AQA DT: Product design (3D) - PROD 3 A2 exam, June 8th -- Revision thread --

Hellooo, do you by any chance have any A2 notes that are in the similar format than the AS notes you posted? They were soo helpful. I've been looking and haven't found any so far, just asking if you have any! Thanks ))

Hey! I so far have not been able to find anything like that so far but I did find a few websites that are quite helpful:
http://www.technologystudent.com/prddes1/prddex1.html
https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-cards/aqa_product_design_prod3.

Oh okay, no worries! I have already got those, but thanks for posting!
I'm so nervous about this exam, how are you feeling about it?

Not too good tbh ~ got a 2hr 30m Geography test before this and I'm stressing over that so much that i don't have much time do do DT revision!

Omg same, I have Geography too D:
Trying to get as much information in my head as possible.

Yeh same!
Which topics you doing for Geography?
How did ur coursework for DT go?


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I'm doing plate tectonics, development & globalisation and conflict!
And pretty well I hope, my teacher marked it as 82 out of 85 (I put sooo much effort into it ahaha) but I'm just hoping it isn't changed by the moderator, which is a likely possibility what about you?

has anyone got any concise notes , or is able to point out what to revise from the textbook.

i am really struggling and have maths and physics exams before the prod3 exam.

any help would be very appreciated.

thanks

The main topics identified By AQA are:
Section A: Materials and Components
Section B: Design and Market Influences
Section C: Processes and Manufacture

It will be useful to know the main manufacturing process use this form AS: https://getrevising.co.uk/files/documents/aqa_gce_prod1_3d_design_product_design/Product%20Design%20Revision.pdf

They have nearly always asked you to: compare 2 different products, or using your own coursework eg. "With reference to your own coursework project, produce a detailed manufacturing plan"

I was given a sheet which goes through each of the main topics:

Section A: Materials and Components
-Design and market Influence
-Process and manufacture

Section B: Design and Market Influences
Major development in tech.
Manufactured products and system
product life cycleinfluence of design/tech in society
role of designer
marketing fucntion
design Methods
Design Process
safety and legislation
communication methods sketching / use of 2d/3d techniques
enhancements ~ rendering/texture
information drawing ~ Quantitative - graphsModeling - prototyping 3D designs
use of ICT in design Human factors ~ ergonomics and anthropometrics
Patents
product development and improvements
communication methods
sustainability

Section C: Processes and Manufacture
ICT application ~ CAD/CAM manufacturing systems
product development and improvements
safety
system and control

Thanks, i am ok with section A and have notes on it as i did this years paper for AS.

What is very likely to come up in this years paper?

Did you just make notes from the textbook for a2 ?

also what iconic designs have you revised ?

thanks for your help

that's a gamble, no one knows for sure one thing worth noting, the head of our product design department has close contact with the chief examiner of our school and I'm not sure what kind of information they exchange but ever since a couple weeks back we focus heavily on questions like:
''How is ICT used in the development and innovation of products'' and ''Explain how the use of CAD effects x, y, z''
idk this could be me just overthinking stuff but I'll definitely revise areas to do with ICT and CAD, I strongly advice you should too