Top, front, end

[toothlvr]

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Hello!
I am having enormous difficulty with this section of the PAT, and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to even BEGIN to go about answering these types of questions. Or, if you know where I can get some help, that would be great.
Thanks a lot!

 

[Oprah]

Hello!
I am having enormous difficulty with this section of the PAT, and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to even BEGIN to go about answering these types of questions. Or, if you know where I can get some help, that would be great.
Thanks a lot!

using the two of the three view given, i like to mentally picture what the object kind of looks like, then i analyze the object i created mentally to map out the unknown third view

i don't think my method is a trick or anything, i think that is the way these questions are supposed to be tackled, does anyone know if that is true

for these kinds of problems, i think the best thing is to find some sort of 'process' to work your way through, then 'practice' it, and then 'master' it

good luck



note - it's tough to find a decent guide to the PAT section, there are hardly any on the market 🙁 but i would strongly recommend barrons 'how to prepare for the dat'

use the barrons book ONLY for the PAT - they do a GREAT job in splicing up/explaining tips/strategies for each of the 6 types of questions. however - do not use this book for the nat. sciences or any other sections besides PAT - there are a lot of errors, and it's a waste of time, I've heard examkrakers is a good book to use'

 

[rescuer]

Hello!
I am having enormous difficulty with this section of the PAT, and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to even BEGIN to go about answering these types of questions. Or, if you know where I can get some help, that would be great.
Thanks a lot!

Try to read some floor plans and project these into supposed 3D buildings one at a time. Also, try to imagine any feasible objects in front of you into their respective views. These activities will assuredly warm your visual perceptions up as you try to approach the DAT Top-Front-End questions with speed and accuracy. Learn especially how to relate hidden lines to the visible ones, be wary of common views for flat/curve and slanting surfaces, ...

Great disparities among the 15 questions will be realized when you eventually sit for the test (Never be time trapped then). The following guides have by far been the best for PAT if you have not tried them out:

Barron/Acethedat/DAT Achiever

 

[xylashellx]

its hard to learn pat...but practice practice practice...after you do a bunch of them you start to see patters from previous exams

 

[dat_student]

its hard to learn pat...but practice practice practice...after you do a bunch of them you start to see patters from previous exams

I agree...practice..practice..practice..and you'll eventually do well. At first, PAT may seem difficult but after you do a few practice exams you feel a lot better about the section. I think "angle ranking" can be the toughest part of PAT because they can give angles like 12,13,14,15...w/ different lengths and all pointing in different directions. 🙁 😱 hole-punching & cube counting are very easy. I think they are designed to make people feel good about their PAT score.

 

[DesiDentist]

Top Front End is a very difficult section, however it doesn't have to be. The best way to understand Top Front End is not look at drawings at all, you should take an object, any object. Let's say a digital camera, look at it from the top, then look at it from another side, that should give you enough clues to what the missing side should look like. then start looking at asymmetrical objects in the same way, pretty soon your eyes will catch it. The hardest part where the DAT messes w/ your head is the dotted or straight lines. if you ever see a dotted line in the center, most likely that object is a triangular shape.

For Cubes, I remember stacking sugar cubes and then counting the sides, if i wasn't positive, i would serioulsy 'paint' the cubes to figure it out. Try to step away from the pictures, one you can visualize the 3D images and put them into 2D you can do the reverse, which is what you will be doing on the actual exam.

Hope this helps,

DesiDentist

 

[*Tooth*fairy*]

Hello!
I am having enormous difficulty with this section of the PAT, and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to even BEGIN to go about answering these types of questions. Or, if you know where I can get some help, that would be great.
Thanks a lot!

well where to begin: Hidden lines-- the dashed lines, represent edges that are either inside or behind the object. These lines provide you meaningful cues about the object's depth.

***The width of the object can be identified by the vertical lines (whether solid or dased) in the top view i.e the length of the solid or dashed vertical lines in the top view will always be equal to the width of the object in the end view This is best shown if you draw lines with your pencil from top to end views, sorry it's hard to explain without diagrams.

If a hidden (dashed) line overlaps a solid line at any place, it will appear as solid at that place where it overlaps.

When two hidden/dashed lines overlap they still appear as dashed lines

Remember to count the visible and hidden lines and place them in proper order in your mind, this is hard at first but you will be able to do it quicker as you practice

So, identify 1) number 2)order 3)placement, of the solid and dashed lines


** I got all this info from the Barron's. It's much clearer with the pictures.

 

[TXdent]

thanx tooth fairy! ill look into that 🙂
anyone have other patterns they saw or hints???

this is deff the part im struggling with the most for PAT