Design development with CAD: communal areas

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: communal areas

Sketch modelling: communal areas

Iterate with modelling: communal areas

Iterate with CAD: communal areas

Design for manufacture: communal areas

CAM: communal areas

Specialist tools and equipment for manufacture: communal areas

Specialist techniques and processes for manufacture: communal areas

Quality assurance when manufacturing: communal areas

Surface treatments and finishes: communal areas

Commercial viability: communal areas

Market testing: communal areas

Digital Media Presentation: communal areas

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 creation of digital 3D representations of objects or designs.

the creation of videos of objects or designs.

What benefits does virtual modelling using CAD have over physical modelling?

CAD files can be easily {{}} with users or team members.

In some CAD applications, your design can be tested in a simulation. Which of these are examples of tests that could be simulated?

The process of refining and improving a design is called?

What can be used to help lead developments and iterations of our designs?

What is it called when you think about what you did and suggest any changes or improvements?

choose the design that looks the most colourful

Which ways could a model of a design idea be evaluated?

the storage unit has three shelves and a sliding door

the storage unit is sturdy, but could use deeper compartments

easy to access, but the product could be more compact in size

to make informed decisions that lead to effective improvements

to finish the project faster without changes

Why do we use evaluations of our designs to develop further iterations?

Design development with CAD: communal areas

Lesson outcome