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WorksheetsThe Seven steps in the Design Stages
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The design engineer must address questions and answers from the customer’s / Client’s perspective and from the engineer’s perspective.
Concept Generation
Problem Identification
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
start with brainstorming, brainwriting, or a similar team meeting where ideas are tossed around and discussed.
Concept Generation
Problem Identification
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
A mass properties analysis report is a useful document for evaluating and presenting the static mechanical conditions of the design.
Concept Generation
Problem Identification
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
One of the simpler types of analysis that can be performed with a computer model is the computation of the object’s mechanical properties, such as mass, center of gravity, and moment of inertia.
Concept Generation
Problem Identification
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
Refinement will likely include the development of 3-D computer models for defining geometry not accurately expressed in the concept sketches.
Concept Generation
Concept Selection and Refinement
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
Several different types of physical models can be developed during this stage of the design process.
Concept Generation
Concept Selection and Refinement
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
Most common form of design documentation is a finished detailed drawing.
Production
Design Documentation
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
These drawings are called as-built drawings, and they reflect the way the project was actually constructed. Not just the way it was designed.
Production
Design Documentation
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
It is important to continue to document the design by making notations on the drawings where changes are made.
Production
Design Documentation
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
Once the design documentation is complete, it is time to begin this stage
Production
Problem Identification
Design Evaluation and Analysis
Physical Prototyping
