Drafting LEVEL 1
UNIT 1: Introduction 
Topic 2: Why We Study Drafting Suggested Time: 45 minutes
Learning Outcomes:
- Define drafting as an area of technology.
- Increase awareness of our physical surroundings and its relationship with design and technical drawing.
Drafting:
"Drafting and design can be seen as different disciplines but are increasingly being understood as inseparable. Design is creative problem solving which begins with a specific human need and results in a product or solution that addresses that need. Visualization of design can take many forms from sketches to computer animation, and can range from highly creative to highly technical. Design incorporates the drafting process. Drafting is the set of skills that allows the designer to communicate ideas and design solutions to others through technical drawings. The rapid growth of technology and the resulting change have led to increased integration of drafting and design in many trades and technology-related occupations."1
The term drafting refers to visual communication of ideas, for the purpose building to a set of constraints determined by the designer. As far back as the pyramids people have being using drawings to communicate how they wanted something built. Everything you have touched, walked on, looked at today, has been designed and drawn by someone somewhere. From the toothbrush you used, the clothes you put on, the vehicle you drove in to the street you drove down, was designed and drawings produced before they were built. Unless you live in the country even the trees on the roadway are drawn on a set of civil drawings stored somewhere in your city's planning department.
- Drafting is an exciting area of study that is used in numerous industries which we will discuss further in
- You will learn about training you can take after graduating from high school that will further your qualifications.
When you learn about drafting, not only will you gain the technical skills required to produce drawings, you will develop your skills in designing and the systematic planning that is involved creating objects. You will learn to use creative problem solving skills and bring those solutions into designs that can be built. You will gain many employability skills that are highly sought after by many employers in exciting industries.
For some fun viewing watch the real life videos of what can go wrong in the world of designing.
1. BCED DD11 IRP Rationale