If the construction comes out clean and fast, you have learned it.