Iterate with CAD: saving space

Design and technology

Explore the context and avoid fixation

Disassemble flat pack furniture

Standardised components

Life cycle assessment of flat pack furniture

Define a brief from design opportunities: saving space

Sketch modelling: saving space

Iterate with modelling: saving space

Design development with CAD: saving space

Design for manufacture: saving space

Laser cutting

Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: saving space

Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: saving space

Quality assurance when manufacturing: saving space

Surface treatments and finishes: saving space

Commercial viability: saving space

Evaluation of market and user testing: saving space

Digital Media Presentation: saving space

Pupils will use disassembly to investigate an existing piece of flat-pack furniture, including material sources. They will use this information to inform designs. Pupils will focus on user-centred design to create and develop ideas and then plan the manufacturer for a product.

Iterative design: Student Living

The process of refining and improving a design is to ...

Iterations can be led by {{}} from the user

if you are confident with the CAD application

if you are not confident with the CAD application

Iterating designs using CAD can be difficult ...

Testing out different materials or colours on a design can be __________ when using CAD.

it allows for detailed and precise drawings

it encourages creativity without the designer being limited

it allows for quick idea exploration and visualisation

What are the benefits of sketching as part of the creative process?

requirements and expectations of who you are designing for

When designing, we must consider different aspects, match the definition:

Annotation is used to help {{}} the idea.

Sometimes sketching is not sufficient to explain an idea fully; what else could help?

The flat or opened-out shape of an object such as a box is called ...

Once a model has been created, we use them to ...

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Iterate with CAD: saving space

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.