DIYDF
Carnegie
Mellon
University

24-672: DIY Design and Fabrication

  Spring 2024   

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Please check this page regularly because the coverage and the schedule are subject to change based on students' needs.  
You can find all handouts, PS, and lecture files in the handout BOX folder.
 

# Date Topics

Lecture Notes

Handouts, PS, In-Class Assignment Due Dates
00 1/15
M
  < MLK Day - No Classes >    
01 1/17
W
Course introduction
   Examples of DIY projects
   Course information, grading schemes
   Teaching team introduction
01_Course Introduction CIT Web article  
02 1/22
M
Basic sketching techniques
  Sketching skill diagnosis
  Penmanship
  Lines, curves, circles, ellipses
02_Basic Sketching Techniques Student_sketches: four objects
<ballpoint pen>
 
03 1/24
W
Primitives - cubes and cylinders
< PS1 >
03_Sketching techniques for PS1 PS1
<sharpies>
<snap_balde_ knife>
<sketchbook>
PS1 Out
04 1/29
M
Laser cutting  and heat bending
Axonometric (isometric, trimetric, dimetric)
04 Skechbook, four essential skecthing skills 70 things to sketch
Student_sketches: coffee cup
<paper_cups>
<acrylic_sheet_6_by_24>
 
05 1/31
W
Working with acrylic 05 Working with Acrylics
 
TechSpark
Paper clip video
 
06 2/5
M
Graphic design
Sketching - Structure first and then details
Decomposition to primitives
06 Graphic Design Basics Student_sketches: web camera
<ziploc bag and nametag>
<paper_strips>
 
07 2/7
W
Sketching - Perspective sketches
< PS2 >
PS2 PS2
PS2a (web page)
Sample video (The Rapid Packing Container)
PS1 Due
PS2 Out
PS2a Out
08 2/12
M
Graphic Design- Layout and Composition
< Product Photography >
08_Graphic_Design_Layout_and_Composition
Product Photography
Logo Design Contest (optional)
<paper for PS2>
Paper order form
Student_sketches: tall_box
 
09 2/14
W
Rounds and fillets Web design basics - layout and composition

Student_sketches: teabag_box

 
10 2/19
M
PS1 grading and sketching test
Shading and shadows
PS1 grading and sketching
sketching test 2015
Product shape = structure + details
Round_and_fillet_examples
<ziploc bag and nametag>
<pigment liner Set1 / Set 2>
 
11 2/21
W
< How to draw hands >
PS3
Drawing hands
Preparing for the sketching test on 3/15
PS3
PS3a

PS3a_swell_images
<markers>
<acrylic_sheet_12_by_12>
Sample sketching test
PS2 Due
PS2a Due
PS3 Out
 
12 2/26
M
Web design basics - colors
<PS3 fabrication tutorial>
12 Web design - colors   Sketchbook submission
13 2/28
W

Sketching techniques
< Drawing human head and face >

13 PS1 grading, Sketching test    


 
    < Spring Break >  
14 3/11
M
No lecture Prepare for sketching test and work on PS3    
15 3/13
W
Sketching test

Sample sketching test

  PS3 Due
PS3a Due

Logo Design Due (optional)
 (5PM, 3/17)
16 3/18
M

Shadows and computer graphics

Sketching human heads and faces
ball-and-plane-1
ball-and-plane-2
Student_sketches: hair dryer  
17 3/20
W

PS2 design review
PS4
Form-Material-Manufacturing Process (F-M-MP)
Design for assembly (DFA) for injection-molded plastic parts
Casting
Design for manufacturing for plastic parts

FMMP and DFA PS4
Videos 1, 2, 3a, 3b
Building Silicone Mold
Winners of Logo Design Contest
Student_sketches: web cam
PS4 Out
18 3/25
M
< Guest speaker - Erica Masterly, "Custom-fit CPAP/Covid masks" >
DFM Injection Molded Plastic Parts
Live demo 1 of silicone molding silicone parts
DFM Injection Molded Plastic Parts    
19 3/27
W
< Guest speaker - Eli Raeker-Jordan, "Surgical Training Phantom" >
Live demo 2 of silicone molding

 

   
20 4/1
M
Optical illusion and how your eyes work
Sketching shades with markers
Sketching_test_good_work
Optical illusion
Sketching test feedback
PS6  PS7

(Work plan)
Student_sketches: shadows on vertical wall
PS7 Out 
21 4/3
W
PS5
Making product mockups with expanding foam and modeling clay
  PS5

Student sketches: door knobs and car chair
(Download Pepakura)
- Clay_Modeling_Tutorial
- Foam_Modeling_Tutorial
- PepakuraDesigner Tutorial Video
- PepakuraViewer Tutorial Video

PS4 Due
PS5 Out
PS6 Out
22 4/8
M
Sketching and clay modeling in automotive design studios
Clay modeling demo
DIY car    
23 4/10
W
   

 

 
 
 
  < Spring Carnival >    
24 4/15
M
Conceptual design
Design case studies
Conceptual design
Case 1: Watercone
Case 2: BMW Street Carver
Case 3: Infinity 500 Rollator
   
25 4/17
W
< Guest speaker - Kyshalee Vazquez-Santiago, "MobileManipulators for Welding and Concrete 3D Printing" >  

 

PS5 Due
26 4/22
M
More pens and marker options
Another design case study
Case 4: Underwater cleaning robot

Student sketches: robots

 
27 4/24
W
DIY Design and Fabrication Expo.  

DIY Design and Fabrication Expo. 

PS6 Due
(Sketchbook and Three Sketches)
PS7 Due
           
       

 

Website Due (5/5, Fri)
   

 

     

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