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Notes about D&T,
developing, planning and communicating ideas
This section of the Design and Resistant Materials Technology
package gives
you detailed information about the various stages in the
creation of a design. The topics covered are listed
below:
- Description
of design and technology
- Design
and technology process
- Stages
in design and technology
- Reasons
for creating new designs
- Factors
to consider when designing
products
- Ergonomics
- Designing
for safety
- Designing
for customisation
- Designing
for a production method
- Designing
for assembly, disassembly
and recycling
- Designing
for maintenance
- Invention
- Making
changes to existing
designs: design
development
- Specifications:
specifying details of
designs and product
- Recording
designs
- Parts
drawings and parts lists
- Planning
- Evaluation
- Product
analysis
- Value
analysis
- Animation:
notes and sketches
- Animation:
design development
- Animation:
isometric drawing
- Animation:
oblique drawing
- Animation:1
point perspective drawing
- Animation:
2 point perspective
drawing
- Animation:
parts drawing &
cutting lists
- Rendering
exercises
- Design
exercises
- Design
briefs and specifications
- Problem
solving exercises.
Example
design exercise: modifying existing designs
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This
section of the D&RMT package contains exercises that
require students to modify existing designs to
make them more suitable for a particular
purpose.
Modifying
a design to make it more suitable for a
particular purpose.
A lamp with a
“Tiffany” shade is illustrated.
Use notes and sketches to
illustrate how the design could be modified so
that the lamp would be suitable for:
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Exercises
in writing design briefs and specifications
This section of the
D&RMT package contains exercises that include:
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Writing
a design brief and a specification for:
1a. Rocking Horse. Imagine that you wanted a
rocking horse designed and made for a young relative.
Write a statement about the type of rocking horse that
you want. Include all necessary details such as size,
colour, material, finish, maximum cost, maximum time
allowed for completion etc. (Design
Brief).
1b. Write a list of the specific things that the
designer must include in the design and the way that the
manufacturer must make the product. You could start by
specifying what the rocking horse must be like, the
safety features that it should have and then list all
the other specific things that would be important to
you. (Specifications) |
Horse made by Rocking Horse Works
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