last week

last week in Design and technology I continued working on the exercises on pro desktop. at that stage i had finished the toy block, the toy block extension, the simple calculator, the clock face, cart wheel and the iphone, and had begun making part 1 of the ballpoint pen. Today was a very productive lessons having finished part 2 and part 3 and then assembled my whole pen. I also printed off all my exercises ready for submission so now i am beginning the ideation phase for my torch.

CAD introduction in more detail

CAD stands for 'Computer Aided Design'. It is the use of computer systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. CAD software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through documentation, and to create a database for manufacturing.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design


In our class lessons this week we have been practicing creating objects on PTC ProDesktop by following the instructions inv the 'Designing with Pro/DESKTOP textbook. I have completed exercises 2.2 and 2.3 (Toy blocks), and i am not currently starting exercise 5.1 (simple calculator design).