Puzzle Cube Design Brief

Taking an idea you have and transferring it from a concept to a sketch, to working drawings, to models, and then to a working prototype is a very rewarding process. This project is going to take you from concept design work to final production of a product! You will begin with hand sketches and move on to production drawings on the computer. You will then use these production drawings to build your own puzzle block! Problem Statement: A local office furniture manufacturing company throws away tens of thousands of scrap hardwood cubes that result from its furniture construction processes. The material is expensive, and the scrap represents a sizeable loss of profit. Design Statement: Fine Office Furniture, Inc. would like to return value to its waste product by using it as the raw material for desktop novelty items that will be sold on the showroom floor. Design, build, test, document, and present a three-dimensional puzzle system that is made from the scrap hardwood cubes. The puzzle system must provide an appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is seven years of age or older. Constraints: 1. The puzzle must be fabricated from 27, hardwood cubes. 2. The puzzle system must contain exactly five puzzle pieces. 3. Each individual puzzle piece must consist of at least four, but no more than six hardwood cubes that are permanently attached to each other. 4. No two puzzle pieces can be the same. 5. Every puzzle piece must be at least 2 cubes deep / wide / high in each dimension (can not lay flat regardless of how you turn it). 6. The five puzzle pieces must assemble to form a 2 cube. 7. Puzzle parts should interlock. Required Deliverables: Isometric / Oblique sketches (by layers) of two possible complete Puzzle Cube designs (include annotations) Decision Matrix Multi-view drawings of each puzzle piece (with overall size dimensions) CAD pictures showing at least two different 3D views of the assembled puzzle Photo(s) of your building process and puzzle prototype Design Process Outline: Based on your experiences during the completion of the Puzzle Design Challenge, what is meant when someone says, I used a design process to solve the problem at hand? Explain your answer by aligning each step in this project to the appropriate design process step and type up a simple report that discusses this alignment and the importance of following a design process. (Daily Logs and Reflection in Journal (with appropriate journaling norms) will be assessed separately as daily grades) (Portfolio Documentation from Project will create portfolio and puzzle documentation in class for a separate grade)

Puzzle Design Challenge Rubric

NOTE: Bonus points will be given throughout this project for digital photos, extra sketches that add value to your project, creative additions / journal entries, etc.

PART 1: Prototypes and Decision Matrix TOTAL OF 104 POINTS Topics 13 points
Activity Explained in Journal Activity pasted / described in journal in correct location Generates at least two Design of viable concepts that Alternatives include complexity / creativity Follows accurate Isometric / sketching formats with no Oblique Format errors; Layers are for Option 1 assembled correctly Follows accurate Isometric / sketching formats with no Oblique Format errors; Layers are for Option 2 assembled correctly Shows excellent line quality (straight and of the correct line weight) Elements sized correctly and communicate effectively

11 points

9 points

6 points
Activity not pasted / described properly Generates two concepts but both concepts do not meet constraints

Activity pasted / described in Activity only partially journal but not before pasted / described in sketches journal Generates two Generates two viable concepts but one concepts does not meet design constraints Sketching formats / layers acceptable Sketches difficult to visualize and / or does not follow the correct formats Sketches difficult to visualize and / or does not follow the correct formats Lines vary in thickness but are fairly accurate

Incomplete Sketches

Sketching formats / layers acceptable

Incomplete Sketches

Penciling Techniques

Shows good line quality (Fairly straight and of the correct line weight) Most elements sized correctly and communicate the design in an acceptable manner Color appropriately applied and does not take away from image Selects an appropriate concept and is somewhat able to justify the choice using marginally acceptable criteria in a Decision Matrix

Proportion and Scale

Color

Color appropriately applied and enhances the image Selects most appropriate concept and clearly justifies the choice using the appropriate criteria in a Decision Matrix

Lines feathered, curved, converged, or are hard to identify Elements have no Elements close to relationship with the correct each other and relationship with detail is difficult to some distortion ascertain Color applied but Color detracts from does make the visual the three appearance of the dimensional image object pleasing to the or is incorrectly eye applied Selects concept using inadequate criteria OR No key is provided Does not properly format the Decision Matrix

Selection of Final Design

* If a grading topic is not attempted at all, no points will be accumulated for that topic. MAKE SURE YOU GET A PEER TO TEST AND SIGN OFF ON YOUR WINNING DESIGN BEFORE MOVING ON! DOCUMENT THIS TEST. IT WILL BE A SEPARATE GRADE.

