To design is to plan or organize something for a specific use, or to create something to meet a specific need. Often, designs provide solutions to problem situations. Design solutions are created through the Design Process. This process will vary depending upon what is being designed
Better design control in engineering and any other creative industry. Here's a tool to diagnose and fix design projects which are late, overspent or not meeting customer expectations.
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The document introduces the design cycle model, which represents the process designers use to refine solutions. It consists of 6 stages: identifying needs, researching/specifying requirements, generating ideas, developing solutions, testing solutions, and evaluating. Designers use techniques like brainstorming, attribute listing, and morphological synthesis to generate ideas. They communicate ideas through drawings, models, and other visuals. The process is iterative and involves both analytical and conceptual thinking.
A seminar report on mechanical designing software/toolsmdnawab1995
The document is a seminar report on mechanical designing software and tools submitted by Mahammad Nawab. It provides an introduction to mechanical design and different types of design. It then discusses several important mechanical design software tools including AutoCAD, CAM, CIM, CATIA, ANSYS, MATLAB, PRO-E, and SolidWorks. For each tool, it describes their uses and applications in mechanical design and manufacturing. The report highlights how these design tools help speed up the design process and production while increasing accuracy.
This document provides an overview of product design and the product design process. It discusses key aspects of product design including objectives, requirements, engineering design steps, organizing and decomposing the design process, and methodical evolution approaches like concurrent engineering and design for X. The document outlines the product design process as including concept generation, concept screening, feasibility study, preliminary design, design evaluation and improvement, prototype building, and final design execution. It emphasizes that product design aims to satisfy customer needs through a structured process of transforming concepts into tangible products.
Proven Strategies to Fuel Your Design TeamSOLIDWORKS
1. The document discusses strategies for companies to continuously improve their design teams and processes. It suggests automating repetitive tasks, identifying past mistakes to prevent future errors, leveraging CAD data, and automating scheduling to improve productivity and morale.
2. Design teams can help drive down costs and increase competitiveness by improving products faster. They can also help sales and marketing teams by providing accurate proposals and realistic product visualizations.
3. Small, continuous improvements can lead to big gains over time. Companies that continuously improve their design operations will see continuous improvements in their business results.
The document discusses key concepts in engineering design including:
1) What design is and the iterative process of defining requirements, generating concepts, and refining solutions.
2) Factors that influence design such as perception, analysis vs synthesis, and challenges in the design environment.
3) The engineering design process which follows scientific and iterative methods to understand problems, research solutions, develop prototypes, and test designs.
4) Considerations for good design including achieving performance requirements, addressing lifecycle issues, and meeting social and regulatory standards.
This document provides an overview of a course on Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM). It discusses the history and evolution of CAD/CAM, as well as its applications in industries like automotive, marine, and aerospace engineering. The document also outlines the course contents, which will cover fundamentals of design, hardware/software components, and industrial design aspects. It explains key concepts like the design process, benefits of CAD, and the differences between CAD and CAM. Students will be evaluated based on class participation, assignments, quizzes, and exams.
Better design control in engineering and any other creative industry. Here's a tool to diagnose and fix design projects which are late, overspent or not meeting customer expectations.
Balcroft Consulting provides design project management tools to help designers and project managers better work together. Their Design Managers Workbook tracks key metrics like client requirements, assumptions, risks, and interfaces throughout a design project. This gives managers visibility into a project's progress and ensures the design satisfies requirements. The tool helped one client design a nuclear flask in 3 months for £100k, compared to over 2 years for £2.5M previously. For struggling projects, the workbook can diagnose problems like undiscounted work or missed interfaces. It provides proof of meeting requirements to improve client reviews.
The document introduces the design cycle model, which represents the process designers use to refine solutions. It consists of 6 stages: identifying needs, researching/specifying requirements, generating ideas, developing solutions, testing solutions, and evaluating. Designers use techniques like brainstorming, attribute listing, and morphological synthesis to generate ideas. They communicate ideas through drawings, models, and other visuals. The process is iterative and involves both analytical and conceptual thinking.
