The document provides instructions and guidance for students learning to use computer aided design (CAD) software to design a key fob. It outlines the design brief, specifications, learning objectives, and steps to take in the CAD program. The learning objectives are to use basic 2D design tools to create shapes, add color and text, and learn how to prepare a CAD drawing to be laser cut. The document guides students through exercises using tools like lines, circles, grids, colors and text. It also covers annotation, modifying designs to fit on a page at the required size, and changing line colors for laser cutting. The overall goal is for students to use CAD to design 10 different key fob concepts that meet the specifications and can be

1. Year 7 C.A.D.
Starter
What do you think is the purpose of computers and CAD (computer
aided design) in general life?
What do they allow us to do?
What are the advantages?
What might be some disadvantages?

2. Year 7 C.A.D.
Design brief
You are required to design and make a key fob to help people locate their
keys. The key fob needs to use an interesting shape and colour or series
of colours. Also it needs to include text to help the user identify their
keys from everyone elses.
Design specification
It must be aesthetic
It must be durable
It must have a hole for the key ring
It must not damage your pocket or bag
It must be easily identified by the owner
It must hold all the household keys
It must be no bigger than 75mm x 50mm
It must be inexpensive to produce
It must be easily batch produced
It must be quick to manufacture

3. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
To use basic 2D design tools to create basic simple shapes and
how these basic shapes can be drawn more accurate.
Learning outcome
you are able to explain the simple 2D design tools and what they
do and explain how your drawings can be drawn neatly and
accurately.
Level 3 - You are able to come up with five different ideas using simple
line tool, text and a single colour.
Level 4 - You are able to come up with seven different ideas using a range
of circle, line, text using multiple block colours.
Level 5 - You are able to come up with ten different ideas using a range of
shape, line, circle, arc, path tools, contour tool and vectorising tool,
different text tools and use of more complex fills tools (gradients,
textures).

4. Year 7 C.A.D.
learning objective: How can I use a computer aided design program to
draw a design?
 log on to your PC
 load the program 2D design
 go to file and ‘save as’
 create a new folder called ‘technology’
 create another folder called ‘Y7 CAD’
 name the file ‘key fob’

5. Year 7 C.A.D.
your screen
should look
like this

6. Year 7 C.A.D.
Set up your
page, go to:
•File
•Print set up
•Click OK
•Click Yes

7. Year 7 C.A.D.
What has
happened to the
page?
Why has this
happened?
What might be
the point of
this?

8. Year 7 C.A.D.
move your
pointer to the
line icon and
click
Then try and
draw a small
square.

9. Year 7 C.A.D.
Look at your
drawing, what
are the
problems with
it?
Zoom in
What do you
notice?

10. Year 7 C.A.D.
What can we
do to make
the drawing
neater and
more
accurate?
What tool
might we use?

11. Year 7 C.A.D.
Now use the
grid lock
function and
re draw your
cube next to
it.
What do you
notice?

12. Year 7 C.A.D.
Now lets look
at other
simple tools
Circles
Arcs
Shapes
Path
Construct
other simple
shapes using
these tools.

13. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
To use basic 2D design tools to create basic simple shapes and
how these basic shapes can be drawn more accurate.
Learning outcome
you are able to explain the simple 2D design tools and what they
do and explain how your drawings can be drawn neatly and
accurately.
Level 3 - You are able to come up with five different ideas using simple
line tool, text and a single colour.
Level 4 - You are able to come up with seven different ideas using a range
of circle, line, text using multiple block colours.
Level 5 - You are able to come up with ten different ideas using a range of
shape, line, circle, arc, path tools, contour tool and vectorising tool,
different text tools and use of more complex fills tools (gradients,
textures).

14. Year 7 C.A.D.
Plenary
On the plenary sheet, name the
tools that you have been using
today.
State what they do.

15. Year 7 C.A.D.
Starter
Can you remember the one tool we used to make our drawing more
accurate?
What tools did we use last week?

16. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
To be more creative with basic shapes by adding in more
shapes, changing the grid, adding in colours and text.
Learning outcome
you are able to explain how colour and text can be added to
your drawings.
Level 3 - You are able to come up with five different ideas using
simple line tool, text and a single colour.
Level 4 - You are able to come up with seven different ideas using
a range of circle, line, text using multiple block colours.
Level 5 - You are able to come up with ten different ideas using a
range of shape, line, circle, arc, path tools, contour tool and
vectorising tool, different text tools and use of more complex fills
tools (gradients, textures).