PART 2: Final Design Multiview Sketches and Test TOTAL OF 104 POINTS Topics 13 points
Design Constraints Fully meets design constraints Follows accurate sketching formats

11 points
Meets most design constraints and supports the design function Sketching formats acceptable

9 points
Meets some constraints but not enough to support the design function Sketches difficult to visualize and / or does not follow the correct formats Sketches difficult to visualize and / or does not follow the correct formats

6 points
Does not meet constraints

Isometric Format

Incomplete Sketches

Orthographic Format

Follows accurate sketching formats Follows accurate sketching formats (i.e. views properly placed and aligned) Shows excellent line quality (straight and of the correct line weight)

Sketching formats acceptable

Incomplete Sketches

Multiview Format

Sketching formats acceptable

Sketches difficult to visualize and / or does Incomplete Sketches not follow the correct formats Lines feathered, curved, Lines vary in thickness converged, or are hard but are fairly accurate to identify Elements have no Elements close to the relationship with each correct relationship other and detail is with some distortion difficult to ascertain Color applied but some color incorrect Color detracts from the three dimensional image

Penciling Techniques Proportion and Scale

Color

Shows good line quality (Fairly straight and of the correct line weight) Most elements sized Elements sized correctly correctly and and communicate communicate the design effectively in an acceptable manner Color applied but does Color appropriately make the visual applied appearance of the object and enhances the image pleasing to the eye Overall size dimensions were provided correctly and in the best location

Dimensions

Overall size Overall size dimensions dimensions were Overall size dimensions were provided correctly provided but not in the are incorrect but not in the best location proper format

* If a grading topic is not attempted at all, no points will be accumulated for that topic.

Part 5: Design Process Alignment (Conclusion) QUIZ GRADE (50%) Topics 10 points
Design Process Alignment (Content) X 3 Design Process Alignment (Format ) X 2 Every step of the design process is appropriately / creativity aligned to a step in this project

7 points
Every step of the design process is matched up to a step in this project but some matches are not best aligned

5 points
Some alignments are missing

3 points
Many alignments are missing

Conclusion is clear, concise, complete, typed, and grammatically correct

Minor grammatical errors OR Clarity / Format needs minor improvements

Conclusion should be reformatted to be clearer /more concise

Many improvements needed with grammar / format

* If a grading topic is not attempted at all, no points will be accumulated for that topic.

Part 3: Inventor Drawings TOTAL OF 104 POINTS Topics 13 points

.ipt part files general X 2 .ipt files created for all 5 parts; .ipt files are accurate .idw files created for all 5 parts and all views are accurately placed and aligned Overall size dimensions were provided correctly and in the best location

11 points
.ipt files created for all 5 parts but some have minor errors .idw files created for all 5 parts but some views are not accurately placed and aligned Overall size dimensions were provided correctly but not in the best location

9 points

6 points

.ipt files created for all 5 .ipt files not created parts but are not for all 5 parts accurately constructed .idw files created for all 5 parts but some views missing .idw files not created for all 5 parts and / or many views are missing

.idw part files alignment

.idw part files dimensioning

Overall size dimensions Overall size were provided but not dimensions are in the proper format incorrect .iam includes all parts but many errors are present Some constraints missing or inefficiently applied Some title blocks not formatted correctly Most files are stored together as a project but some are filed incorrectly .iam attempted but does not include all parts Most constraints missing or inefficiently applied Title blocks attempted but are not formatted correctly Some files are difficult to locate and / or missing

.iam assembled cube file- general .iam assembled cube file constraints Title Blocks

File management

.iam verifies the .iam includes all parts assembly thoroughly and but some errors are clearly presents all parts present with appropriate color etc. All constraints present Parts are completely and but some inefficiently efficiently constrained applied All title blocks are All title blocks formatted formatted correctly but correctly and present some have missing / accurate information inaccurate information All files are stored All files stored correctly together as a project but as a project in a clear format introduces format confusion (i.e. names are confusing)

* If a grading topic is not attempted at all, no points will be accumulated for that topic.

Part 4: Construction of Cube QUIZ GRADE (50%) Topics 10 points

Design Creativity Design Constraints Design is creative and presents complexity Fully meets design constraints Pieces fit together with no noticeable gaps or rough transitions are present in final puzzle Construction is clean and durable; Edges are smooth etc. Color appropriately applied and enhances the design

7 points
Design is creative and presents some complexity Meets most design constraints and supports the design function Pieces fit together to form final cube but some pieces are not aligned / sanded properly Construction is clean and durable but minor improvements needed (smoother edges etc.) Color applied but does not add value to cube

5 points
Design is somewhat creative Meets some constraints Overall puzzle is difficult to construct because some pieces are not aligned / sanded properly Construction is acceptable but needs improvement Color detracts from the puzzle

3 points
Design is simple and does not interlock well Does not meet constraints Overall puzzle can not be constructed correctly because some pieces are not aligned / sanded properly Construction is shoddy

Fit

Construction

Color

Color incorrectly applied