Photograph of prototype in the prototyping activity post section
Photograph of prototype in the prototyping activity post section
Prompt
Designers represent their ideas through many different means: drawings, photographs, renderings, scale models, prototypes, and more. Each method presents specific advantages for highlighting different aspects of the concept and proposed execution.
Instructions
In this assignment, we will learn about different types of diagrams, and how we can use each one to further communicate the ideas of your project.
Review the presentation above to learn about the types of diagrams used by designers to communicate their ideas. Then each project team needs to create a Use Diagram and Technical Diagram. As you create your diagrams, consider how each one will highlight a different aspect of your idea. These diagrams should be useful tools for others to understand your idea.
Keep in mind that these diagrams will be shared in your final presentation, so take care to make them clean and easily understandable.
Draw a Use Diagram
Draw a Technical Diagram
Deliverables
Submit your Use Diagram/s or Technical Diagram/s in the Responses tab above.
Prompt
Cardboard lends itself to different mechanisms compared to wood and acrylic. This mechanism combines aspects of the parallel linkage and eccentric cam. It also uses the springiness of cardboard as the returning force to bring the flag back down.
Learning Goals
Instructions
Part 1: Template model
Using the template file (attached to this post), you will recreate the cam and linkage cardboard model. To complete the activity, you will need cardboard, scissors or exacto, and a dowel or a pencil.
Part 2: Build your own version
Once you’ve completed the model, modify the pre-existing elements in at least one of the following ways:
a) change the movement of the mechanism,
b) customize components,
c) introduce a new add-on feature,
d) propose a novel application.
Deliverables
Take photos of all your work. In the caption, make sure to describe the prototypes and explain your work process. Post your answers to the following reflection questions in the Responses tab above:
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