Digital World

Design and make a navigational device 

Design

•Writing a design brief from information submitted by a client.  

• Developing design criteria to fulfil the client’s request. 

• Considering and suggesting additional functions for my navigation tool.  

• Developing a product idea through annotated sketches.  

• Placing and manoeuvring 3D objects, using CAD.  

• Changing the properties of, or combining one or more 3D objects, using CAD.

Make

•Considering materials and their functional properties, especially those that are  sustainable and recyclable (for example, cork and bamboo).  

• Explaining material choices and why they were chosen as part of a product concept.

• Programming an N,E, S, W cardinal compass.

Evaluate

• Explaining how my program fits the design criteria and how it would be useful as part of  a navigation tool. 

• Developing an awareness of sustainable design.  

• Identifying key industries that utilise 3D CAD modelling and explaining why.  

• Describing how the product concept fits the client’s request and how it will benefit the  customers. 

• Explaining the key functions in my program, including any additions. 

• Explaining how my program fits the design criteria and how it would be useful as part of  a navigation tool.  

• Explaining the key functions and features of my navigation tool to the client as part of a  product concept pitch. 

• Demonstrating a functional program as part of a product concept pitch.

Technical Knowledge

• To know that accelerometers can detect movement. 

• To understand that sensors can be useful in products as they mean the product can  function without human input.