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Name 3 different manufactured boards

MDF, chipboard, plywood

Describe how MDF is made

Tiny fibres of softwood timber

Describe how chipboard is made

Compressing shavings and sawdust with glue

Describe how plywood is made

several layers of soft or hard wood glued together

Give advantages and disadvantages of MDF

An advantage is that it is cheap a disadvantage is that it can be damaged by moisture

Disadvantages and advantages of chipboard

One advantage is it’s cheap one disadvantage is that it’s not strong and it’s damaged by moisture

Advantages and disadvantages of plywood

One advantage is that it’s very strong one disadvantage is that it can be damaged by moisture

Define what aesthetics mean

How a material is going to be seen

State 3 aesthetics considered

1.colour 2.surface finishes 3.texture

Define atherpometrics

Measurements of humans

Describe ergonomics

Making a product fit the user

Describe how designers use anthropometrics data

Work out measurements needed, the measurements for a typical user, design to fit a range of users

Describe how products are ergonomic

Size and proportions fit user, ensuring it won’t cause health problems, account target market, use body measurements

Explain isometric drawings

3d pictures of an object with no perspectives

Explain what exploded drawings are

Show how separate parts join together

State the formula for the area of a rectangle

Width x height

State the formula for volume of a cuboid

Height x width x