TFE and the DAT - I am so lost

[jpark1800]

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I am so lost with TFE. I feel like I'm not looking at the objects in the right direction or from the right perspective. I'm not even sure what the lines represent. I want to avoid line counting, cause I heard it doesn't even work on the PAT. I looked at the wicked sick PAT tutorial but the guy uses line counting a lot. It is so hard to visualize some of the images.

From what I understand:
Dashed lines just mean you can't see the line from your view and that there is no change in elevation. Solid lines mean you can see the line from your view and they can also signify a change in elevation or a slope. What else should I know?

I have 3 weeks until my exam, I'm only on CDP Test 4 and I'm still doing tests untimed and still not getting things right. I'm almost done reviewing Chad's for the second time (the first time I just took notes and never really reviewed). I've started destroyer for all the secitons and am thru test 5 on math destroyer. I'm going through Cliffs again and skimming Campbells. Cube counting Im good at, angles Im decent at, pattern folding i think im decent at and hole punching I struggle with a little. I haven't taken a single practice test.

Please help if you have any advice. I'm shooting for anything above a 23AA. I'd be happy with a 20 PAT.

 

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I am so lost with TFE. I feel like I'm not looking at the objects in the right direction or from the right perspective. I'm not even sure what the lines represent. I want to avoid line counting, cause I heard it doesn't even work on the PAT. I looked at the wicked sick PAT tutorial but the guy uses line counting a lot. It is so hard to visualize some of the images.

From what I understand:
Dashed lines just mean you can't see the line from your view and that there is no change in elevation. Solid lines mean you can see the line from your view and they can also signify a change in elevation or a slope. What else should I know?

I have 3 weeks until my exam, I'm only on CDP Test 4 and I'm still doing tests untimed and still not getting things right. I'm almost done reviewing Chad's for the second time (the first time I just took notes and never really reviewed). I've started destroyer for all the secitons and am thru test 5 on math destroyer. I'm going through Cliffs again and skimming Campbells. Cube counting Im good at, angles Im decent at, pattern folding i think im decent at and hole punching I struggle with a little. I haven't taken a single practice test.

Please help if you have any advice. I'm shooting for anything above a 23AA. I'd be happy with a 20 PAT.

avoid line counting for sure. start backwards -> look at answers first, see which answers are different and how they are different and then look back to the picture and see if the structure exists. generally u can group the answers in 2... most images are similar with respect to one aspect and then differ in another. u can usually get rid of 2 answers first, then look at the difference btwn the 2 most similar and see which one is correct. there is no doubt in my mind u will not be able to get perfect on tfe (or close to it). if u have trouble print screen a particular problem and i'll walk u threw it. tfe for me is the easiest b/c i can be 100% sure htat the answer i picked was correct, the hard ones to me are angles and keyholes

 

[jhc83]

There is a really good thread on this forum that explains the TFEproblem really well... Start from there and practice practice practice. Ive been through the same situation that you are experiencing now... I didnt start studying for pat until like the last two or three week. I almost wanted to just give up even trying to solve the TFE probelems cuz i just didnt get it....i had the worst headache after doing crack pat and almost made me wanna puke. But after reading through the pat thread, i understood exactly what i needed to solve for... Then started solving more probelms on crack pat. The key was to try to visualize the object as much as you can and also look at all the views givens to you in the problem... After couple days of practice... I started getting on average 13 /15 correct. My scores on crack pat ranged from 18 to 21 (once). Believe it or not, the real dat was much easier for me and i ended up scoring 22!! I encourage you to read the pat thread on this forum and just solve as many problems as you can.