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4.1b engineering intro

This document outlines an activity for creating technical drawings of puzzle cube designs, emphasizing the importance of standard practices in engineering communication. Participants are instructed to create two designs, document their final choice with sketches and multi-view drawings, and provide peer feedback on their work. The conclusion highlights the value of peer review in evaluating design appeal and effectiveness.

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4.1b engineering intro

This document outlines an activity for creating technical drawings of puzzle cube designs, emphasizing the importance of standard practices in engineering communication. Participants are instructed to create two designs, document their final choice with sketches and multi-view drawings, and provide peer feedback on their work. The conclusion highlights the value of peer review in evaluating design appeal and effectiveness.

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Activity 4.

1b Graphical Modeling
Introduction
Technical drawings are used to communicate engineering designs to those who will
build the product. In order that the drawings are interpreted correctly by all stake
holders, the drawings should be created using accepted standard practice and
should include all information necessary to correctly manufacture and/or assemble
the product.

In this activity you will document alternate designs with pictorial sketches and specify
your final puzzle cube design by creating a multi-view drawing for each piece.

Equipment
 Orthographic grid paper
 Isometric grid paper (optional)
 Pencil
 Computer with Internet access

Procedure
1. Using the puzzle part options that you generated during Activity 4.2 Puzzle Cube
Combinations, create two different puzzle cube designs. One design should be
relatively easy to solve and the other more difficult. Note that, in general, more
interlocking pieces make a puzzle cube more difficult to solve.
2. For each design, neatly sketch and color code an isometric view of each of the
five component parts and show how they fit together in the isometric view of the
cube. See your teacher for an example. You will need a total of two solutions
with ten unique parts.
3. Choose the best design from the two options. Document the reasons for your
choice in the space below.
4. On orthographic grid paper, create a multi-view drawing of each of your five
puzzle pieces for the selected design. Carefully select the best front view and
include all object and hidden lines. Show the minimum number of orthographic
projections necessary to fully detail the part. Do not show the joints between
individual wooden cubes.
5. Exchange your multi-view sketches (preferably copies) with a classmate.
6. Review your partner’s sketches. Consider the following questions for the multi-
view drawing of each puzzle piece. Record notes on a separate sheet of paper to
provide feedback to your partner to help them correct their sketches.

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 Is the chosen front view the BEST front view?
 Has the designer used the minimum number of orthographic projections
needed to represent the part? That is, could fewer orthographic
projections be used to adequately represent the part?
 Are the orthographic views properly shown based on the orientation of the
isometric sketch of each piece?
 Are the orthographic projections properly oriented to each other?
 Are all object lines shown properly (thick and dark)?
 Are all hidden surfaces represented with a hidden (dashed) line where
necessary?

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Conclusion
7. Why is it important to have designs and drawings reviewed by peers?
It is important due to see what other people's ideas and
thoughts on your creation to see if it is appealing or attention
grabbing.

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