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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    3D Design Practices: Production

  • Unit Code

    TDD3206

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

In this unit students examine the process and language of manufacturing a designed product to ensure that it meets their design requirements. This unit explores a variety of manufacturing methodologies and techniques, giving students an understanding of practical design feasibility, communication, and problem solving during production, and to develop hands on skills in design construction. Students choose from a range of media and materials including casting, glass work, plastic, wood and metal fabrication to produce a full-scale prototype of a designed object.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Consider sustainability, recycling and life-cycle costing in the design of an object.
  2. Construct a functional 3D object suitable for manufacture using appropriate materials and fabrication techniques.
  3. Design and create a set of specifications for a manufacturable product.
  4. Design for and address the needs and wants of a specific audience.
  5. Discuss a range of manufacturing techniques, methodologies and constraints.
  6. Negotiate the production of a 3D object using problem solving and communication skills.
  7. Understand differences between Australian and international contexts for design.

Unit Content

  1. Build a prototype.
  2. Communicating with manufacturers.
  3. Compare national and international contexts for design.
  4. Creating design specifications.
  5. Design feasibility, material selection, and manufacturing techniques.
  6. Investigate national and international contemporary and historical contexts for design.
  7. Present research in written form and as in class presentations, using references and acknowledgements.
  8. The production process.
  9. The role of the designer during production.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars. Workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectProject 1 70%
JournalProcess Journal 30%

Text References

  • Ashby, M., & Johnson, K. (2002). Materials and design: The art and science of material selection in product design. USA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Burdek, B. E. (2005). Design: History, theory and practice of product design. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser: Publishers for Architecture.
  • Sampson, C. A. (2001). Estimating for interior designers. (rev. ed.). USA: Whitney Library of Design.
  • Rae, A. (2001). The complete illustrated guide to furniture and cabinet construction. UK: Taunton.
  • Panero, J. (1979). Human dimensions and interior space: A sourcebook of design reference standards. USA: Watson-Guptill Publications.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    3D Design Practices: Production

  • Unit Code

    TDD3206

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

In this unit students examine the process and language of manufacturing a designed product to ensure that it meets their design requirements. This unit explores a variety of manufacturing methodologies and techniques, giving students an understanding of practical design feasibility, communication, and problem solving during production, and to develop hands on skills in design construction. Students choose from a range of media and materials including casting, glass work, plastic, wood and metal fabrication to produce a full-scale prototype of a designed object.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Consider sustainability, recycling and life-cycle costing in the design of an object.
  2. Construct a functional 3D object suitable for manufacture using appropriate materials and fabrication techniques.
  3. Design and create a set of specifications for a manufacturable product.
  4. Design for and address the needs and wants of a specific audience.
  5. Discuss a range of manufacturing techniques, methodologies and constraints.
  6. Negotiate the production of a 3D object using problem solving and communication skills.
  7. Understand differences between Australian and international contexts for design.

Unit Content

  1. Build a prototype.
  2. Communicating with manufacturers.
  3. Compare national and international contexts for design.
  4. Creating design specifications.
  5. Design feasibility, material selection, and manufacturing techniques.
  6. Investigate national and international contemporary and historical contexts for design.
  7. Present research in written form and as in class presentations, using references and acknowledgements.
  8. The production process.
  9. The role of the designer during production.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars. Workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectProject 1 70%
JournalProcess Journal 30%

Text References

  • Ashby, M., & Johnson, K. (2002). Materials and design: The art and science of material selection in product design. USA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Burdek, B. E. (2005). Design: History, theory and practice of product design. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser: Publishers for Architecture.
  • Sampson, C. A. (2001). Estimating for interior designers. (rev. ed.). USA: Whitney Library of Design.
  • Rae, A. (2001). The complete illustrated guide to furniture and cabinet construction. UK: Taunton.
  • Panero, J. (1979). Human dimensions and interior space: A sourcebook of design reference standards. USA: Watson-Guptill Publications.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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