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DCG Projects are out!

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    #92
    Paddy001
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Paddy001


    Is anybody doing a JVC dock and if so how did you get the logo onto it or is there a font that's close to it?


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    #93
    gamer91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭gamer91


    Has anyone got the sample exam papers ? and where did you get them because i cant find them anywhere !

    P.S This course is a piece of balls


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    #94
    sheehy898
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭sheehy898


    Yeah we got the exam papers from our teacher,but there by folens so they should be in the shops aswell.


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    #95
    Isaac702
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Isaac702


    The sample paper the department issued is on examinations.ie
    Here

    I don't know if any other companies have made any other samples based on this one. Like when the department introduces any course they have totally messed up what was supposed to be done.
    In this case there are 2 examples :
    1) Sample exam paper was delayed several times.
    2) They should have made teachers start the project as soon as they received it. (Some schools in my area still haven't started it. Some of those have never done anything with computers. I cant see how they are going to get it done.)


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    #96
    CoolBreeze
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭CoolBreeze


    gamer91 wrote: »
    Has anyone got the sample exam papers ? and where did you get them because i cant find them anywhere !

    P.S This course is a piece of balls

    http://www.t4.ie/DCG_Round_7/Sample_Papers/DCG%20Sample%20paper%20HL.pdf

    http://www.t4.ie/DCG_Round_7/Sample_Papers/DCG%20Sample%20paper%20OL.pdf

    They're the links for both the ordinary and higher DCG sample papers.


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    #97
    -ilikeshorts
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭-ilikeshorts


    the mock paper is absoloute sinch anyway so dont worry


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    #98
    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    -ilikeshorts wrote: »
    the mock paper is absoloute sinch anyway so dont worry
    Not everyone does the same mock. Also, the mock is not necessarily representative of the real exam...


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    #99
    -ilikeshorts
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭-ilikeshorts


    normally in new subjects the board themselves send it out


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    #100
    papu
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    it would be allot easier if we didnt have to split classes between drawing and trying to do this silly project.


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    #101
    Jello
    Registered Users Posts: 2,739 ✭✭✭Jello


    We better get an easy paper in June cos this course has turned into a bit of a mess tbh.


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    #102
    Isaac702
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Isaac702


    Well its a new course and generally because of that its going to be marked slightly easier anyway. We are simply the ginnie pigs for the new course.

    I expect that the deadline for the project will be extended again anyway.

    Another question I have is are we doing our exam in June on A2 or A3 paper. The department sample paper suggests that it will be A3 paper however according to my teacher that has not been decided yet. Considering we should be practicing on what we will be using in June it is cutting it quite close.


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    #103
    Metamorphisis
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Metamorphisis


    I'm almost finished my DCG project, but then i saw someone in this thread saying that you have to give the links for all of the pictures you use... is this true? are there any other things like this that you have to do? where did people find out that you have to do this? my DCG teacher is worse than useless so i have to find out pretty much EVERYTHING myself... :(


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    #104
    MacGuinness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭MacGuinness


    yh you have to reference all the pictures and you have 2 do ALL the solidworks drawings in school
    i did my solid works drawing at home it has loke 30 parts and it has 2 b compleatley redrawen in school because the examiners can check when the part was drawen and if it was drawen outside of the school time than u are feked


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    #105
    Isaac702
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Isaac702


    MacGuinness wrote: »
    i did my solid works drawing at home it has loke 30 parts and it has 2 b compleatley redrawen in school because the examiners can check when the part was drawen and if it was drawen outside of the school time than u are feked

    That is a ton of incorrect information that is being thrown at us by the department of education. The Solidworks end user agreement does not make provisions for this and so it is not included in the program.

    If you done believe me have a look yourself at any of your parts the only information stored that could link to back to the computer it was made on is;
    1) The directory it was in on the computer it was produced. (This may be original directory or last saved I haven't checked).
    2) The date and time the file was created.
    3) The date and time the file was last saved.
    4) The username of the account on the computer you are using.

    Some points on the above.
    1) This could be anything as we haven't been told to do it in any particular way.
    2&3)This is wrong on several of the computers in my school as the time does not sync with the server (Who ever set our server up did a terrible job) and so the department cannot use this a factor in deciding when it was done as in some cases it will be extremely off.
    4) In my school this is our name (First letter of first name followed by last name). I thought we are supposed to be a number to the examiners. I would be interested to know how other schools have this setup. The user name can also be falsified so its not valid either.

    I am not saying they defiantly cant tell it which computer it was done on but from the information I have found it is unlikely


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    #106
    Prowetod
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Prowetod


    Metamorphisis wrote: »
    I'm almost finished my DCG project, but then i saw someone in this thread saying that you have to give the links for all of the pictures you use... is this true? are there any other things like this that you have to do? where did people find out that you have to do this? my DCG teacher is worse than useless so i have to find out pretty much EVERYTHING myself... :(

    I wouldn't think that there is a need for links to pictures from the web, I certainly am not giving a link and neither are the rest of my class. Do you think the correcter will look for links to pics, I dont think so!


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    #107
    Isaac702
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Isaac702


    eoccork wrote: »
    I wouldn't think that there is a need for links to pictures from the web, I certainly am not giving a link and neither are the rest of my class. Do you think the correcter will look for links to pics, I dont think so!

