Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Brainstorming and
Two-Person Design project
Lecture 26
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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
What Is Design
• Process of conceiving or inventing ideas
• Communicating those ideas to others
• Primary purposes:
– Personal expression
– Product or process development
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The Design Process
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Statement of the problem
Requirements and constraints
Preliminary concepts (e.g., by brainstorming)
Analysis
Select final design and refine it
Build prototype
Test prototype
Modify prototype
Final test
Documentation
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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Brainstorming
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One of several good creative stimulation methods
Used to generate a lot of ideas
Problem should be well-defined FIRST !
Consider designating a moderator and recorder
Group diversity is often beneficial
From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams
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Guidelines For Brainstorming
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Criticism is ruled out
Creative and imaginative thinking is encouraged
Quantity is the metric
Combining and extending are good
From: Tools and Tactics for Design Teams
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P. 5
Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Brainstorming - Before Relocation
To bridge
- 50 miles
RIVER
To bridge
- 60 miles
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OLD FACTORY
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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Brainstorming - Situation After Relocation
To bridge
- 50 miles
NEW FACTORY
RIVER
To bridge
- 60 miles
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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Brainstorm a Solution
• Entire class will be involved
• Don’t criticize
• As many ideas as possible
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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Design - Reference
• FGC – Chapter 2
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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Two Person Design Project
• Design a package to protect a delicate Christmas
tree ornament.
– Requirements – Must hold ornament, Must
withstand a 50 # vertical load, must be no less
than 2.75 inches high and no more than 3
inches high
– Restrictions – One 8.5”X11” piece of
cardboard, no tape, no staples, no glue
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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
Two Person Design Project
• Needed from each group
– List of ideas must have at least six
– Sketches of four best ideas
– Pattern for making package used
– Sketch of package used – 3 views plus
pictorial
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