STEP 01: THE DESIGN PROCESS

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YOU ARE NOW READY TO MOVE ONTO STEP 2 BELOW:

STEP 02: ORTHOGRAPHIC QUIZZES

COMPLETE THE QUIZZES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEWS IN D2L/ GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

Once you have submitted the quizzes – you now need to sketch your pencil sharpener in STEP 04!

STEP 03: DESIGN YOUR GAME PIECE

FORM a group of no less than 2 and no more than 5.

The lesson below, sets up the groundwork to start our project, going over the importance of researching, analyzing and bringing-in influences prior to designing our conceptual vehicle that delivers groceries door to door.

ASK YOUSELF:

• What theme does your token represent?
• What geometric symbol fits your theme?
• How will it remain stable?
• Where is the centre of gravity?

Submit:

• 2–3 thumbnail sketches
• One chosen final design
• Measurements

THINK ABOUT:

Does it need supports? (Try to avoid this)

Where could this break?

Are any parts too thin?

Are there overhangs greater than 45°?

🚫 STRICT DESIGN LIMITATIONS

To keep this project achievable and printable, you MUST follow these rules:

🔷 1. Hard Surface Modeling ONLY

Your token:

✔️ Must be geometric
✔️ Must use basic shapes (cube, cylinder, sphere, cone)
✔️ Must use bevel, extrude, loop cut, inset
✔️ Must have clean edges

❌ NO sculpting tools
❌ NO organic forms (animals, people, faces, food, blobs, curves that flow naturally)
❌ NO cloth simulation
❌ NO metaballs
❌ NO subdivision surface smoothing

Think:

• Chess piece
• Robot
• Trophy
• Building
• Tool
• Vehicle (simple block style)
• Crown (block style)
• Controller (low poly style)

NOT:

• Dog
• Person
• Hamburger
• Flame
• Tree
• Cloud
• Skull
• Wavy abstract sculpture

🔷 2. Shape & Structure Limitations

Your design must:

• Be ONE solid object (no separate floating parts)
• Be manifold (watertight)
• Have a flat base
• Stand upright without support
• Be stable and balanced

No:

• Thin spikes
• Tiny fragile details
• Hanging parts
• Long skinny arms
• Unsupported overhangs

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🔷 3. Geometry Rules

To keep this beginner-friendly:

• Use fewer than 50 main modeling actions
• No modifiers except:
  • Bevel
  • Solidify (if needed)
• No Boolean operations unless teacher approved
• No imported models
• No downloaded assets

You must build it yourself from scratch.

🔷 4. Size Restrictions (For Printing)

• Maximum height: 1 inch tall
• Must fit inside a 2 X 2 inch square base
• Minimum wall thickness: 2mm
• Minimum connection thickness: 3mm
• Base thickness: minimum 4mm

If it is too thin — it will break.
If it is too tall — it will tip.

ROUGH DESIGN SKETCHES

INSTRUCTIONS: Everyone in your group should take a blank paper and start to make rough sketches. These sketches will be used for STEP 5 when you make orthographic views before you start your model.

SUBMIT FOR THIS STEP:

1. All design styled drawings and any research.
2. A final drawing of the product in isometric view.

STEP 04: PRACTICE DRAWING

Drawing Objects in Orthographic Views is a form of conveying analysis and design ideas, it is a fundamental skill set or a language of communication that most designers, architects and engineers use in their own professional practice- never too early to learn such a skill set.

In this step, you will draw a pencil sharpener.

SUBMIT: An image of a pencil sharpener with your orthographic drawing. See example Above. Tutorials are below by Mr. Balian

STEP 05: FINAL ORTHO DESIGN SKETCHES

INSTRUCTIONS: Using the pencil sharpener as a reminder of how to do this, take your ISOMETRIC DRAWING from STEP 3 to create your ORTHOGRPHIC drawings.

MY EXAMPLE:

STEP 06: BUILD YOUR FINAL PRODUCT IN BLENDER

Submit your STL and OBJ file