A seminar report on mechanical designing software/toolsmdnawab1995
The document is a seminar report on mechanical designing software and tools submitted by Mahammad Nawab. It provides an introduction to mechanical design and different types of design. It then discusses several important mechanical design software tools including AutoCAD, CAM, CIM, CATIA, ANSYS, MATLAB, PRO-E, and SolidWorks. For each tool, it describes their uses and applications in mechanical design and manufacturing. The report highlights how these design tools help speed up the design process and production while increasing accuracy.
This document provides an overview of product design and the product design process. It discusses key aspects of product design including objectives, requirements, engineering design steps, organizing and decomposing the design process, and methodical evolution approaches like concurrent engineering and design for X. The document outlines the product design process as including concept generation, concept screening, feasibility study, preliminary design, design evaluation and improvement, prototype building, and final design execution. It emphasizes that product design aims to satisfy customer needs through a structured process of transforming concepts into tangible products.
Proven Strategies to Fuel Your Design TeamSOLIDWORKS
1. The document discusses strategies for companies to continuously improve their design teams and processes. It suggests automating repetitive tasks, identifying past mistakes to prevent future errors, leveraging CAD data, and automating scheduling to improve productivity and morale.
2. Design teams can help drive down costs and increase competitiveness by improving products faster. They can also help sales and marketing teams by providing accurate proposals and realistic product visualizations.
3. Small, continuous improvements can lead to big gains over time. Companies that continuously improve their design operations will see continuous improvements in their business results.
The document discusses key concepts in engineering design including:
1) What design is and the iterative process of defining requirements, generating concepts, and refining solutions.
2) Factors that influence design such as perception, analysis vs synthesis, and challenges in the design environment.
3) The engineering design process which follows scientific and iterative methods to understand problems, research solutions, develop prototypes, and test designs.
4) Considerations for good design including achieving performance requirements, addressing lifecycle issues, and meeting social and regulatory standards.
This document provides an overview of a course on Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM). It discusses the history and evolution of CAD/CAM, as well as its applications in industries like automotive, marine, and aerospace engineering. The document also outlines the course contents, which will cover fundamentals of design, hardware/software components, and industrial design aspects. It explains key concepts like the design process, benefits of CAD, and the differences between CAD and CAM. Students will be evaluated based on class participation, assignments, quizzes, and exams.
This document provides an introduction to software design principles and methods. It discusses the overall goal of teaching a systematic and repeatable approach to software architecture design. Key topics covered include software products and design, abstraction and modeling, different types of design, the role of design in the software lifecycle, and an introduction to the Agile software engineering design method. The document provides definitions and explanations of important software design concepts.
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BizSpark SF Lightning Talk: "Design Patterns for Designers" by Stephan OrmeMark A
The document discusses design patterns for product design. It explains that design patterns originate from Christopher Alexander's work and capture solutions to common design problems. The document then outlines the key components of the product design process, including understanding needs, agreeing with stakeholders, and providing direction. It describes discovery and design processes that involve user research, diagramming solutions, and developing models, views, and controls. The goal is to understand needs, get stakeholder agreement, and provide clear direction for developers.
This document provides an overview of software training in computer-aided design and drafting (CADD). It discusses the importance of software training for obtaining a bachelor's degree in technology. It also describes the author's experience with a 2-month software training at Autodesk where they learned AutoCAD and SOLIDWORKS. The training helped apply their theoretical knowledge to practical work and gain experience as an engineering professional by improving their technical, communication, and interpersonal skills. Overall, the industrial training at a reputable firm provided valuable experience that will help build a successful career.
This document provides an overview and introduction to CAD/CAM. It defines CAD as using computers to assist in the design process through computer graphics and software packages. CAD involves creating, modifying, analyzing, or optimizing a design on a computer system using hardware and software. CAM is defined as using computers to control machines and processes during manufacturing. The document outlines the basic concepts of CAD/CAM, the role of computers in design and manufacturing, and the design process from recognizing needs to presenting the final design.
This document discusses different aspects of the design process. It describes both the traditional engineering design (TED) process and concurrent engineering design (CED) process. The TED process is linear with individual designers passing the product between stages. The CED process uses a team approach where all members work together throughout ideation, refinement, and implementation phases accessing a shared computer database. CED allows for continuous improvements and overlaps the different stages, reducing project time and costs compared to the traditional sequential approach.
