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Design
More and more we
find ourselves needing to co-ordinate the ideas of clients,
designers, subcontractors and our own workshops. Sometimes a
simple sketch can go straight to production, but it is
often useful to work up the design using Computer Aided Design
(CAD) to evaluate options and to create working drawings. CAD
is a tool, not a substitute for good design, but we do find it
helpful for development, as the following examples show
(click on the images
to get more information on the project)
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| From the initial mock-up and sketches, a
range of options for this intricate piece
could be developed. Once the design was
approved, the working drawings for
manufacture were simply printed off. |
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| In this project, as well as the need to
explore design variations, we also needed to
co-ordinate the design between the shipyard
in one country, the designer in another, the
customer in a third, and our own workshops. |
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| For more complex projects, CAD provides a
bridge between surveyor, client and
workshop. The examples here show (from top
to bottom);
 | the results of a survey |
| conversion of an architects drawing |
| a design worked up from scratch |
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| One of a number of stages in the design of
this table, again with dimensioned working
drawings subsequently available for the
workshop. It is easy to generate variations
on the design to suit different environments |
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| This sketch done on site to help firm up
the client's ideas. |
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