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Unit 9 Lesson 1 &2
Engineering Design Models and Prototypes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| steps | Design involves a set of _____, which can be performed in different sequences and repeated as needed. |
| abstractly | Engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think _____. |
| data | Established design principles are used to evaluate existing designs, to collect _____, and to guide the design process. |
| interests and expertise | In the design process, it is vital that people with different _____ and _____ work together when devising solutions to a problem. |
| highly skilled technicians | Making prototype models usually requires the efforts of _____ and, as a result, their costs can be high. |
| technologies | The design principles include flexibility, balance, function, and proportion, which can be applied in many types of design and are common to all _____. |
| prototype | The _____ is a full‐scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments. |
| concept | Typically models are made with clay, wood, plastic, or rapid prototyping to ‘represent’ a _____. |
| Models | _____ enable designers and their customers to see materialized shape and style of the future product for the first time. |
| Ergonomics | _____ is another significant concept that is applied to many designs. |