Drafting

We think that drafting is a great skill to learn early, especially since we seem to have several budding engineers in the house! It is also a good way to develop precision and confidence with a pencil, plus you get to draw all kinds of interesting 3-D looking models. It’s somewhat of a cross between geometry and art in many cases, so appeals to both right- and left-brainers.

We use several different curricula for our drafting program:

Creating Line Designs, books 1 – 4
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DIME 3-D Sketching, books 2 – 3
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Insight Complete-a-Sketch, volumes 1 (orthographic), 2 (isometric), and 3 (perspective)
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