    I would read carefully over the instructions we received with the brief for the project. Point 7 states.
    "When using research sources including the Internet, the sources must be acknowledged. Research material copied directly from the Internet or from other sources and presented as your own will not receive any marks"

    They have left provisions in the project guidelines to not give any marks in the case they discover you have not disclosed they images or any other information were from another source outside of yourself.

    The sample project also gave the links to the images it had used. It is better safe than sorry in this case. It would be terrible to lose marks for a otherwise good project because you didn't enclose links to your sources with the project.


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    #108
    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    1) The directory it was in on the computer it was produced. (This may be original directory or last saved I haven't checked).
    2) The date and time the file was created.
    3) The date and time the file was last saved.
    4) The username of the account on the computer you are using.

    I wouldn't worry about that. In the DCG handbook it says each student should have their own account and user name. We don't have a server, it doesn't work so I amn't worried. The files arn't digitally signed an extreme degree so there is alot of scope to argue if you are deemed to have done it outside of school. Plus your teacher and principal signs it off at the end, that means more that a file stamp.


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    #109
    Prowetod
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Prowetod


    Isaac702 wrote: »
    I would read carefully over the instructions we received with the brief for the project. Point 7 states.
    "When using research sources including the Internet, the sources must be acknowledged. Research material copied directly from the Internet or from other sources and presented as your own will not receive any marks"

    They have left provisions in the project guidelines to not give any marks in the case they discover you have not disclosed they images or any other information were from another source outside of yourself.

    The sample project also gave the links to the images it had used. It is better safe than sorry in this case. It would be terrible to lose marks for a otherwise good project because you didn't enclose links to your sources with the project.

    Interesting. May I ask how did you incorporate the link of the picture into the presentations, like did you leave the link below the picture or something? Or did you use another means to acknowledge it?


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    #110
    Isaac702
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Isaac702


    On any of the pages where I used a new image (Only the 1st and 2nd in my case) I labeled the image with the name of that docking station. Then I put a text box on the sheet with the name of the docking station and the link to the source.

    In the case I used information from that source a second time I didnt put it on the sheet again as I had already done so previously. I expect that for next years project they will make this a lot clearer than it was this year.


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    #111
    Paddy001
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Paddy001


    I'm nearly finished! :D


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    #112
    Heggy
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭Heggy


    Just a point on the time information, if you are a bit conscious about having the times right and doing it in school, you can copy and paste your sketches into the new file, and they will come up as having just been created.
    We are sticking to that because our teacher is a bit of a worrier, but we copy and paste all the time.


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    #113
    darkface
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭darkface


    i have my project done with the measurement mm,
    is there any way to change it to inches without re-do it?


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    #114
    Paddy001
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Paddy001


    darkface wrote: »
    i have my project done with the measurement mm,
    is there any way to change it to inches without re-do it?

    why would you want to?


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    #115
    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    You'd probably lose marks if you put it in inches. They arnt SI units


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    #116
    darkface
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭darkface


    one of my classmates said that the ipod should fit in the docking station but the mearsurement doesnt fit,but if i change it to inches that will work.
    (do i need to make up an ipod or mp3 for the docking station?)
    (if i leave it as mm will that be ok?)


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    #117
    Annie2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭Annie2


    I need a modification for my docking station. I spent ages trying to think of one and when I finally did i found out a couple of days later that someone else in my class had that modification done before memad.giffrown.giffrown.giffrown.gif
    I really need helpconfused.gifconfused.gifconfused.gifconfused.gif


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    #118
    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    darkface wrote: »
    one of my classmates said that the ipod should fit in the docking station but the mearsurement doesnt fit,but if i change it to inches that will work.
    (do i need to make up an ipod or mp3 for the docking station?)
    (if i leave it as mm will that be ok?)

    Inches and MM are the same thing. There both a measurement. A mile is a mile, a kilometer is a kilometer. Changing between the two shouldn't change anything. It will still be the same width in inches or mm. You probably converted one to the other wrong.


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    #119
    timmywex
    Registered Users Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭timmywex


    Annie2 wrote: »
    I need a modification for my docking station. I spent ages trying to think of one and when I finally did i found out a couple of days later that someone else in my class had that modification done before memad.giffrown.giffrown.giffrown.gif
    I really need helpconfused.gifconfused.gifconfused.gifconfused.gif

    Just because someone else has the same mod doesnt mean you cant! :D


    Im nearly finished! :D Have all the pages done pretty much, 17 pages in total, 14 for project, cover page, back cover, and appendix with all the references!


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    #120
    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    timmywex wrote: »
    Just because someone else has the same mod doesnt mean you cant! :D


    Im nearly finished! :D Have all the pages done pretty much, 17 pages in total, 14 for project, cover page, back cover, and appendix with all the references!

    You can only have 14 plus the front and back cover. Which is a total of 16 pieces of paper. I've heard they won't mark any other pages if you go over. Its 14 pieces of paper with info. Thats it.


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    #121
    Paddy001
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Paddy001


    darkface wrote: »
    one of my classmates said that the ipod should fit in the docking station but the mearsurement doesnt fit,but if i change it to inches that will work.
    (do i need to make up an ipod or mp3 for the docking station?)
    (if i leave it as mm will that be ok?)
    What measurements are you using for the ipod? For a classic it's like 68x110 by 10.5 depth for the 80gb. Can give you exact measurements when I'm in school that's from memory


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