Criterion B.

Percentages of the criterion

Strand 1 15%
Strand 2 30%
Strand 3 25%
Strand 4 30%

The student:
develops design specifications, which identify the success criteria for
the design of a solution
presents a range of feasible design ideas, using an appropriate
medium(s) and explains key features, which can be interpreted by
others
presents the chosen design and outlines the main reasons for its
selection with reference to the design specification
develops accurate planning drawings/diagrams and lists requirements
for the creation of the chosen solution.

Specification
Once you have attended to your design considerations and Design Brief you need to write down your
Specification, this is a more detailed description of your design brief. It is usually written as a list that
shows the requirements of the design. An example of a design specification is below:

This is an example of a Design Specification for a Skill Game

Design Specification:

General:
• Will be 'hand' size. (120x120x20 approx)

• Will be made in the time given. (5-6 weeks)

• Will be made from the materials provided (see page 3)

• (Softwood, acrylic, plywood, MDF)

Function (How it works)

• Must be either a maze or a 'ball in the hole' type of game.

• Must be an appropriate difficulty level for the age group.

• Must have at least one ball

Aesthetics: (the looks)

• Should be appealing for the target market.

• Should look 'well made'

Safety:

• Must have no splinters

• Must have not sharp edges or points

• Must be made from non-toxic materials

Quality:

• The ball should roll freely and not get caught.

• Needs to be well made and of good construction

• Needs to be durable, tough and hard wearing

• Should be smooth o the touch

Environmental:

• Should use the minimum amount of materials possible

• Waste kept to a minimum

• Use recycled materials wherever possible

You can use your design specification to check your design ideas as they develop, in this way you avoid
developing ideas that do not meet the requirements, you will use this to evaluate by checking against
each requirement.
You can use ACCESSFM for each requirement but each one will not be as relevant and some not at all.
Which oneS are required for our free flight model?

Aesthetics - Yes think quality of finish and Criterion C

Cost – No

Customer- Yes think of the age range

Environment – Yes, is the plane recyclable?

Size – Yes think of the wing span and wing chord, as well as one other size already discussed in class

Safety- Think of the fabrication

Function – Yes , it is a model but how do we measure success for this model??

Materials – Yes

You should write your specification in bullet points

All points should be measurable
The points will be evaluated later on in the project
Do not use words like nice, modern as they are difficult to measure
Use design terms to assist – joint, trimming etc

Design Ideas.

Here we start our design ideas and can use Tinker cad for one of our designs to strat to develop an
understanding of the way CAD interfaces work. The rest really should incorporate what wing shape you
will select (remember some are better than others). I would for the other designs think of producing i
plans and elevations that show some aspects of the ribs, spar and general configuration as basic plane
drawings will not help when you come to B4 your plan. Remember to have a unique number of designs.
Presents the chosen design and outlines the reason for its choices.

Here you can produce an isometric or assembly drawing of your design and justify why you chose what
to take forward , again more drawing but practicing isometric and assembly are useful for presentation
and understanding manufacture.
You should also relate to the specification and which drawing relates to the specification points the best.
This can be presented as a table.

A justification could be ‘I chose a dihedral tapered wing as it flew as one of the best in the trials in
Criterion A.’ You can use the assembly drawings

Another could be ‘I will have a high tail as it made the plane fly with more stability’

Develops accurate planning drawing list for the creation of the solution.
This is the blueprint for the fabrication. We will work with this plan to pin and
direct your making. Your design will be later marked and in criteria C we are
thinking about competent technical skills so think about some detail (spars rib
etc)

One thing to note is our planes will be covered with tissue and so we need to include a structure to the wings ,
horizontal and vertical stabilizers. By structure I mean there will be struts, ribs etc forming a pattern.
A very high end example