Jordan Beer's Puzzle Cube Design Portfolio
Problem
•A furniture company throws away a lot of scrap ¾” wooden cubes which loses profit for the company.
Design Statement
•The Company wants to make the scrap pieces into a 3x3x3” puzzle cube to sell to children.
Constraints
The puzzle must be 27 pieces
It must contain exactly 5 puzzle pieces
Each piece must have at least 4 pieces but no more than 6
No two pieces can be the same
each piece must be 3 dimensional
The five pieces must form a 3x3x3 puzzle cube
Some pieces should interlock
It must contain exactly 5 puzzle pieces
Each piece must have at least 4 pieces but no more than 6
No two pieces can be the same
each piece must be 3 dimensional
The five pieces must form a 3x3x3 puzzle cube
Some pieces should interlock
Generated Concepts
These are my possible puzzle piece ideas. This is part of the brainstorming process to come up with as many parts as possible.
Puzzle combinations
These are my possible puzzzle combinations. This helps me narrow down my choices to the best possible solution.
Assembly
Here is the assembly for my puzzle. This is to show how to put my puzzle together.
Puzzle pieces
These are my five puzzle pieces. They are used to put together the puzzle cube.
Completed puzzle cube
Cube exploded view
This is the exploded view to show all the puzzle pieces and where they go.
Multiview drawings
These are the drawing sheets for the puzzle pieces.