AQA GCSE Design and Technology · 8552
Paper 1
Revise: Efficient material cuttingTessellation is a particular arrangement in which shapes repeat without gaps or overlaps. It can help with nesting, although a real cutting layout may still need spaces for the cutting tool. Efficient planning is therefore not simply squeezing outlines together on a drawing.
- Revise: Marking out methods
An arrangement of shapes that covers a surface without gaps or overlaps.