This document discusses different aspects of the design process. It describes both the traditional engineering design (TED) process and concurrent engineering design (CED) process. The TED process is linear with individual designers passing the product between stages. The CED process uses a team approach where all members work together throughout ideation, refinement, and implementation phases accessing a shared computer database. CED allows for continuous improvements and overlaps the different stages, reducing time and costs compared to the traditional sequential approach.
Annalisa Valente is a product design expert currently leading design systems at Encode. In her presentation, she defines a design system as an internal product used by teams to establish a design vision and create patterns across touchpoints to improve efficiency. She discusses how design systems help businesses by increasing efficiency for designers, developers and users. She outlines the process of starting a design system, including conducting an inventory, defining KPIs, creating design principles and a pattern library. She also covers measuring success through metrics and maintaining the system over time.
The document outlines key concepts in engineering design. It discusses the course objectives which aim to develop an understanding of product design and development through interdisciplinary projects. Engineering design is defined as the creative application of scientific knowledge to solving problems. The design process involves gathering information, generating alternative solutions, evaluating alternatives through analysis and decision making, and communicating results. Different types of design such as original, adaptive, and redesign are also described.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in mechanical engineering design. It discusses the phases of design including identifying needs, defining problems, synthesizing solutions, analysis and optimization, testing, and presentation. It also covers considerations like functionality, safety, reliability and manufacturability. Design tools like CAD, CAE, standards, codes and economics are reviewed. The responsibilities of design engineers to follow a systematic process are outlined.
This is the Coursework of User Interface Design Subject that I have done for my BIT Degree and I've got the First Class Honours. Feel Free to use it as a reference for your coursework and wish you good luck for your education journey.
This document discusses interaction design and the design process. It covers:
1. Interaction design focuses on how interactive products communicate with users to make them more useful, usable, and desirable. The design process involves identifying user needs, developing designs, building prototypes, and evaluating designs through iterations.
2. Software engineering principles like software development lifecycles can be applied to interactive system design. The document discusses lifecycle models like waterfall, spiral, and RAD. It also covers the basic activities in a typical lifecycle.
3. Usability engineering and iterative design are two key concepts in interaction design. Usability engineering specifies usability criteria for evaluation. Iterative design incorporates user feedback through prototyping and
This document provides an overview of key concepts in mechanical engineering design. It discusses the phases of design including identifying needs, defining problems, synthesizing solutions, analysis and optimization, testing, and presentation. Important considerations in design are addressed such as functionality, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and economics. Design tools, codes and standards, and a designer's professional responsibilities are also summarized. The document aims to outline the systematic process of mechanical engineering design.
The document discusses interaction design and the design process for interactive systems. It covers:
1. Interaction design focuses on how interactive products communicate with users to make them more useful, usable, and desirable. The design process involves identifying user needs, developing designs, building prototypes, and evaluating designs through iterations.
2. Software engineering principles like software development lifecycles can be applied to interactive system design. The waterfall model involves requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance phases. Iterative design uses prototypes to get user feedback and improve the design.
3. Usability engineering and iterative design are two key concepts in the design process. Usability engineering specifies usability criteria for evaluation. Iterative
Topic: UI/UX DESIGN IN AGILE PROCESS
Why do we integrate design into our Agile process?
As we all know, the Agile Manifesto is well-received and successfully adopted as it is today thanks to the 12 underpinning principles. While “good design” is one main reason that “enhances agility”, “Agile processes promote sustainable development”.
At Axon Active, it’s important for us to do everything Agile and work with one another collaboratively in Collaboration Model. It gets people on the same page, makes everyone engage more with the product, encourages them to share more creative ideas, and gives them the flexibility they need to improve themselves.
Indeed, Designers and Developers can collaborate more closely and effectively, and subsequently integrating design into Agile process will yield numerous benefits.
