Assembling components for an interactive book | Design and technology

Starter quiz

Which type of pivot holds the linkage in place on the backing card?
- both fixed and loose pivot points
- neither fixed or loose pivot points
- fixed pivot points ✓
- loose pivot points
User research provides information on...
- a plan of how to design the object.
- the views of those who will use the product. ✓
- an existing product to copy.
Match the keyword to the definition
- linkages
  
  ⇔
  
  multiple levers joined together to create different movements ✓
- movement
  
  ⇔
  
  allows something to go forward, backwards, side-to-side ✓
- design specifcation
  
  ⇔
  
  a list of criteria that a design should meet ✓
Which of these shaping techniques is called scoring?
What does the term ‘assemble a linkage’ mean?
- join together ✓
- take apart
- place side by side
- get the resources
What does the function of a product mean?
- what a product look like
- what a product should do ✓
- how a product should work
- who a product is for

Aesthetics refers to…
- what the product does.
- what something looks like. ✓
- the content of the interactive book.
What is another name for a flap that helps us join two shapes?
- 'tab' ✓
What is another name for the guide that keeps the mechanism in place and controls the movement?
- door
- wall
- bridge ✓
What is the part of the page that hides the linkage?
- 'cover' ✓

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If the bridge is too tight over the mechanism, it will reduce the movement.

Make sure that when you attach the bridge, there is a gap to allow the mechanism to freely move underneath.