CUBE PROJECT COMPENDIUM
BY: CALEB LIRA
ENGINEER: CALEB LIRA
 City of Birth: Pearland, Texas
 Hobbies: Models, Biking, Hiking, Building, Drawing, Reading, Collecting
 Skills: Visual Minded, Reading and Writing VARK Learning Style, Intuitive Builder,
Hard Worker, Organized
 Reasons for Entering the Career of Engineering: Mom is a Civil Engineer, Always
enjoyed the subjects of math and science, Keen sense in construction
CUBE PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
 Objective: Create a 3x3x3 puzzle cube, that is difficult to solve, through the CAD software, Autodesk
Inventor.
Process:
 Make precise measurements for each cube to allow for a flush finish.
 Record all cube data in Microsoft Excel. (see next slide)
 Create paper and Inventor drawings for each cube part.
 Create cube model with wooden blocks.
 Time class mates and record all data.
 Combine all work into this digital portfolio.
CUBE REQUIREMENTS AND
SPECIFICATIONS
 Create at least 5 cube parts with each containing at least 5 cubes.
 Each cube needs to be around the size of 2x2x2 centimeters
 The cube needs to take a considerable time to solve.
 All parts need to be of a different material and presented in
Autodesk Inventor.
 Cube needs to contain 27
smaller cubes total.
Freque Cumula
Freque Cumula
Bin
ncy tive % Bin
ncy tive %
0.75
0 0.00% 0.79
14 51.85%
0.755
0 0.00% 0.795
8 81.48%
100.00
0.76
0 0.00% 0.785
5
%
100.00
0.765
0 0.00% 0.75
0
%
100.00
0.77
0 0.00% 0.755
0
%
100.00
0.775
0 0.00% 0.76
0
%
100.00
0.78
0 0.00% 0.765
0
%
100.00
0.785
5 18.52% 0.77
0
%
100.00
0.79
14 70.37% 0.775
0
%
100.00
100.00
0.795
8
% 0.78
0
%
100.00
100.00
0.8
0
%
0.8
0
%
100.00
100.00
More
0
% More
0
%
CUBE PUZZLE PIECE DRAWINGS
Part 1 (6 cubes)
Part 3 (6 cubes)
Part 2 (5 cubes)
Part 4 (5 cubes)
Part 5 (5 cubes)
CUBE PUZZLE PIECES AND
COMPLETED ASSEMBLY
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Completed Assembly
CUBE PUZZLE PRESENTATION
TIME TRIALS
 Dr. Myers- 2 minutes 30 seconds
 Caleb Hall- 3 minutes 30 seconds
 Matthew Monaghan- 2 minutes 5 seconds
 Sean- 4 minutes 15 seconds
 Zach- 7 minutes 0 seconds
 Average- 3.86 Minutes
PROJECT OVERVIEW/PROBLEMS
Overall, my project went fairly smoothly without any problems except
trying to solve my own cube. I really enjoyed having the ability to watch
others try out my cube and seeing who could solve it quickest.
I hope we have more testable projects like these to give us the
gratification of sweet success or not so sweet failure that comes with
the career of engineering.