For that reason, Scrum Breakfast Da Nang this October will be the very chance for you to learn:
• How to successfully integrate design into Agile process in practice
• How different Collaboration Model is from traditional model
• The benefits of Collaboration Model when done correctly
This document outlines the 9 main steps of the engineering design process:
1. Define the problem
2. Do background research on existing solutions and users
3. Specify requirements for a successful solution
4. Brainstorm possible solutions
5. Choose the best solution based on requirements
6. Develop the chosen solution in more detail
7. Build a prototype to test the solution
8. Test and redesign the solution through multiple iterations
9. Communicate the final results
DFMEA is a method used to identify potential risks in new designs. It involves identifying failure modes, their causes and effects, and assigning severity, occurrence, and detection rankings. High risk issues are addressed. 3D modeling and technical drawings are used to visualize designs. Bills of materials list components. Benchmarking evaluates competitors. Geometric dimensioning specifies tolerances. Simulations and calculations analyze performance. Design reviews check for issues. Value analysis reduces costs. Waste elimination aims to remove non-value-adding activities.
Introduction to product design and development (module 1)subhashFTVET
The document discusses product design and development, noting that it is a cross-functional problem involving marketing, design, and manufacturing functions working together. It provides an overview of the product development process from identifying market opportunities to production and delivery. Key aspects of product design covered include conceptual design, engineering design process, types of design, and who is typically involved in product design and development.
The original 'Double Diamond' design methodbank Andrea Cooper
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This document provides an introduction to software design principles and methods. It discusses the overall goal of teaching a systematic and repeatable approach to software architecture design. Key topics covered include software products and design, abstraction and modeling, different types of design, the role of design in the software lifecycle, and an introduction to the Agile software engineering design method. The document provides definitions and explanations of important software design concepts.
It's my report based on design pattern whosever want to learn how to create application using java with design patterns with less complexity they can see that
BizSpark SF Lightning Talk: "Design Patterns for Designers" by Stephan OrmeMark A
The document discusses design patterns for product design. It explains that design patterns originate from Christopher Alexander's work and capture solutions to common design problems. The document then outlines the key components of the product design process, including understanding needs, agreeing with stakeholders, and providing direction. It describes discovery and design processes that involve user research, diagramming solutions, and developing models, views, and controls. The goal is to understand needs, get stakeholder agreement, and provide clear direction for developers.
This document provides an overview of software training in computer-aided design and drafting (CADD). It discusses the importance of software training for obtaining a bachelor's degree in technology. It also describes the author's experience with a 2-month software training at Autodesk where they learned AutoCAD and SOLIDWORKS. The training helped apply their theoretical knowledge to practical work and gain experience as an engineering professional by improving their technical, communication, and interpersonal skills. Overall, the industrial training at a reputable firm provided valuable experience that will help build a successful career.
This document provides an overview and introduction to CAD/CAM. It defines CAD as using computers to assist in the design process through computer graphics and software packages. CAD involves creating, modifying, analyzing, or optimizing a design on a computer system using hardware and software. CAM is defined as using computers to control machines and processes during manufacturing. The document outlines the basic concepts of CAD/CAM, the role of computers in design and manufacturing, and the design process from recognizing needs to presenting the final design.
This document discusses different aspects of the design process. It describes both the traditional engineering design (TED) process and concurrent engineering design (CED) process. The TED process is linear with individual designers passing the product between stages. The CED process uses a team approach where all members work together throughout ideation, refinement, and implementation phases accessing a shared computer database. CED allows for continuous improvements and overlaps the different stages, reducing project time and costs compared to the traditional sequential approach.
This document discusses different aspects of the design process. It describes both the traditional engineering design (TED) process and concurrent engineering design (CED) process. The TED process is linear with individual designers passing the product between stages. The CED process uses a team approach where all members work together throughout ideation, refinement, and implementation phases accessing a shared computer database. CED allows for continuous improvements and overlaps the different stages, reducing time and costs compared to the traditional sequential approach.
Annalisa Valente is a product design expert currently leading design systems at Encode. In her presentation, she defines a design system as an internal product used by teams to establish a design vision and create patterns across touchpoints to improve efficiency. She discusses how design systems help businesses by increasing efficiency for designers, developers and users. She outlines the process of starting a design system, including conducting an inventory, defining KPIs, creating design principles and a pattern library. She also covers measuring success through metrics and maintaining the system over time.
