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Unit 3: Designing with empathy
Quick questions on Drawing and visualisation techniques in QCE Design Unit 3
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What is rendering?Show answer
Rendering applies tone, shadow, colour and texture to a drawing to communicate how a design looks and feels - its material, finish and form. Rendering is a communication technique, used in resolve to present the final proposal persuasively. It comes last because it is the most time-consuming and least appropriate while ideas are still changing.
What is matching technique to phase?Show answer
The techniques map onto the design process:
What are unannotated sketches?Show answer
A clean drawing with no notes hides your reasoning. Annotation is what turns a picture into evidence of thinking.
What is wrong view for the job?Show answer
Using a perspective view when accurate dimensions are needed, or an orthographic when you want to show how it looks in use, mismatches technique and purpose.
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