AKS wrote: » Yes
clo51 wrote: » thanks so its only physical features...can you tell me any more physical features please i'm kinda stuck on output 1! also should we include the history of sat navs even though it doesn't state that we need it in the brief?
Mental_Legend wrote: » We were told (And it says it in the Assignment help in the link a couple of posts up) that the pictures should tell a story in some way. Don't stick pictures on for the craic, put up one basic model from a few years ago, then one with maybe a new way of being mounted (Google Nav-Mat for an example of this) and have another with perhaps a GPS on your phone or something thats mounted in a normal phone holder in a car. Something like that.
Lmao_Man wrote: » Haven't a clue about output 2 and it's really annoying me. Sat navs are nearly all the same,not much to compare like last year :@ and they want 2 or 3 pages for it...
Geard wrote: » It's called a "decal".
Chemistry Ftw wrote: » Quick question, does it matter if all the images you use in output 1 are taken from the internet? (all the sites that each one came from will be referred to).
Mental_Legend wrote: » We've been told by quite possibly the most confused DCG teacher alive that we need a combination of primary and secondary research, meaning some photos from the internet and one or two taken on your own camera and put onto the project. Speaking of my teacher, he showed us a project from last year that got an A. It had 5/6 pictures for output 1, including one sketch and a photo taken by the creator aswell as pics from the web. My teacher said that even though that one got an A, we should have 10-15 pictures in total for Output 1. Is he right or is he just as confused as my class seem to be about the project?
Cydoniac wrote: » I have a copy of Solidworks '09. Am I allowed to do my models at home as well as school? I heard somewhere that you can't and they can check, but my teacher keeps telling me that it's fine and I can't convince him otherwise. I just don't want to be caught out.
RHunce wrote: » What about the presentation part at home? Can they check that?
Flex123 wrote: » Looking over all the questions an all I gotta say i wish i was re-doing the project. I done it last year, and it went brilliant. Id love to redo the experience. I went to The Institute of Education and one of the highlights was Peter Timmons, my DCG teacher. Reading over some of the comments here are some tips. 1. Start the project immediately. - Start with Output 1 and 2. Give yourself a week at most and get them done. - By the time January comes you'll have seen loads of other peoples work and gone over your own to refresh them and make these outputs better. - Id advise using a computer to do them on as you can easily update the work fast. 2. Time for some Solid Works. - As with everything in life to separate yourself from the B1's and A2's you need to do something unique to get that A1. - Doing my project I had over 25 different parts. Its a bit much but im a perfectionist. ... Decide on a Sat Nav which you can build on Solidworks to an excellent standard. Make sure you go out and buy it. Not a new one, thats a waste of money unless its very cheap. Don't use ebay it'll take years to arrive. Use adverts.ie .... it does not have to work but you will need to take all the small measurements and angles. - Go into as much detail as you can. Make sure you can use Decals . Once you open up the Sat Nav and build the major components you can add stuff such as a rectangle block and just add a decal of a motherboard onto it. Takes less than 2 mins to do and very effective. - Make sure you build your piece fully. Cut it in half. Save one piece as Front. The other as Back. Mate them back together and you have two peices instead of one. Also hollow them out. Thats all i have time for now but there's much more to it. Presentation is key although on the surface it doesn't carry marks it'll make a difference. If you need help send me a message anytime. If people are interested i can go more in detail. Hope this helps.