The document outlines key concepts in engineering design. It discusses the course objectives which aim to develop an understanding of product design and development through interdisciplinary projects. Engineering design is defined as the creative application of scientific knowledge to solving problems. The design process involves gathering information, generating alternative solutions, evaluating alternatives through analysis and decision making, and communicating results. Different types of design such as original, adaptive, and redesign are also described.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in mechanical engineering design. It discusses the phases of design including identifying needs, defining problems, synthesizing solutions, analysis and optimization, testing, and presentation. It also covers considerations like functionality, safety, reliability and manufacturability. Design tools like CAD, CAE, standards, codes and economics are reviewed. The responsibilities of design engineers to follow a systematic process are outlined.
This is the Coursework of User Interface Design Subject that I have done for my BIT Degree and I've got the First Class Honours. Feel Free to use it as a reference for your coursework and wish you good luck for your education journey.
This document discusses interaction design and the design process. It covers:
1. Interaction design focuses on how interactive products communicate with users to make them more useful, usable, and desirable. The design process involves identifying user needs, developing designs, building prototypes, and evaluating designs through iterations.
2. Software engineering principles like software development lifecycles can be applied to interactive system design. The document discusses lifecycle models like waterfall, spiral, and RAD. It also covers the basic activities in a typical lifecycle.
3. Usability engineering and iterative design are two key concepts in interaction design. Usability engineering specifies usability criteria for evaluation. Iterative design incorporates user feedback through prototyping and
This document provides an overview of key concepts in mechanical engineering design. It discusses the phases of design including identifying needs, defining problems, synthesizing solutions, analysis and optimization, testing, and presentation. Important considerations in design are addressed such as functionality, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and economics. Design tools, codes and standards, and a designer's professional responsibilities are also summarized. The document aims to outline the systematic process of mechanical engineering design.
The document discusses interaction design and the design process for interactive systems. It covers:
1. Interaction design focuses on how interactive products communicate with users to make them more useful, usable, and desirable. The design process involves identifying user needs, developing designs, building prototypes, and evaluating designs through iterations.
2. Software engineering principles like software development lifecycles can be applied to interactive system design. The waterfall model involves requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance phases. Iterative design uses prototypes to get user feedback and improve the design.
3. Usability engineering and iterative design are two key concepts in the design process. Usability engineering specifies usability criteria for evaluation. Iterative
Topic: UI/UX DESIGN IN AGILE PROCESS
Why do we integrate design into our Agile process?
As we all know, the Agile Manifesto is well-received and successfully adopted as it is today thanks to the 12 underpinning principles. While “good design” is one main reason that “enhances agility”, “Agile processes promote sustainable development”.
At Axon Active, it’s important for us to do everything Agile and work with one another collaboratively in Collaboration Model. It gets people on the same page, makes everyone engage more with the product, encourages them to share more creative ideas, and gives them the flexibility they need to improve themselves.
Indeed, Designers and Developers can collaborate more closely and effectively, and subsequently integrating design into Agile process will yield numerous benefits.
For that reason, Scrum Breakfast Da Nang this October will be the very chance for you to learn:
• How to successfully integrate design into Agile process in practice
• How different Collaboration Model is from traditional model
• The benefits of Collaboration Model when done correctly
This document outlines the 9 main steps of the engineering design process:
1. Define the problem
2. Do background research on existing solutions and users
3. Specify requirements for a successful solution
4. Brainstorm possible solutions
5. Choose the best solution based on requirements
6. Develop the chosen solution in more detail
7. Build a prototype to test the solution
8. Test and redesign the solution through multiple iterations
9. Communicate the final results
DFMEA is a method used to identify potential risks in new designs. It involves identifying failure modes, their causes and effects, and assigning severity, occurrence, and detection rankings. High risk issues are addressed. 3D modeling and technical drawings are used to visualize designs. Bills of materials list components. Benchmarking evaluates competitors. Geometric dimensioning specifies tolerances. Simulations and calculations analyze performance. Design reviews check for issues. Value analysis reduces costs. Waste elimination aims to remove non-value-adding activities.
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The original 'Double Diamond' design methodbank Andrea Cooper
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1. DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS
With
Computer Aided Design Applications
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE)
Mandatory Continuing Professional Education (MCPE)
Reviewed by Engr. Dr. S.O. Onuh
2. DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS
1.0 Definitions
To design is to plan or organize something for a specific use, or to create
something to meet a specific need. Often, designs provide solutions to
problem situations. Design solutions are created through the Design
Process. This process will vary depending upon what is being designed.
