4.510 | Fall 2008 | Graduate

Digital Design Fabrication

Assignments

This section contains the six assignments and instructions for the final project and presentation.

ASSN # TOPICS FIlES
1

Pattern design

CNC manufacturing

(PDF 1) (PDF 2)
2

Volumes and layers

CNC manufacturing

(PDF)
3

A chair

CNC manufacturing

(PDF)

Marks, Alan. “On Making Chairs Comfortable: How to Fit the Seat to the Sitter.” Fine Woodworking, date unknown.

———. “On Designing Chairs: How to Develop Ideas Into Working Drawings.” Fine Woodworking, date unknown.

4

Designing program and form

Generative / fabrication

(PDF)
5

Construction grammars

Modeling and rapid prototyping

(PDF)
6

Error detection and correction

Water jet and laser cutting

(PDF)

Final Project

Term project (PDF)

Final presentation (PDF)

Course Info

Fall 2008
Design Assignments
Lecture Notes
Problem Sets
Projects with Examples
Written Assignments