A-Level Overview Year 1: Product Design Term PMJ/TRI Key Skills / Coursework / PSAs / Deadlines 1&2 CAD/CAM induction Introductory project using range Health and Safety of design skills and Workshop induction manufacturing techniques. Induction project Investigating and analysing Technical principles – Material properties and existing products. performance characteristics Designing and making principles Completion: 19th December 2017 3 Identification of design problems NEA (Controlled Writing a design brief and specification Assessment/Coursework) User group identification project is introduced. Inclusive design Students identify possible Human factors design projects. They will write their own briefs and specifications for the product they will design and prototype. Products will be user group or client focussed. Deadline: 9th February 2018 4&5 Design Development The products will be developed Sketching using an ‘iterative’ design Modelling process. The product solutions Prototyping will develop using a cyclic CAD/CAM process of sketching, modelling, Interim/ongoing testing and evaluation test pieces, process trials, testing Iterative design process (development through and evaluation. experimentation and testing) This will be workshop and CAD/CAM focussed. Making principles – Manufacture Making principles – Finishes Deadline: 25th May 2018 6 Final design and prototype proposals Production of final prototypes Final design drawings and material/resource begins, but on-going preparation. development will take place. July 2018
A-Level Overview Year 1: Product Design Term PMJ/TRI Key Skills / Coursework / PSAs / Deadlines 1&2 CAD/CAM induction Health and Safety Workshop induction Induction project Technical principles – Material properties and performance characteristics Designing and making principles Introductory project using range of design skills and manufacturing techniques. Investigating and analysing existing products. Completion: 19th December 2017 3 Identification of design problems Writing a design brief and specification User group identification Inclusive design Human factors NEA (Controlled Assessment/Coursework) project is introduced. Students identify possible design projects. They will write their own briefs and specifications for the product they will design and prototype. Products will be user group or client focussed. Deadline: 9th February 2018 4&5 Design Development Sketching Modelling Prototyping CAD/CAM Interim/ongoing testing and evaluation Iterative design process (development through experimentation and testing) Making principles – Manufacture Making principles – Finishes The products will be developed using an ‘iterative’ design process. The product solutions will develop using a cyclic process of sketching, modelling, test pieces, process trials, testing and evaluation. This will be workshop and CAD/CAM focussed. Deadline: 25th May 2018 6 Final design and prototype proposals Final design drawings and material/resource preparation. Production of final prototypes begins, but on-going development will take place. July 2018
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