Materials and manufacturing processes: papers and boards | Design and technology

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What can a designer evaluate their design against?
- someone else's design ideas
- a design specification ✓
- an existing product
What does the word 'justify' mean?
- to give a reason or explanation for the decisions ✓
- to list different options without explanation
- to guess the outcome without evidence
The balanced relationship between different parts of a product is called?
- 'proportion' ✓
What information can be seen around the outside of this sketch?
- alterations
- dimensions ✓
- permissions
______ is used in design and prototyping to represent objects at a different size than their actual dimensions.
- 'scale' ✓
Put these ratios in size order from biggest to smallest.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  2:1
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  1:1
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  1:2
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  1:25
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  1:50

Anything under ______ gsm is considered a type of paper.
- 400
- 300
- 200 ✓
The way in which a material responds to an external force or certain environment are also referred to as ...
- 'mechanical properties' ✓
What is the name of this material?
- corrugated card ✓
- duplex board
- tracing paper
- foamboard
- white card
A laser cutter is an example of?
- CAD
- CAM ✓
- CAP

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When selecting suitable materials for manufacturing, decisions need to be explained and justified.
A manufacturing specification is written to inform manufacture.

Paper and boards are often seen as weak materials.

Many types of paper and boards are designed to be robust, such as corrugated cardboard used for packaging.

Justification - the reason or explanation for why something is done, or believed to be right
Manufacturing specification - a detailed document that outlines requirements to produce a product
Working property - the way in which a material responds to an external force or certain environment; also referred to as mechanical properties
Physical property - the characteristics of a material, such as appearance and features
Manufacture - the process of making products from raw materials using machines or labour