PUZZLE CUBE PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
Me holding the finished cube
DEFINE A PROBLEM
Design brief
GENERATE CONCEPTS
Explanation of measurements:
When we measured each cube, we used a dial caliber and then measured from rough side to rough side. When we measured these we had to make sure that each cube was close to .75, because if the mean of all the cubes was not on or close to .75, it meant that the cubes would not all fit together. The range also had to be on or close to 0 so that we did not have any outlying cubes. My range was .o3o6, so the cubes could fit together, and my most outlying cubes were .7645 and .7339.
When we measured each cube, we used a dial caliber and then measured from rough side to rough side. When we measured these we had to make sure that each cube was close to .75, because if the mean of all the cubes was not on or close to .75, it meant that the cubes would not all fit together. The range also had to be on or close to 0 so that we did not have any outlying cubes. My range was .o3o6, so the cubes could fit together, and my most outlying cubes were .7645 and .7339.
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I sketched 20 different possibilities of puzzle cube pieces on isometric paper and then I chose 5 as my solution to use for my cube.
DEVELOP A SOLUTION
Final sketch flipbook
Multi-view hand drawings
Technical Drawings
CONSTRUCT AND TEST PROTOTYPE
When I created my assembly, I had to create a cube with all of my puzzle pieces without leaving any degrees of freedom on any of the pieces. This meant that I had to make sure all of the pieces were connected to other pieces, and making sure that neither of them could move in any direction without taking the rest of the cube with it. By flushing and mating the faces and edges, you are able to create one cube with 0 degrees of freedom.
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EVALUATE THE SOLUTION
Of the 5 people at home that I timed to solve my cube, 4 of them solved it in under 2 minutes, and one of them solved it in over 2 minutes. This meant that my cube was really easy for almost everyone to solve. Even though the cube was easy and fun to make, I would like to make it a bit harder for those people who like a challenge.
PRESENT THE SOLUTION
The puzzle cube project was really challenging, but it was also cool and fun. The challenging part for me was getting all of the things ready to put on my weebly, I had a lot of technology issues when making my project, and I also missed one of the worst days to miss (the day that we did the excel document) which means that I had to get caught up in order to get things ready to put on my weebly, in order to do this I had to do a lot of my stuff at home. Other than that it was quite cool and interesting to see how inventor works. I really liked the cube assembly because it was fun to mate and constrain the pieces to create no degrees of freedom. I also liked creating the 3d models of all of my puzzle cubes, that was cool and fun. Overall, this project was fun and challenging. It also gave me a lot of education about inventor that I will need in the future of engineering. All in all, this project was fun and I enjoyed the hands on aspect