IDEA Competitions

Every spring the Illinois Drafting Educators Association sponsors a series of regional high school drafting competitions throughout the Illinois'community college system. Local winners of these events progress on to state finals at Illinois State University's Turner Hall (shown in illustration below football stadium) where they compete to determine who is the best in the state. Regional competitions are held the first Friday in March with the state finals on a Saturday in April.

The competition offers 7 different divisions assuring possible events for all kinds of different high school students, coming from all kinds of different high schools, offering all kinds of different drafting and CAD education to various levels of depth. The divisions are as follows:

Introductory Board
Introductory CAD
Architectural Board
Architectural CAD
Machine Board
Machine CAD
3D Architectural (CAD Modeling)
3D CAD Modeling

Further details of the IDEA competitions can be found in the categories below.

Educator's Regional Information - For 3-5-10
Teacher Information Packet 2010.DOC (PDF)
Competition Sites 2010.DOC (PDF)

Regional Director's Information 2010
Regional Director's Information Packet 2010 (PDF)

Educators & Parents State Registration Information
Hotels
State ISU Map.DOC (PDF)
State Agenda.DOC (PDF)
State Registation Form.DOC (PDF)

State Competition.DOC

Sample Tests from Past Years - INCLUDING 2010
www.it.ilstu.edu/students/idea

Winners List & Photo Gallery

2009 State Competition Results(PDF)

Introductory Board - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners
Introductory CAD - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners
Architectural Board - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners
Architectural CAD - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners
3D Architectural (CAD Modeling) - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners
Machine Board - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners
Machine CAD - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners
3D CAD Modeling - 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Winners