The quality of the solution the design provides is important. A good
design not only solves a problem, but does so in an artful and elegant
way. Reliability and cost effectiveness are important considerations. A
good design is often simple, effective and efficient, with minimal use of
resources and energy.
Design Fundamentals are the basic principles or rules of design.
3. 2.0 Elements and Principles of Design
The successful designer understands both the elements and principles
of design as shown in Table 1.
The elements of design are the means by which a designer
communicates ideas visually. The principles of design have to do with
how the elements of design are arranged or organized.
4. 3.0 Design Considerations
Good design also requires that the designer takes into account other
considerations (Table 2):
Elements of Design
Functionality: Does the object function as it was intended?
Is the object designed to require little maintenance?
Safety: Is the object safe to use? Have only non-toxic and
non-hazardous materials been used in the object's
production? Does the object conform with standards and
regulations?
Ergonomics: Does the object's design (size, shape, materials) suit the
user?
Appearance: Is the object's appearance appealing? Does form follow
function? (ie. does the object's appearance suit its use?)
5. 4.0 The Design Process
Designers work through the design process to solve design problems.
The design process is used widely in all industries, from engineering and
architecture, to web page design and fashion design.
It is important to note that design is a process, not an event. Design is
cyclical, not linear, in nature.
The designer may revisit the stages during the design process.
Figure 1 - The Design Process Cycle
6. The exact design process a designer follows may vary depending upon
what the designer is creating. Some design processes have more stages,
others have fewer stages. The simple design process presented here has
seven stages (see Figure 2
Figure 2: Simple Design Process
7. 1. The Design Need
The design need is determined by the Client or Sponsor of a project or
product. It is the definition of a gap or a requirement by the Client or
Sponsor.
2. The Design Brief
The Design Brief is the foundation of the entire design process. It should
focus on the efforts of the design team and serve as a frame of
reference for all decision making.
The Design Brief shall include the following elements:
Description of the problem situation with criteria
The problem statement
What the designer must accomplish
What the solution must accomplish
8. 3. Research
This section details your research efforts.
What concepts specific to this design project did you need to learn?
Where did you look for the necessary information?
What sources did you use in your research? (Cite completely)
What specific concepts did you learn that were critical to solving the
design problem?
What vocabulary did you learn and use?
4. Generation and Evaluation of Possible Solutions
In this section you will
Document all of the possible solutions that your design team
considered and created.
Discuss the design team’s three best solutions, explaining the reasons
that resulted in one solution being selected as the best solution and
the reasons why the other solutions were rejected.
9. 5. Solution Development (Model/Mock-up)
In this section, record the design team’s plan.
What steps did the team take to develop the chosen solution?
Describe the specific skills that had to be learned in order to develop the
solution.
Describe how the team learned those skills (peer tutoring, expert advice, tutorial,
experimenting, resource materials, etc.)
Identify the draft work that was completed (Sketches, outlines, rough drafts, etc.)
State that the draft work is appended (attached) to the project log. Be sure to
append the work.
Did you make a model or a mock-up? (Be sure to have model or mock-up
available for evaluation)
Append the rough drawings and any working drawings.
Append the presentation drawings, if any 6 were created.
Describe the creation of the prototype, if one was created.
What did the design team learn during the creation of the model or mockup?
Did anything need to be changed or improved? Describe.
10. 6. Project Evaluation
Describe how the project model or mock-up meets or fails to meet each of the
requirements as outlined in the assignment Requirements and in the Design Brief.
7. Model/Mock-up Evaluation
How does the model or mock-up show evidence of attention to detail and
craftsmanship?
If a prototype was created, does it function as it should? Does the prototype solve the
problem?
8. Self-Evaluation
Was your individual work on the project poor, fair, acceptable, or superior? Cite
detailed evidence to support your self-evaluation.
Explain what you would do differently or better if you were able to do the project over
again.
Tell why these changes would improve your project.
9. Presentation
Was your presentation thoroughly prepared and sufficiently detailed? Cite evidence.
Did you use appropriate media? Explain
Did you show/demonstrate your model, mockup or prototype?
11. 10.0 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD)
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is the use of a wide range of computer-based tools that
assist engineers, architects and other design professionals in their design activities.
