The grade 11 Design course is meant to give the students an idea of three different design disciplines: Architectural, Product/industrial, and Mechanical
Students will explore the basics of Architectural design as they design a floor plan layout for a residential bungalow. Topics covered include residential room usage, layouts and traffic patterns. Kitchen and bathroom layout, etc.
After their initial designs are completed, students will learn use Autocad to create a full floor plan of their home designs.
In Industrial design, the students are tasked with researching and creating a 3D computer model of their consumer product. Along with this, the students are introduced to CNC programming and use our CNC router to machine and/or engrave a custom product.
In mechanical design, the students use Solidworks software to create 3D parametric models of parts and assemble them together to create small working assemblies on the computer. The 3D models are used to check for such things as assembly interferences, proper function and movement and then rendered to give final visual presentations.
Taking their new 3d modeling abilities and combining them with photorealistic rendering software or the CNC programming software, the students will design and model a final project and then program the router, machine and finish the product for final presentation.
*The projects may vary from semester to semester. Samples shown are from actual previous classes and are meant to show typical levels of student work