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                                 A statement, giving the reason for choosing your article to design and make....
                         Describe what you are going to design, make, test and evaluate........                             

                                         Looking at what others have done, materials to use, availability, time........

                                 This is an "it must" list, talk about all of the things you want your article to do and be.......

                                 A collection of varying ideas, each to solve your design problem in a different way ......

                         Evaluate your ideas and give reasons why you have rejected most and chosen one.......

          Take your chosen idea and look at its making in every detail and try to improve it....

                                  Bring together all of your research and improvements in one detailed set of drawings..

               Orthographic projection, showing  Elevations, detailing size, material, finish.....

                         Your plan should include order of making, tools required, cutting list, time.........

                      Photographs showing stages of making and written statements, also record changes of design......

                                Once finished record the results of genuine tests. Do the drawers work?  Do the CD's fit?.....

                                   Check the product against the Specification, is it what you intended to make? Does it work?.......

  An important area not to be missed, bar charts ,graphs, desktop publishing, C.A.D. and C.A.M.......... 

           Some topics and processes run through the folder and practical - use of computer, evaluation.......

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