Welcome, My name is Cameron Gray and im 15 years old. My interests are lowered cars and skateboarding. I am a student at Somerset Berkley Regional High school and am taking a Cadd class.
My Goal: My main goal in this class was to strengthen my computer and CADD skills. I have majorly progressed as you can see after comparing term 1 pictures to term 3 and 4. As the year went on the designs i had to replicate were harder to draw and took more time to complete but always came out learning new things in the end. I have posted the completed CADD files under the Term tabs. The first few days in CADD was a fast learning curve.- We experimented using the line tool,arc tool, text, ect. After many months of weekly practice with CADD our skills have increased dramatically.Our most recent creations based off of what we learned that beginning of the year such as the most simple techniques like using the line tool, arc tool, ect. My last creation, Isometric Test, I had to make a 3D verison on the word March. Everyone had a different style or preference for each letter. My instructor Mr. Ramos showed us all of the techniques we needed to know to become a great CADD drafter with quality...."What do we want..Quality...What do we need..Quality..What time is it...CADD time"
Research: I had to research many things during my cadd experience such as my flag drawings. I have to choose 20 of my favorite flags and replicate them in cad. I had to find a picture of the flag and the nation that it represented. I also had to make this webpage to share all of my drawings with world! Since Mr. Ramos also teaches Engineering Design, he was able to communicate the link between both of these engineering classes. As a CADD drafter and True Raider, I believe research was instrumental in learning more and more about the 8' Super Bridge designs being built this year in room 321. Tension, Compression, Torsion, and shear are important structural forces that work together to make a bridge hold massive vehicles. If you do not have the correct structure the bridge will come crashing down, which is why these are so important. CADD designs are similar to blue prints which allows you to draw pretty much anything your mind desires. You can use exact sizes and directions so that you can make a replica of your design.
Develope: There are many pro's and con's about developing these cad drawings. Many of the designs are complex and difficult to draw if you are not an expert at cad such as me because being a rookie I have 1.2 billion things to learn from Mr. Ramos. The positive side about this is that you always end up figuring it out and learning new methods. Every time you learn a new technique you can use it to help you make other drawings. I would recommend taking a cad class to many of my friends because its a very useful program you can use to make blue prints for anything you want to make. I learned pretty much anything is possible if you put your mind to it. I began by developing basic designs such as squares, circles, ect. with specific dimensions. By the end of cad i was able to make 3D Isometric drawings. Every CADD drawing has an explanation for its creation. The drawing of the pumpkin was for me to be able to learn to create an object with a thickness and add my personal touch. I gave it an aggressive look to show personification and a bit of my personality. We also created a circle with most of the degrees you'll need to make a cad design. It shows all 360 degrees so that when you don't know which degree to use for a line you can look at this. On my flags drawing i used the hatch tool to add color to all of the flags. I made a replica of twenty flags including the American Flag. Even though you may think the American flag would be the hardest to make because of all the stars and having to be the same shape and size...it was easy! I used the copy tool to replicate one star for all 50. I am always learning something new in this class and i love it. My suggestion for Mr. Ramos to do next year is allow the students to choose an object they want to make, and create blue prints for it. This would allow the students to have fun in CADD and design something they actually enjoy creating!
My Goal: My main goal in this class was to strengthen my computer and CADD skills. I have majorly progressed as you can see after comparing term 1 pictures to term 3 and 4. As the year went on the designs i had to replicate were harder to draw and took more time to complete but always came out learning new things in the end. I have posted the completed CADD files under the Term tabs. The first few days in CADD was a fast learning curve.- We experimented using the line tool,arc tool, text, ect. After many months of weekly practice with CADD our skills have increased dramatically.Our most recent creations based off of what we learned that beginning of the year such as the most simple techniques like using the line tool, arc tool, ect. My last creation, Isometric Test, I had to make a 3D verison on the word March. Everyone had a different style or preference for each letter. My instructor Mr. Ramos showed us all of the techniques we needed to know to become a great CADD drafter with quality...."What do we want..Quality...What do we need..Quality..What time is it...CADD time"
Research: I had to research many things during my cadd experience such as my flag drawings. I have to choose 20 of my favorite flags and replicate them in cad. I had to find a picture of the flag and the nation that it represented. I also had to make this webpage to share all of my drawings with world! Since Mr. Ramos also teaches Engineering Design, he was able to communicate the link between both of these engineering classes. As a CADD drafter and True Raider, I believe research was instrumental in learning more and more about the 8' Super Bridge designs being built this year in room 321. Tension, Compression, Torsion, and shear are important structural forces that work together to make a bridge hold massive vehicles. If you do not have the correct structure the bridge will come crashing down, which is why these are so important. CADD designs are similar to blue prints which allows you to draw pretty much anything your mind desires. You can use exact sizes and directions so that you can make a replica of your design.
Develope: There are many pro's and con's about developing these cad drawings. Many of the designs are complex and difficult to draw if you are not an expert at cad such as me because being a rookie I have 1.2 billion things to learn from Mr. Ramos. The positive side about this is that you always end up figuring it out and learning new methods. Every time you learn a new technique you can use it to help you make other drawings. I would recommend taking a cad class to many of my friends because its a very useful program you can use to make blue prints for anything you want to make. I learned pretty much anything is possible if you put your mind to it. I began by developing basic designs such as squares, circles, ect. with specific dimensions. By the end of cad i was able to make 3D Isometric drawings. Every CADD drawing has an explanation for its creation. The drawing of the pumpkin was for me to be able to learn to create an object with a thickness and add my personal touch. I gave it an aggressive look to show personification and a bit of my personality. We also created a circle with most of the degrees you'll need to make a cad design. It shows all 360 degrees so that when you don't know which degree to use for a line you can look at this. On my flags drawing i used the hatch tool to add color to all of the flags. I made a replica of twenty flags including the American Flag. Even though you may think the American flag would be the hardest to make because of all the stars and having to be the same shape and size...it was easy! I used the copy tool to replicate one star for all 50. I am always learning something new in this class and i love it. My suggestion for Mr. Ramos to do next year is allow the students to choose an object they want to make, and create blue prints for it. This would allow the students to have fun in CADD and design something they actually enjoy creating!