scholarly journals Sustainable Design and Prototyping Using Digital Fabrication Tools for Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1196
Author(s):  
Sohail Ahmed Soomro ◽  
Hernan Casakin ◽  
Georgi V. Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Rapid Prototype ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Stage Design ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Aided Design

Prototyping physical artifacts is a fundamental activity for both product development in industrial and engineering design domains and the development of digital fabrication skills. Prototyping is also essential for human-centric problem-solving in design education. Digital fabrication assists in rapid prototype development through computer-aided design and manufacturing tools. Due to the spread of makerspaces like fabrication laboratories (FabLabs) around the world, the use of digital fabrication tools for prototyping in educational institutes is becoming increasingly common. Studies on the social, environmental, and economic sustainability of digital fabrication have been carried out. However, none of them focus on sustainability and prototyping-based digital fabrication tools or design education. To bridge this research gap, a conceptual framework for sustainable prototyping based on a five-stage design thinking model is proposed. The framework, which is based on a comprehensive literature review of social, economic, and environmental sustainability factors of digital fabrication, is applied to evaluate a prototyping process that took place in a FabLab in an education context aimed at enhancing sustainability. Three case studies are used to evaluate the proposed framework. Based on the findings, recommendations are presented for sustainable prototyping using digital fabrication tools.

Computer aided design in education and its’ interpretation through design thinking

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Togay ◽  
Merve Coşkun ◽  
Serkan Güneş ◽  
Çiğdem Güneş
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Current Content ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
Alternative Solutions

The notion of “design thinking” can be regarded as a way of thinking that consists of both divergent and convergent phases. As a creative problem solving methodology, it first defines the problem with a human-centered perspective and then analyzes all the aspects of the problem as a part of a whole. This approach can be applied in all fields, including design education. With the emerging technology, computer-aided design tools and techniques have become an indispensable part of design professions, and therefore education. However, the way how computer-aided design tools and techniques should be integrated into current design education has not been discussed adequately. This study aims to frame the problems related to the current content, structure and timing of CAD courses. The alternative solutions regarding the integration of CAD courses to product design education will be proposed by using design thinking method.Keywords: design thinking, computer aided design (CAD), design education 

scholarly journals Computational Design Thinking through Cellular Automata: Reflections from Design Studios

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-83
Author(s):  
Pınar Çalışır Adem ◽  
Gülen Çağdaş
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Design Knowledge ◽  
Generative Process ◽  
Traditional Design ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Aided Design

The current technologies have created a shift from Computer Aided Design to Computational Design in architecture. Computational design allows inquiries into what can be implicit knowledge in traditional design thinking, enables the definition of the mechanisms of design process and formulations of design knowledge and representation, and defines generative and evaluative knowledge. The purpose of this study is to discuss how Cellular Automata can be utilized in design studios to develop computational design thinking, through the examination of Frazer’s and Herr's studio works. After finding matching concepts and comparisons of Cellular Automata methods used in two design studios, the concept of ‘computation’ in Cellular Automaton studies and contributions of using this generative method in design studio will be discussed. In other words, this study will examine the content of Computational Design Thinking through Cellular Automata applications and their contributions to design education. As a result, since Cellular Automata methods are exploratory processes. They enhance seeing, reaching the whole from the parts, noticing the relationships and patterns between the parts and re-inventing them during and after the generative process. For these reasons, Cellular Automata have an important role in the development of computational design thinking in design studios with different concepts and setups.

scholarly journals Computational Design Thinking through Cellular Automata: Reflections from Design Studios

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-83
Author(s):  
Pinar Calisir Adem ◽  
Gulen Cagdas
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Design Knowledge ◽  
Generative Process ◽  
Traditional Design ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Aided Design

The current technologies have created a shift from Computer Aided Design to Computational Design in architecture. Computational design allows inquiries into what can be implicit knowledge in traditional design thinking, enables the definition of the mechanisms of design process and formulations of design knowledge and representation, and defines generative and evaluative knowledge. The purpose of this study is to discuss how Cellular Automata can be utilized in design studios to develop computational design thinking, through the examination of Frazer’s and Herr's studio works. After finding matching concepts and comparisons of Cellular Automata methods used in two design studios, the concept of ‘computation’ in Cellular Automaton studies and contributions of using this generative method in design studio will be discussed. In other words, this study will examine the content of Computational Design Thinking through Cellular Automata applications and their contributions to design education. As a result, since Cellular Automata methods are exploratory processes. They enhance seeing, reaching the whole from the parts, noticing the relationships and patterns between the parts and re-inventing them during and after the generative process. For these reasons, Cellular Automata have an important role in the development of computational design thinking in design studios with different concepts and setups.

scholarly journals TOOLS FOR RECORDING PROTOTYPING ACTIVITIES AND QUANTIFYING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENTATION IN THE EARLY STAGES OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 3159-3168
Author(s):  
Sohail Ahmed Soomro ◽  
Yazan A M Barhoush ◽  
Zhengya Gong ◽  
Panos Kostakos ◽  
Georgi V. Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractPrototyping is an essential activity in the early stages of product development. This activity can provide insight into the learning process that takes place during the implementation of an idea. It can also help to improve the design of a product. This information and the process are useful in design education as they can be used to enhance students' ability to prototype their ideas and develop creative solutions. To observe the activity of prototype development, we conducted a study on students participating in a 7-week course: Principles of Digital Fabrication. During the course, eight teams made prototypes and shared their weekly developments via internet blog posts. The posts contained prototype pictures, descriptions of their ideas, and reflections on activities. The blog documentation of the prototypes developed by the students was done without the researchers' intervention, providing essential data or research. Based on a review of other methods of capturing the prototype development process, we compare existing documentation tools with the method used in the case study and outline the practices and tools related to the effective documentation of prototyping activity.

