IKEA are a Swedish company that designs and manufactures furniture and homeware
They are an interesting company for us to study because:
Their products are well designed and manufactured
Their products and instructions are designed to be user friendly
They have a consistent design style across their products and marketing material
Their marketing materials are bright, funny and eye catching, and use a consistent design language
The LILLABO trainset is a children’s toy made out of wood and metal
There are some base components common across the trainset
There are also many different designs for the top of the trains
We will create CAD models of the base components using Autodesk Inventor
Show off your measurement skills to measure and model one of the existing train toppers
Design your own train carriage top
Sketch your design using your Isometric Sketching Skills
When you have finished your design on paper, recreate it using Inventor
3D print a selection of the parts
Assemble all the parts of your IKEA train together, including the part you designed
Render a high quality image for use in desktop publishing