Top-front-End Projections

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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!
 
evlyann said:
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!
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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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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