Send your Pro/Engineer renderings to Mr Black at fithie@googlemail.com and they may be featured here.
Jason modelled the key fob in Pro/Engineer. Mr Black assembled it with the key and ring.
Jason's key fob at Shapeways.com
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Keith modelled this ring in Pro/Engineer by following the tutorial posted on this page.
Keith's ring at www.shapeways.com.
We're not sure if the ring will print correctly. It is likely that the holes at the lettering are too small to be formed, and will fuse up.
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Stephanie and Anna completed their clocks to a high standard.
Their hands were designed in Pro/Engineer and manufactured by Shapeways.com, using 'rapid prototyping'.
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More of this session's 'Alessi' clocks
Drawn in Pro/Engineer and manufactured by Shapeways.com.
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More of this session's 'Alessi' clocks
Michael has done a good job of following the 2D technical drawing, to produce this 3D model. However, it's not perfect - the finial isn't correctly seated on the top of the pediment.
The renderings look well, taken from several angles, and Michael has employed more than one material. Graded a '1'.
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A two page tutorial created to help you render your model.
Download the rendering tutorial - zipped folder - 296 KB.
These renders were laid out in open source freeware vector graphic programme Inkscape
Views from several angles are provided, with more than one material used.
The exemplar also addresses the 'layout and lettering' Standard Grade Graphics portfolio element.
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This is the 2D technical drawing of the clock that pupils were originally asked to aim for. However, it's much more complicated than is required to achieve full marks at Standard Grade.
You can see that Mr Black's exemplar needed a bit of work, to adjust how edges are displayed, and some of the text has moved from its preferred location. An updated version was subsequently produced.
A PowerPoint presentation tutorial detailing how to create an exploded view of your model.
Download the tutorial - PowerPoint presentation - 1.36 MB.
A PowerPoint presentation tutorial detailing how to create an exploded view of your model.
Download the tutorial - PowerPoint presentation - 2.59 MB.
The phone 3D model is a simple block (or 'sculpt') with no internal components. Due to time constraints, you are advised to model a simple phone - not a folding or sliding model.
Use Pro/Engineer's 'decal' tools to add all the symbols and numbers on to your handset.
Lindsay Thomson's completed assignment is shown here. She added a lens flare in Gimp, then laid her advert out in Inkscape.
Download the key fob tutorial - 940 KB - PDF format.
Download the ring / bangle tutorial - 831 KB - PDF format.
Download the badge / pendant tutorial - 696 KB - PDF format.
This short tutorial explains the process.
Download the tutorial - 459 KB - PDF format.
This single page tutorial shows how to add your own company logo in to the title panel on the technical drawing 'format' (template).
Download the Higher Graphics 'format' drawing. - 397 KB.
Bigger image of the page - 317 KB.
This tutorial leads through the process of laying out a technical drawing from scratch (not using a standard layout), creating a section, a detail drawing, and a small scale exploded isometric.
Download the technical drawing tutorial - PDF - 1.2 MB.
This is the 2D technical drawing of the clock originally produced in Standard Grade Graphics. However, it's much more complicated than is required to achieve full marks at Standard Grade: it is Higher / Advanced Higher standard.
You can see that Mr Black's exemplar needed a bit of work, to adjust how edges are displayed, and some of the text has moved from its preferred location. An updated version was subsequently produced.
