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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
A reusable guide used to transfer or check the shape of a component.
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A reusable shape or guide used to repeat an outline or feature when marking or cutting material.
Revise: Use of production aidsA template is a reusable shape or guide. Place it on the material, keep it still and draw around its edge to repeat an outline. For example, an aperture template can mark the same window shape on a batch of greetings cards.
A guide used to reproduce a particular shape consistently.
Link each production aid to a specific operation: a template repeats an outline; a punching jig positions the card and guides the punch.
Explain repeatability rather than simply saying 'accurate': a template or CNC program guides production so components have the same shape and dimensions.
Distinguish a template that transfers a shape from a jig that locates a component or guides an operation.
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