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cube analysis
Measurements:
I measured each cube with a dial caliper in order to see if they were around .75 in. If i found a mean that wasn't close to .75, my cube wouldn't interlock. i also needed the range to be, or be around 0-0.5 in.
I measured each cube with a dial caliper in order to see if they were around .75 in. If i found a mean that wasn't close to .75, my cube wouldn't interlock. i also needed the range to be, or be around 0-0.5 in.
Inventor pieces
final sketches
technical drawings
fully assembled cube
When I assembled my cube, I had to make sure there were 0 degrees of freedom, which meant that all the faces and corners were fully connected by flushing them out, and making it so that the pieces could not come apart when dragged. |
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solution
I had 8 friends and family members attempt my puzzle cube and not a single one could accomplish it. Judging from that, I would not change anything about it because it is a good challenge for people. Although, if I was making a puzzle for children, then I would make it easier since it would be too complicated.
This project was a fantastic experience for me because I thought in the beginning that we were just going to make a cube out of blocks, but after we got into it we had to do a height and width analysis on each and every of the 27 cubes. Then we actually designed the 3x3 cube, which was the easy part. After that, we started this incredible thing called Inventor. Since I have never used Inventor before, I struggled very hard when we first started it, but after I got the hang of it, it was a piece of cake.