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Worked solutions to 9 past sittings (2013–2019), 58 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
- December 2019
- December 2018
- May 2018
- December 2017
- December 2016
- May 2015
- December 2014
- May 2013
- Undated paper
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- CAD sequence (5 sittings): December 2018 Q1 · May 2018 Q1 · December 2017 Q1 · December 2016 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
- Dimensioning (5 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · December 2018 Q1 · May 2018 Q1 · December 2017 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
- Orthographic views (5 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · December 2018 Q1 · May 2018 Q1 · December 2016 Q1 · Undated paper Q1
- First-Angle (3 sittings): May 2015 Q6 · December 2014 Q7 · May 2013 Q7
- Third-Angle Projection (3 sittings): May 2015 Q6 · December 2014 Q7 · May 2013 Q7
- Auxiliary view (2 sittings): December 2016 Q2 · May 2013 Q3
- Engineering design process (2 sittings): December 2017 Q5 · Undated paper Q5
- Identify (2 sittings): May 2015 Q3 · December 2014 Q3
- Location (2 sittings): December 2014 Q8 · May 2013 Q8
- Section View Selection (2 sittings): December 2019 Q3 · May 2013 Q6
- Size (2 sittings): December 2014 Q8 · May 2013 Q8
- Sketch the missing view (2 sittings): May 2015 Q3 · December 2014 Q3
- Stages of the design process (2 sittings): May 2015 Q9 · December 2014 Q10
Questions by sitting
December 2019
- Question 1: Orthographic Views, Dimensioning & Feature-Based CAD Sequence
- Question 2: Isometric View from a Third-Angle Multiview Drawing
- Question 3: Section View Selection
- Question 4: Types of Fits for Holes and Shafts
- Question 5: Cantilever Deflection — Beam Formula vs. FEA vs. Physical Test
- Question 6: Customer Needs vs. Product Design Specifications
December 2018
- Question 1: Orthographic views, dimensioning, CAD sequence and manufacturing for a ramped-slot base bracket
- Question 2: Isometric sketch from a given multiview
- Question 3: Clearance, transition and interference fits
- Question 4: Section view of a bossed plate
- Question 5: Customer requirements and design specifications
May 2018
- Question 1: Orthographic views, dimensioning, CAD sequence and manufacturing for a pillow-block bracket
- Question 2: Isometric sketch from a given multiview (chamfered, notched cube)
- Question 3: ISO metric fit table — meaning and use in design
- Question 4: Section view of a post-and-base part (offset section)
- Question 5: Quality Function Deployment (QFD) — purpose and procedure
December 2017
- Question 1: Views, dimensioning, CAD sequence and manufacture of a pipe-saddle clamp
- Question 2: Isometric view from a multiview drawing
- Question 3: Interpreting the GD&T annotations
- Question 4: Section view of a stepped plate with a counterbored boss
- Question 5: The engineering design process
December 2016
- Question 1: Orthographic views, section, CAD sequences and manufacture of a slotted step block
- Question 2: Auxiliary view, isometric view and dimensioning of a bearing bracket
- Question 3: Functions, datum features and GD&T for a shoulder bracket
May 2015
- Question 1: Isometric pictorial from an orthographic projection
- Question 2: Orthographic projection from an isometric pictorial
- Question 3: Identify and sketch the missing (top) view
- Question 4: Rotate a labelled pictorial 90° about an edge
- Question 5: Dimension an orthographic projection
- Question 6: First-angle vs. third-angle projection
- Question 7: Assembly constraints and degrees of freedom
- Question 8: Section view from an isometric pictorial
- Question 9: Stages of the design process (hinge assembly)
December 2014
- Question 1: Isometric Pictorial from an Orthographic Projection
- Question 2: Orthographic Projection from an Isometric Assembly
- Question 3: Identify and Sketch the Missing View
- Question 4: Scalable vs. Non-Scalable Edges on an Isometric Pictorial
- Question 5: Re-sketch an Isometric Pictorial in the Same Rotation
- Question 6: Dimension the Orthographic Projection
- Question 7: First-Angle vs. Third-Angle Projection
- Question 8: Size, Location and Coordinate Dimensions
- Question 9: Orthographic Section View of a Bracket
- Question 10: Stages of the Design Process
May 2013
- Question 1: Orthographic Projection from an Isometric Pictorial
- Question 2: Isometric Pictorial from an Orthographic Projection
- Question 3: Auxiliary View — True Shape of an Oblique/Inclined Face
- Question 4: Dimensioning an Orthogonal Projection
- Question 5: Constructive Solid Geometry — Boolean Primitive Construction
- Question 6: Section View Selection
- Question 7: First-Angle vs. Third-Angle Projection
- Question 8: Size, Location, and Coordinate Dimensioning
- Question 9: Two Section Types — Full, Half, Offset (any two of three)
- Question 10: Drawing Documentation Terms (any two of three)
Undated paper
- Question 1: Orthographic views, dimensioning, CAD sequence and manufacturing for a twin-tower saddle bracket
- Question 2: Isometric sketch from a given multiview
- Question 3: Basic hole system and basic shaft system
- Question 4: Section view of a stepped hub/pulley
- Question 5: The engineering design process