Top-front-End Projections

[Brown Sugar]

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Hey everyone,

I am currently studying for the DAT and I do not understand the top-front-end projections at all. Does anyone have any tricks or tips to help me to figure them out?

Thanks alot.

 

[Ething]

Buy a book for this. Look at Kaplan stuff although it is a bit easier than the real thing...get topscore also. This stuff takes lots of practice. It won't be enough to just get one or two tips from SDN.

 

[Vapor1122]

Barron's DAT book describes it well. Coincidentally, I just so happen to have a copy I need to get rid of. 😀 Throw a few bucks at me for shipping and it's yours free.

 

[evlyann]

Well, One trick iscount the # of line across the top and they equal the # of lines across on the fron image. Count the # of lines down the top, and they equal the # of line across the top of the End Image. u have to match up the lines. Kaplan does a good job in explaining this in their class room course. Also, Barrons helps too!

 

[z3u2]

Well, One trick iscount the # of line across the top and they equal the # of lines across on the fron image. Count the # of lines down the top, and they equal the # of line across the top of the End Image. u have to match up the lines. Kaplan does a good job in explaining this in their class room course. Also, Barrons helps too!

yep
this is a very useful technique

just a side note though
this works probably 99% of the time, but not always.
out of the hundres of questions i've practiced, there was one which did not follow this rule. But i think the chance of encountering one is probably low.

 

[rose786]

I think with the Pat, the most useful thing is to just practice your butt off. I would get as many practice tests as you can get your hands on. Also, look into Crack The Pat software. I myself haven't used it, but it looks useful because of the explanations.

 

[Brown Sugar]

thaks for all your help and the studying continues.

 

[Regmata]

I damn near skipped them and took a few extra minutes to spend on problems that actually made sense...count the lines, do the little tricks and pick an answer...don't mess around too much. Those things can be a bit ambiguous and have the tendency to take up a lot more of your time than you want them too

 

[Fuji]

Get some legos and build some crazy shapes. Then practice drawing the 2-dimensional projections from each perspective (top, front, side). Practicing with something tangible will help when you have to visualize it on paper.