17. Year 7 C.A.D.
Use the
simple
drawing tools
to add in
details to
your shapes

18. Year 7 C.A.D.
Be creative

19. Year 7 C.A.D.
Changing the
grid.
Any ideas?

20. Year 7 C.A.D.
Double click
on ‘Grid Lock’
Grid spacing –
what do you
think this
does?

21. Year 7 C.A.D.
What has
happened to
the grid?
Why might
you want to
change the
grid?

22. Year 7 C.A.D.
Adding colour
Use this tool
to add in
colour to your
simple shape
drawings.

23. Year 7 C.A.D.
Click on ‘Col’
to change
your colour.
Click on ‘Fill’
to change the
type of fill.

24. Year 7 C.A.D.
How do you
think you
change your
line colour and
/ or line type?

25. Year 7 C.A.D.
Text, what
tool might be
the text tool?

26. Year 7 C.A.D.
Select the
‘Text’ tool
Type in your
text.
How do you
think we will
change the
style of font
and / or its
size?

27. Year 7 C.A.D.
Here you can
change your
font type
The colour of
your text fill
or text line
The size of
your font

28. Year 7 C.A.D.
Now we have
our text on
the basic
shape.
What if we
want to
change it?
How do we do
that? What
might we
firstly need
to do?

29. Year 7 C.A.D.
Select it and
then go to
‘Property’

30. Year 7 C.A.D.
Recognise the
box?
Remember
what we do to
change it?

31. Year 7 C.A.D.
What if we
wanted to put
one shape
inside
another?
How could
this be
achieved?

32. Year 7 C.A.D.
The value is
set at 5mm,
what would
happen if we
changed it?

33. Year 7 C.A.D.
The image
shows
contouring at
5mm and 8mm
Have a go at
using this
tool.

34. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
To be more creative with basic shapes by adding in more
shapes, changing the grid, adding in colours and text.
Learning outcome
you are able to explain how colour and text can be added to
your drawings.
Level 3 - You are able to come up with five different ideas using
simple line tool, text and a single colour.
Level 4 - You are able to come up with seven different ideas using
a range of circle, line, text using multiple block colours.
Level 5 - You are able to come up with ten different ideas using a
range of shape, line, circle, arc, path tools, contour tool and
vectorising tool, different text tools and use of more complex fills
tools (gradients, textures).

35. Year 7 C.A.D.
Plenary
On the plenary sheet, name the
tools that you have been using
today.
State what they do.

36. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
To use 2D design creatively to create even more complex
forms / shapes.
Learning outcome
you are able to use what you have learnt in 2D design to
create a maximum of 10 different designs for a key fob.
That you are able to use annotation to explain your ideas.
Level 3 - You are able to come up with five different ideas using simple
line tool, text and a single colour.
Level 4 - You are able to come up with seven different ideas using a range
of circle, line, text using multiple block colours.
Level 5 - You are able to come up with ten different ideas using a range of
shape, line, circle, arc, path tools, contour tool and vectorising tool,
different text tools and use of more complex fills tools (gradients,
textures).

37. Year 7 C.A.D.
To do:
Open 2D design and start a new file.
Set it up so the paper size is A4, can you remember how you do
this? File, Print ____
What tools do we want to use to get a quality drawing?
How do we delete shapes or parts of shapes?
How do we apply colour / different types of colour?
How to we apply text?
Use your plenary sheet we have done in the last two lessons to
help you with the tools and their function.

38. Year 7 C.A.D.
Vectorising tool
What does this tool do?
Can you use this tool to help create designs for the keyfob?

39. Year 7 C.A.D.
Vectorising tool
What does this tool do? Changes an image into a line drawing
Can you use this tool to help create designs for the keyfob?
You can create complex
Shapes that would be
difficult by hand and then
get the laser cutter to cut
them out easier than doing
it by hand.

40. Year 7 C.A.D.
Start by selecting an image from the internet:
There are a few limitations: Won’t work on photos, Won’t work
on multi coloured images, Won’t work on highly detailed
drawings, Won’t work on small images
The images it will work on are these:
Simple
B/W images
Sillouettes

41. Year 7 C.A.D.
To vectorise
1, Select your image
2, copy and paste into 2D design

42. Year 7 C.A.D.
To vectorise
3, click on the vectorise tool
and then on the image

43. Year 7 C.A.D.
To vectorise
4, select the colours you want to keep and which ones you want
to get rid of.
Why did I get rid
of the white?
What about the
greys, why did I
get rid of them?

44. Year 7 C.A.D.
To vectorise
5, done, you now have a complex drawing you can laser cut.

45. Year 7 C.A.D.
Now experiment in using this tool add to your current designs
for your key fob.
Level 3 - You are able to come up with five different ideas using
simple line tool, text and a single colour.
Level 4 - You are able to come up with seven different ideas using
a range of circle, line, text using multiple block colours.
Level 5 - You are able to come up with ten different ideas using a
range of shape, line, circle, arc, path tools, contour tool and
vectorising tool, different text tools and use of more complex fills
tools (gradients, textures).

