The Convertibles Team A-18 Josh Phatsadavong Iris Melara Drew - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Team A-18 Josh Phatsadavong Iris Melara Drew McLaurine Sydnee Ruff EF 152 Spring,2017 April 6th,2017

The Convertibles

Customer Requirements/Product Selection

❖Children of ages 5+ ❖Inspires creativity ❖Help strengthen cognitive skills ❖Help strengthen building skills

Conceptual Designs

❖ A customizable 3D printed toy with the ability to mix-and-match pieces. ❖ Initially thought to use magnetic and velcro attachments. ❖ Originally, the design consisted solely of geometric shapes such as cubes, rods, triangles, and rectangles.

Final Design:

❖ Interchangeable toy designs; 2-in-1 Bear and Robot concept. ❖ Instead of magnets and velcro, the toy’s extremities attach to the body with balls and sockets. ❖ Every body is designed for two types of figures.

“Blueprints”

Customer Feedback and Results

❖ Enjoyed the toy overall ❖ Enjoyed the mix and match pieces ❖ Like the idea of having a toy that is collectible ❖ Would like more figure options ❖ would have liked to have superheroes or animated characters.

Cost Estimates and Times

Production Costs: ❖ $2.23 to make 1 unit ❖ 3D Filament, glue, paint ❖ Design Time - 5 hours ❖ $2,231 to make 1000 units ❖ Retail price of $9.99 ❖ Very affordable to customers

Conclusions

Throughout this project we learned to work together as a team. Our idea changed from have a bunch of geometric shapes connected with magnets or velcro to just have two figures that can be connected to the same body due to 3-D printing limitations. We had problems with even scaling throughout the 3-D printers which caused a disproportion throughout our building. If we had to revise something in our designs, we would change the size of the ball and sockets so that they extremities are not jutting out as much. In addition, we would also make the body longer so that everything looks more proportionate.