Welcome to my puzzle cube project overview.
Problem Statement
There are too many scraps of wood are being thrown away at a furniture company. This is wasting money in valuble meterial that is being hauled off and must also be payed for to haul them!
Design Criteria Requirements:
The criteria for the cube project included the following:
1. The puzzle must be made from 27 – 3/4" wooden cubes.
2. The puzzle itself must consist of exactly five puzzle pieces.
3. Each of the individual puzzle pieces must contain of exactly four-six of the 3/4" cubes
4. Each piece has to be 3-D, meaning it must be at least two cubes for each axis (x, y, and z)
5. No two puzzle pieces can be the have the same design or layout.
6. The five puzzle pieces must assemble to form a 2 1/4" cube which is 3 by 3 by 3 individual cubes.
7. Some puzzle parts should interlock to confuse anyone who attempts to solve it.
1. The puzzle must be made from 27 – 3/4" wooden cubes.
2. The puzzle itself must consist of exactly five puzzle pieces.
3. Each of the individual puzzle pieces must contain of exactly four-six of the 3/4" cubes
4. Each piece has to be 3-D, meaning it must be at least two cubes for each axis (x, y, and z)
5. No two puzzle pieces can be the have the same design or layout.
6. The five puzzle pieces must assemble to form a 2 1/4" cube which is 3 by 3 by 3 individual cubes.
7. Some puzzle parts should interlock to confuse anyone who attempts to solve it.
Sketches & Brainstorming:
in the picture above, I completed several combinations using 3, 4, 5, and 6 blocks. These cominations were drawn in isometric views on isometric graph paper. We completed this asignment in order to get us thinking about what kind of combinations we could use in our final solution. We were given a requirment that involved 4-6, 0.75" puzzle cubes that needed to be 3-D.
Abovet, there are two different solutions for a puzzle cube. For our second asignment we were required to create 2 different solutions, then we needed to pick one. I created an exploded view of all the peices to help me visualize the peices better and create a working puzzle. Other students in the class used a printed sheet and colored it in to come up with their solutions but I found the way I did it helped me, personaly, think of a solvable solution. Plus it was a little challenging which is never a bad thing! After taping together the wooden blocks, I tried both of them and decided that the solution on the top was the most challenging aand decided that i would use that one for my final product.
Above is my solutions sheet. This sheet was drawn to show the user (and possibly me) how to complete the puzzle if it is too difficult. This asignment was completed in isometric view. This asignment was somewhat difficult but was actually enjoyable because of the thought process required to think it through.
Technical Drawings:
This sheet shows the
assembled view and exploded
view of my puzzle cube and
also includes a parts list in an
isometric view.
assembled view and exploded
view of my puzzle cube and
also includes a parts list in an
isometric view.
This sheet shows my first piece in an
isometric view along with a multiview
drawing and dimensions. This could
also be called the Red Piece.
isometric view along with a multiview
drawing and dimensions. This could
also be called the Red Piece.
This sheet shows my second
piece in an isometric view along
with a multiview drawing and dimensions.
This could also be called the Blue Piece.
piece in an isometric view along
with a multiview drawing and dimensions.
This could also be called the Blue Piece.
This sheet shows my third piece in an isometric
view along with a multiview drawing
and dimensions. This could
also be called the Green Piece.
view along with a multiview drawing
and dimensions. This could
also be called the Green Piece.
This sheet shows my fourth piece
in an isometric view along with a multiview
drawing and dimensions. This could
also be called the Brown Piece.
in an isometric view along with a multiview
drawing and dimensions. This could
also be called the Brown Piece.
This sheet shows my fifth piece in an
isometric view along with a multiview
drawing and dimensions. This could
also be called the Purple Peice
isometric view along with a multiview
drawing and dimensions. This could
also be called the Purple Peice
Modeling
This is my first prototype that was created using all the assignments above. This was put together by gluing 27 3/4" cubes together to make my pieces. These pieces all fit together to make a 2.25" cube.I did not color this one.
But then Mr.Wemp let me convert my inventor files to STL files and print
it out on the 3D printer! I colored it and sanded it in some
corners to make it fit snugger. The brown piece in
inventor is the orange piece here.
it out on the 3D printer! I colored it and sanded it in some
corners to make it fit snugger. The brown piece in
inventor is the orange piece here.
Data
The following data was colected by measuring all 27 wooden cubes of my first prototype to a thousandth of an inch with dialcalipars then recorded my measurments. We then were required to find the mean, median, range, and mode and then graph of all the data we collected on a histogram to show how common some of the measurments were compared to others. After measuring all the peices, I found that rarely would I find that a cube would be exactly 0.750 inches.
Reflection
How did the project work? The whole project was completed by following a process that was explained in a packet passed out at the beginning of the project. The first thing we did was come up with different ideas of puzzle cubes we could use for our project. We sketched them and then moved on to creating at least two different puzzle solutions. We studied our solutions and then decided which one was most difficult. After we picked which solution we would use for our project, we drew a solutions sheet with all the pieces coming together. Once that was complete, we moved on to the more technical part of things and created the parts of our puzzle in inventor. We made an exploded view, a completed view, and multi-views of all the pieces. We were then told to start on our wooden proto-type using the 27 wooden blocks. I got the honor of being the first to convert my inventor files into stl files to get them printed on the 3D printer.
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