• Offered by School of Art
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Design Art
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Rohan Nicol
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2016
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CAD-Design-Create 1 is an elective that introduces students to basic skills, techniques and processes of computer-based design for 2D and 3D manufacturing. This course aims to prepare and present basic design concepts and materialize them with computer controlled fabrication processes. A series of given exercises will lead to student driven projects with a focus on individual interest. These projects will introduce progressively complex drawing, modelling and rendering methods. Conceptual and thematic issues are addressed. Occupational health and safety instruction is an integral part of this course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of basic techniques and processes used in 2D and 3D computer aided design (CAD) and its application with digital fabrication
  2. Show the beginning of a creative exploration of the digital design environment and its application relevant to the design process.
  3. Show basic awareness of historical and theoretical contexts relevant to the course

Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work (70%) Portfolio of studio work (70%) [Learning Outcomes 1 – 3]

Journal/Documentation/Studio Theory presentation (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1 – 3]

Participation (10%) [Learning Outcomes 1 – 3]

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Workload

4 hours per week lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice and 6 hours per week independent studio practice and other research.

Requisite and Incompatibility

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed DESA6100

You will need to contact the School of Art to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Minors

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2016 $2520
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2016 $3876
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3441 15 Feb 2016 26 Feb 2016 31 Mar 2016 27 May 2016 In Person N/A

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