Automatic Coordinate Measuring Machine Inspection

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Albuquerque ◽  
F. W. Liou ◽  
S. Agarwal ◽  
O. R. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Path Planning ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Development Cycle ◽  
Inspection Process ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
Point Placement

Abstract In many industrial applications, such as product prototype development, automation of inspection process can greatly improve product quality and product development cycle, time. This paper discusses a development of a vision aided automatic inspection using Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). We seek to integrate the flexibility afforded by computer vision systems with the precision of numerically controlled coordinate measuring machines to achieve a fully automatic and reliable inspection of the industrial parts. The 3-D design information and part specification from computer-aided design file is used for inspection point placement and CMM path planning. The proposed system demonstrates that optimal collision-free inspection paths can be efficiently generated for geometrically complex parts consisting of multiply intersecting features. This is made possible by using iterative subdivision of surfaces for point placement coupled with, efficient 3-D collision avoidance and path planning. The paper discusses different algorithms used, and presents experimental results.

Collaborative Design Education Using 3D Printing

2019 ◽  
pp. 286-305
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Muramatsu ◽  
Sonam Wangmo
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
3D Design ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Design Objects ◽  
Aided Design

Design education is important at technical universities and colleges. In general, real product design requires collaborative work. In this chapter, the authors discuss collaborative design education. An A360 cloud platform on Autodesk's 3D computer-aided design “AutoCAD” is adopted to illustrate a collaborative design activity implemented in the Engineering Graphics class offered at the College of Science and Technology, Royal University of Bhutan. By using A360 cloud, students can share a 3D model with group members. Based on feedback received, students can modify the initial model, share it, print, and discuss the modified object with members. This collaborative work allows students to create enhanced 3D design objects while engaged in discussions and interactions. The authors also discuss some difficulties encountered during the collaborative process and offer recommendations and future research ideas.

Articulating Design Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 22-47
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
Communitarian Ethics ◽  
Reflection In Action ◽  
And Control ◽  
Problematic Feature

Design as an activity may be conceptualized analytically by saying that it consists, first and foremost, in the ability to create visual images of new structures and products; secondly, in the ability to produce such images in a way that will balance the economic demands of clients with the cultural demands of society; and finally, in the ability to use and control various ICTs for the production of visualizations. At the core of design activity is the phenomenon of creativity, the most mysterious and problematic feature of design, because it is thought to emanate from the imagination in a way that precludes and defies rational choice and control. J. P. Guilford’s concept of divergent thinking helps to explain creativity, as does Donald Schön’s concept of reflection-in-action, contrasted to Herbert Simon’s argument that design thinking is primarily problem solving, but ultimately, creativity and imagination appear to be elusive and uncanny concepts. Aristotle’s insistence on the formally teleological nature of making suggests that there may be a difference between art, or pure creativity, and design, or technical creativity, with its emphasis on utility. Creativity has always been required of designers, but in today’s world cultural awareness is also needed, in order to comply with communitarian ethics, with its emphasis on co-operation and consensus building, directed mainly toward environmental sustainability. Finally, expertise in the use of ICTS is now being universally advocated for all designers.

Building a Design-Centered STEAM Course

2021 ◽  
pp. 416-427
Author(s):  
Antonios Karampelas
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Community Schools ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Architectural Engineering ◽  
Online Setting ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Aided Design

This chapter presents the blended-learning, project-based high school STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) course that has been developed and delivered at the American Community Schools (ACS) Athens. The STEAM course fosters data literacy; critical, creative, and computational thinking; and problem-solving. The topics range from the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and data-based investigations to an introduction to aerospace, electrical, and architectural engineering, in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Computer-aided design software and the design thinking methodology are the major creative tools students use to experience immersive STEAM learning. The content of the course is described in terms of learning goals, instruction, and assessments, accompanied by instructional material. The transition of the STEAM course to an online setting is also discussed, and the author's reflections are shared.

scholarly journals Computer Aided Design to Produce High-Detail Models through Low Cost Digital Fabrication for the Conservation of Aerospace Heritage

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Saorín ◽  
Vicente Lopez-Chao ◽  
Jorge de la Torre-Cantero ◽  
Manuel Drago Díaz-Alemán
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
Physical Scale ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
Aided Design

Aerospace heritage requires tools that allow its transfer and conservation beyond photographs and texts. The complexity of these engineering projects can be collected through digital graphic representation. Nevertheless, physical scale models provide additional information of high value when they involve full detailed information, for which the model in engineering was normally one more product of the manufacturing process, which entails a high cost. However, the standardization of digital fabrication allows the manufacture of high-detail models at low cost. For this reason, in this paper a case study of the graphic reengineering and planning stages for digital fabrication of a full-scale high-detail model (HDM) of the spatial instrument of the European Space Agency, named the Solar Orbiter mission Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (SO/PHI), is presented. After the analysis of this experience, seven stages of planning and graphic reengineering are proposed through collaborative work for the low cost digital manufacture of HDMs.

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