46. Year 7 C.A.D.
Plenary
On the plenary sheet, name the
tools that you have been using
today.
State what they do.

47. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
To communicate your design ideas to another person and
state how your design meets a specification.
Learning outcome
You are able to list the number of specification points your
design meets and state things you need to consider when
making or using your key fob.

48. Year 7 C.A.D.
Design brief
You are required to design and make a key fob to help people locate their
keys. The key fob needs to use an interesting shape and colour or series
of colours. Also it needs to include text to help the user identify their
keys from everyone elses.
Design specification
It must be aesthetic
It must be durable
It must have a hole for the key ring
It must not damage your pocket or bag
It must be easily identified by the owner
It must hold all the household keys
It must be no bigger than 75mm x 50mm
It must be inexpensive to produce
It must be easily batch produced
It must be quick to manufacture

49. Year 7 C.A.D.
Annotation
What is annotation?
How and why do we use it?
Why do you need to use on yours designs?
What can we annotate?

50. Year 7 C.A.D.
Annotation
1, on 2D design I want you to start by annotating using the
specification points. If your design meets the specification point
write it next to it – why do we do this?
Design specification
It must be aesthetic
It must be durable
It must have a hole for the key ring
It must not damage your pocket or bag
It must be easily identified by the owner
It must hold all the household keys
It must be no bigger than 75mm x 50mm
It must be inexpensive to produce
It must be easily batch produced
It must be quick to manufacture

51. Year 7 C.A.D.
Annotation
2, next we are going to annotate with questions about your designs.
What type of questions can we ask?

52. Year 7 C.A.D.
Annotation
2, next we are going to annotate with questions about your designs.
What type of questions can we ask?
How can I make this shape?
Is this text readable
Is it safe
Will people be able to recognise their keys?
What material could I use to make it?
Can I put the text on the material?

53. Year 7 C.A.D.
Now annotate your own designs with specification points and
then questions / concerns about your designs.

54. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
To communicate your design ideas to another person and
state how your design meets a specification.
Learning outcome
You are able to list the number of specification points your
design meets and state things you need to consider when
making or using your key fob.

55. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
How to prepare a drawing to be laser cut and what
different line colours mean / do.
Learning outcome
That you can name the stages to go through when laser
cutting a drawing and state what each colour pen does on a
laser.
Level 3 - Lines are all the same colour when it comes to laser
cutting and the drawing has not been made the correct size.
Level 4 - Some of the line colour are correctly used and the
drawing is of a suitable size to laser cut.
Level 5 - All line colours have been correctly used (red for cut,
blue for engrave and black for etch) and the drawing is the right
size (50 x 75mm).

56. Year 7 C.A.D.
Set the step
lock to 5mm
Draw a
rectangle 75
x 50
Use the
dimension tool
to add the
dimensions

57. Year 7 C.A.D.
copy and
paste your
design
reduce the
size of your
design to fit
the rectangle

58. Year 7 C.A.D.
Hole for key
holder
Click on and
hold down on
the circle tool
and select the
second tool in

59. Year 7 C.A.D.
You can now
select the
right sized
hole for your
key ring.
I chose 1.5mm

60. Year 7 C.A.D.
Now place

61. Year 7 C.A.D.
copy and
paste the
correct size
design
change the
colours to cut,
engrave and
etch the parts
of your design
red = cut
blue = engrave
black = etch

62. Year 7 C.A.D.
Have a close
look, what
have I forgot
to do?

63. Year 7 C.A.D.
On this page
explain why you
need to modify
your design
explain how you
changed the
coloured lines
(include what each
colour is used for)
explain how you
changed the size
(name the 2D
design tools you
used)
Open up a new page
in Word
Copy and paste
your:
Chosen design on
this page
Chosen design at 50
x 75mm in size
The drawing ready
to be laser cut

64. Year 7 C.A.D.
Once complete, print out all work to the ‘Technology black laser’ and
lace your name on all work.
Then save your design onto the memory stick ready to be laser cut.

65. Year 7 C.A.D.
Learning objective
by the end of the lesson you will have learnt;
How to prepare a drawing to be laser cut and what
different line colours mean / do.
Learning outcome
That you can name the stages to go through when laser
cutting a drawing and state what each colour pen does on a
laser.
Level 3 - Lines are all the same colour when it comes to laser
cutting and the drawing has not been made the correct size.
Level 4 - Some of the line colour are correctly used and the
drawing is of a suitable size to laser cut.
Level 5 - All line colours have been correctly used (red for cut,
blue for engrave and black for etch) and the drawing is the right
size (50 x 75mm).