CAD is used to design and develop products, which can be goods used by end
consumers or intermediate goods used in other products.
CAD is also extensively used in the design of tools and machinery used in the
manufacture of components. Current CAD packages range from 2D vector based
drafting systems to 3D parametric surface and solid design modelers. CAD output is
often in the form of electronic files for print, manufacturing or other manufacturing
processes.
The technical and engineering drawings and images must convey information such as
materials, processes, dimensions and tolerances according to application-specific
conventions. CAD may be used to design curves and figures in two-dimensional (2D)
space or curves, surfaces and solids in three-dimensional (3D) space. CAD is also used
to produce computer animation for the special effects used in, for example,
advertising and technical manuals.
12. The electronic applications of CAD, or Electronic Design Automation (EDA) includes
schematic entry, PCB design, intelligent wiring diagrams (routing) and component
connection management. Often, it integrates with a lite form of CAM (Computer Aided
Manufacturing). Computer-aided design is also starting to be used to develop software
applications. Software applications share many of the same Product Life Cycle
attributes as the manufacturing or electronic markets. As computer software becomes
more complicated and harder to update and change, it is becoming essential to
develop interactive prototypes or simulations of the software before doing any coding.
The benefits of simulation before writing actual code cuts down significantly on re-
work and bugs.
CAD is an important industrial art and is the way projects come true. It is extensively
used in many applications, including automotive, ship building and aerospace
industries, and in industrial design. The CAD process and outputs are essential to
successful solutions for engineering and manufacturing problems.
CAD software helps us explore ideas, visualize concepts through photorealistic
renderings and movies and simulates how the design project will perform in the real
world.
13. Here are some of the benefits of implementing CAD systems in an organization
Increase in the productivity of the designer: The CAD software helps designer in
visualizing the final product that is to be made, it subassemblies and the constituent
parts. The product can also be given animation and see how the actual product will
work, thus helping the designer to immediately make the modifications if required.
CAD software helps designer in synthesizing, analyzing, and documenting the design.
All these factors help in drastically improving the productivity of the designer that
translates into fast designing, lower designing cost and shorter project completion
times.
2. Improve the quality of the design: With the CAD software the designing
professionals are offered large number of tools that help in carrying out thorough
engineering analysis of the proposed design. The tools also help designers to consider
large number of investigations. Since the CAD systems offer greater accuracy, the
errors are reduced drastically in the designed product leading to better design.
Eventually, better design helps carrying out manufacturing faster and reducing the
wastages that could have occurred because of the faulty design.
14. 3. Better communications: The next important part after designing is
making the drawings. With CAD software better and standardized drawings
can be made easily. The CAD software helps in better documentation of the
design, fewer drawing errors, and greater legibility.
4. Creating documentation of the designing: Creating the documentation of
designing is one of the most important parts of designing and this can be
made very conveniently by the CAD software. The documentation of
designing includes geometries and dimensions of the product, its
subassemblies and its components, material specifications for the
components, bill of materials for the components etc.
5. Creating the database for manufacturing: When the creating the data for
the documentation of the designing most of the data for manufacturing is
also created like products and component drawings, material required for
the components, their dimensions, shape etc.
15. 10.1. Specific CAD Software: AutoCAD
AutoCAD is a line of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design software produced by the
Autodesk Company. It includes a powerful suite of features to improve workflow and create true-
to-life maps, diagrams, structures and schematics. CAD software is equal part design and
analysis. The design is needed to produce models and prepare component production, and the
analysis helps calculate stress levels, the influence of forces and the influences of finite elements
in a design. According to a General Electric survey, 60 percent of manufactured parts errors were
related to incomplete, ambiguous or impossible drafts -- problems easily corrected with the
support of software like AutoCAD.
AutoCAD Civil 3D software is a civil engineering design and documentation solution that supports
Building Information Modelling workflows. It is used for designing, drafting and documentation,
analysis, defining workflows, surveying and mapping of civil projects. In electrical engineering
applications, AutoCAD is useful for drawing substation schematics, transmission grid schematics,
wiring diagram schematics and ladder diagrams. AutoCAD has specific commands to draw wires
and assign attributes to them.
