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DCG Project 2013
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eoinryan8975 wrote: »oh jesus, how long did it take and what did you call them ?
If you open up your assembly and name them from the design tree by expanding all the individual parts and save the whole thing together shouldn't take more than 7 or 8 mins... if you open every part seperately then it will probably take nearly 20 mins.
Depends on how many parts you have though obviously. I had 15 in part A and 26 in part B but usually they only had about 4 or 5 features each
EDIT: Could be wrong about naming them from design tree BTW. I named mine by opening each part seperatley so confirm it with someone before hand. Wouldn't like to break your project on you like :P0 -
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Found This Fork Sir wrote: »
I envy you! I wish I started seriously working earlier.
You'll get there
Same thing happened to guy in my class yesterday, he has to all part B!0 -
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Eurovisionmad wrote: »looking back on my concept design I probably bit off more than I could chew, it had over 15 parts,
Don't mean to toot my own horn but mine had just shy of 30 :P 4 of them were only cuboids with a domed top and connections as they were only lights but I still like the thought of having 30 parts
My assembly says I have 83 parts and 250 mates :L Exploding it was a c*** tho! Took ages to build so for someone starting now I'd say have 5 parts and make them look alright. Make sure you base it on a theme or target audience. Just stick to the guidelines on the paper and you'll be grand. DO NOT do sketches in school until you finish you solidworks. Do the outputs and sketching at home until you finish the solidworks because you need to use your time wisely. Pick up as many parts as possible. Don't forget to explore the brief either!! It's easy and worth a few marks so take them quick 0 -
Lawless2k12 wrote: »
Don't mean to toot my own horn but mine had just shy of 30 :P 4 of them were only cuboids with a domed top and connections as they were only lights but I still like the thought of having 30 parts My assembly says I have 83 parts and 250 mates :L Exploding it was a c*** tho! Took ages to build so for someone starting now I'd say have 5 parts and make them look alright. Make sure you base it on a theme or target audience. Just stick to the guidelines on the paper and you'll be grand. DO NOT do sketches in school until you finish you solidworks. Do the outputs and sketching at home until you finish the solidworks because you need to use your time wisely. Pick up as many parts as possible. Don't forget to explore the brief either!! It's easy and worth a few marks so take them quick
why would you do so may parts. part b can all be one part it makes no odds. no minimum amount for part b so no point doing a million parts to impress your peers. You'll only lose marks on efficiency because lets face it what concept design can justify that many parts. I wouldn't manufacture it all im sayin0 -
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Lawless2k12 wrote: »I made a novelty lectern so added extras and parts were necessary. You can't really make a steel casing with a speaker all in one part as that's not really realistic. Lights all need to be different parts, screens are different, wheels and bolts and nuts and microphones and steps and head pivots and manouevering stands are all different parts so yeah... that's why mate. When you think about it, most lecterns in real life that are equipped with multimedia features have dozens are seperate parts that must be made in manufacture
alright "mate". As it happens this question has come up a dozen times already. For the concept design in particular, you need not worry about specifics and interior realism, more communicating the actual idea effectively so extrudes here and there, and not separate parts is advisable. There is a reason the minimum for part a is 5. It's a minimum, yes, but also a guideline, no point in allowing students design a multimedia lectern and then allocate a separate part to each individual key on a keyboard is there? that would be ridiculous but that is the logic you have used for this argument so interesting to hear you defend it. 0 -
JackTheGrinder wrote: »alright "mate". As it happens this question has come up a dozen times already. For the concept design in particular, you need not worry about specifics and interior realism, more communicating the actual idea effectively so extrudes here and there, and not separate parts is advisable. There is a reason the minimum for part a is 5. It's a minimum, yes, but also a guideline, no point in allowing students design a multimedia lectern and then allocate a separate part to each individual key on a keyboard is there? that would be ridiculous but that is the logic you have used for this argument so interesting to hear you defend it.
Slagging my words now ay?
And I obviously don't mean every key on a keyboard.
My design is a vehicle... vehicles tend to have many parts. If I was stuck for time I'd make 5 or 6 basic parts and do a somewhat quick job on it but I had plenty time so I decided to make it a bit more complex and make bumpers seperately and make the tyres seperate, axles, lights, mic, alloys, speakers, bolts, nuts, grill etc..
So the logic you assumed I used is not exactly true
I also had a friend and corrector take a look and he said my design is way up there as regards quality and detail due to the effort made so me thinks my point is well made. Obviously someone with less parts can score just as well but as I said I had plenty time so I used it!
Thank you, come again 0 -
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Lawless2k12 wrote: »Slagging my words now ay?
And I obviously don't mean every key on a keyboard.
My design is a vehicle... vehicles tend to have many parts. If I was stuck for time I'd make 5 or 6 basic parts and do a somewhat quick job on it but I had plenty time so I decided to make it a bit more complex and make bumpers seperately and make the tyres seperate, axles, lights, mic, alloys, speakers, bolts, nuts, grill etc..
So the logic you assumed I used is not exactly true
I also had a friend and corrector take a look and he said my design is way up there as regards quality and detail due to the effort made so me thinks my point is well made. Obviously someone with less parts can score just as well but as I said I had plenty time so I used it!
Thank you, come again
While I admire your ability to retract your initial argument and somewhat revise your words, I can of course concede that the more effort the better it looks to the examiner. It is however dangerous to advise people to do such a volume of parts because a) there is more chance they mess something up and b) this isn't fair on those who assumed 5 parts would be ample and now find themselves below standard. Personally I think the SEC should set a maximum and people like you should be forced into sitting an applied leaving cert for those less capable of following guidelines and structures. The latter sentence is of course intended as a joke. However, feel free to take offence and send me an angry reply. "mate". 0
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