In mechanical engineering applications, AutoCAD allows technicians and engineers -- to create
detailed, three-dimensional digital models of their work, complete with information about
dimensions, materials and the functioning of moving parts.
16. Benefits of using AutoCad are as follows:
Design Production and Troubleshooting
At the earliest stages of a design project, engineers can use AutoCAD to start sketching
ideas and analyzing them to determine the best solution for a given problem. The
software makes the process quick and easy; it eliminates the need to draw new
blueprints for each version of an idea and simplifies redesigns. The software additionally
helps interpret these designs, locating flaws, errors and inconsistencies the mechanical
engineer might miss. Alternatively, the engineer can use AutoCAD to determine the
source of a malfunction in an existing product by putting in the specifications and
allowing the software to find the problem, allowing the engineer to be more efficient by
going straight to the problem and finding a fix.
Simulations and Scenarios
One of the most useful functions of AutoCAD is its ability to provide a graphic simulation
of how a constructed machine will function. Once a design prototype is complete in the
software, AutoCAD can generate a simulated version of the prototype and show it in
action. This is a function impossible for the engineer to otherwise reproduce without
investing the time and resources in developing a real-life prototype. With the help of this
simulation, engineers can determine if the machine will work as intended and make any
necessary tweaks or fixes before it goes into production.
17. Quality Assurance and Control
With the analysis components of AutoCAD, engineers can simulate a variety of
environments and stresses upon a prototype. This allows them to determine the
functionality of a part or machine in extreme environments or under high-stress
conditions difficult to test outside simulation. These simulations also provide a
demonstration of a prototype's expected performance over time, allowing accurate
estimates to be made on a machine's functional life span before requiring
maintenance or replacement. AutoCAD allows engineers to produce useful
specifications and give clients exactly what they need in an efficient time frame.
11.0 3D Printing
Also known as additive manufacturing, 3D printing (3DP) creates physical products
from a digital design file by joining or forming input substrate materials using a layer-
upon-layer printing approach. There are seven major printing technologies today (see
Figure 3).
Digital fabrication will allow individuals to design and produce tangible objects on
demand, wherever and whenever they need them. The revolution is not additive
versus subtractive manufacturing; it is the ability to turn data into things and things
into data.
18. Each has a different way of processing input materials into a final product. Combined
with advanced scanning, 3DP technologies allow physical products to be converted into
digital design files and vice versa. Going forward, 3DP has the power to transform the
digital-physical interface for product design, development, and manufacturing.
Figure 3: 3D Printing Systems
19. 3DP Creates Breakthrough Value in Product Design and Production
Across five dimensions, 3DP offers distinct benefits that traditional
manufacturing cannot deliver:
Mass customization. The ability to create custom-built designs opens doors
to unlimited possibilities.
New capabilities. Complex products can be mass produced without high
fixed-cost capital investments and at a lower variable cost than traditional
methods.
Lead time and speed. Shorter design, process, and production cycles get
products to market faster.
Supply chain simplification. Production is closer to the point of demand
with much less inventory.
Waste reduction. With unused powder being reused for successive
printing, much less material is wasted.
20. Although traditional manufacturing will have cost advantages in large-
scale production settings for the foreseeable future, 3DP’s role will
grow in settings where these five dimensions are crucial for success,
such as prototyping (lead time and speed), personalized medical
implants (mass customization), and jet components that require a
complex assembly and have high fly-to-buy ratios (new capabilities
and waste reduction).
12.0 Specific Design Example
The Facilitator should bring out a typical design example in his or her
field to illustrate the application of the above processes and principles
for class discussions.
21. FOR FURTHER READING
Engineering Design A Systematic Approach by Pahl, G., Beitz, W., Feldhusen,
J., Grote, K.-H. ISBN 978-1-84628-319-2.
Engineering Design: An Introduction Book by John Hutchinson, John R. Karsnitz, and
Stephen O'Brien ISBN-13: 978-1133277071; ISBN-10: 1133277071
AutoCAD 2013 For Dummies 1st Edition by Bill Fane David Byrnes ISBN-13: 978-
1118281123; ISBN-10: 1118281128
Comments
Can we have one or two examples to drive home the subject.
Divide the participants into groups and let them a design assignment which they
can work on and submit
The AutoCAD should be demonstrated for the participants to see